My Cat Is an Alien
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My Cat Is An Alien (MCIAA) is the name of an Italian musical duo. They release avant garde /experimental music and are often classified as improv. The duo consists of brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio from Torino in Italy. [1]
MCIAA's first live show was supporting Sonic Youth in 1998. Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth is a fan; he has collaborated with the duo and released some of their material on his own record label.
The group release a large number of albums and side project material, often in limited editions on obscure record labels. Artwork is an important part of every release and this often makes albums from the duo expensive.
[edit] Discography
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN
- s/t cd-r (1998/ Opax Records)
- Hypnotic Spaces ep cd-r (1998/private press Opax Records)
- “Alien cats’ attack!” on “Tracce” Comp cd (1999/ Wallace Rec)
- “World War” (The Cure) on “La Cattedrale vs the 80’s” Comp cd (1999/ White&Black)
- Landscapes of an electric city cd-r (1999/ Opax Records/ ZZZ Prod.)
- Alien dissolving ep cd-r (1999/ Opax Records/ ZZZ Prod.)
- “I sold an alien to the F.B.I.” on “Related ProZZZect” Comp cd + cd-r (1999/ ZZZ Prod.)
- Production and appearance on Viggiu Vortex Orchestra debut cd-r (2000/ Capanno Rec)
- The alien cd-r attack series! Vol. I - Alien Holland Invasion - cd-r (2000/ Opax Records)
- The alien cd-r attack series! Vol. II - Infinite lights above us - cd-r (2001/ Opax Records)
- The alien cd-r attack series! Vol. III - “...Ascends The Sky" - cd-r (2001/ Opax Records)
- Landscapes of an electric city/ Hypnotic Spaces 3-sided LP (2002/ Ecstatic Peace!)
- Out of the Blue___Into the White 3x cd-r set (2003/ Opax Records)
- The Cosmological Eye Trilogy pt.1 - Into the Sleeping Beauty galaxy - cd-r (2003/ Opax Rec) - Il Segno LP (2003/ Starlight Furniture Co.)
- The rest is silence 2xLP (2004/ Eclipse Records)
- The first flame of tomorrow cd-r (2004/ Opax Records)
- The Cosmological Eye Trilogy pt.2 - Into the Sombrero galaxy - cd-r (2004/ Opax Rec)
- “Brilliance in the outer space” on From the earth to the Spheres vol.1 (Thurston Moore/ My Cat Is An Alien) split LP (2004/ Opax Records)
- “When the earth whispered your name” on From the earth to the Spheres vol.2 (Thuja/ My Cat Is An Alien) split LP (2004/ Opax Records)
- floating in the Void – cd-r (2004/ Opax Records)
- “Blank view” on From the earth to the Spheres vol.3 (Jackie-O Motherfucker/ My Cat Is An Alien) split LP (2004/ Opax Records)
- “Brilliance in the outer space“ on From the earth to the Spheres vol.1 (Thurston Moore/ My Cat Is An Alien) CD (2004/ Very Friendly/Cargo records)
- “When the earth whispered your name“ on From the earth to the Spheres vol.2 (Thuja/ My Cat Is An Alien) CD (2004/ Very Friendly/Cargo records)
- On air at Sound Projecting cd-r (2005/ Opax Records)
- “Winter will burn out yr wings” on From the earth to the Spheres vol.4 (Jim O’Rourke/ My Cat Is An Alien) split LP (2005/ Opax Records)
- Through the reflex of the rain CD (2005/ Free Porcupine Society)
- Everything is here lathe-cut 7" (2005/ Gold Soundz)
- When the windmill's whirl dies LP (2005/ Eclipse Records)
- Different shades of blue/ U-Sound Archive Vol.19 cd-r (2005/ U-Sound Archive)
- "Hear the voice of the Cosmos" on "The Tone of the Universe (= The Tone of the Earth)" Comp 2xCD (2005/ Pseudoarcana)
- "Alien substratum 1.0/1.2" on "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space: Long Form Works" Comp CD (2005/ Rebis)
- “Blank view” on From the earth to the Spheres vol.3 (Jackie-O Motherfucker/ My Cat Is An Alien) CD (2005/ Very Friendly/Cargo records)
- "The circle of life & death" on From the earth to the Spheres vol.5 (Christina Carter &Andrew MacGregor/MCIAA) split LP (2005/ Opax Records)
- Black shadows from Jupiter LP (2005/ Opax Records)
- Alien Minds C60 cassette (2005/ Sloow Tapes)
- "Elegy for all the extinct alien species" on "The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy box" Comp 6xCD set (2005/ Last Visible Dog)
- "After the Meteor Shower" on From the earth to the Spheres vol.6 (Glands of External Secretion/MCIAA) split LP (2005/ Opax Records)
- Plutonian flames 2xCD-R (2005/ Opax Records)
- "The circle of life & death" on From the earth to the Spheres vol.4 (Christina Carter & Andrew MacGregor/ MCIAA) CD (2005/ Very Friendly/Cargo records)
- The Cosmological Eye Trilogy 3xCD set (2005/ Last Visible Dog)
- Astral Key CD-R (2005/ Esquilo)
- Folclore Alieno CD-R (2006/ Opax Records)
- Different shades of Blue LP+7" (2006/ A Silent Place)
- There's a flame___sometimes LP (2006/ Rococo Records)
- "After the Meteor Shower" on From the earth to the Spheres vol.5 (Glands of External Secretion/MCIAA) split CD (2006/ Very Friendly/Cargo Records)
- Listen before Black falls LP (2006/ Root Strata)
- "Beyond the limits of the stars/ Beyond the limits of the grooves" on From the earth to the Spheres vol.7 (Christian Marclay & Okkyung Lee/MCIAA) split LP (2006/ Opax Records)
- Introducing the Cosmic Blues 7 inch (2006/ Important Records)
- Cosmic Light of the Third Millennium CD (2006/ Important Records)
- "Space Fluxus" on My Cat Is An Alien/ Tony Herrington "Joint Multiples 04" Box/CD-R/Painting/Polaroid/Painted Photograph (2006/ no label)
- "Astral Enlightenment" on Dream Magazine #6 Comp CD (2006/ Dream Magazine)
- "Cosmic Distance"on Yellow Gold Comp C20 Cassette (2006/ Gold Soundz)
- The secret of the Dancing Snow CD (2006/ Ikuisuus)
- "...Ascends the sky" CD (2006/ Rebis/Whitened Sepulchre)
- "Transmission from planet KFJC" on My Cat Is An Alien/ Corsican Paintbrush split 10" lathe cut (2006/ Opax Records/ Foxglove)
- Greetings from the Great Void 2xLP (2006/ Eclipse Records)
ROBERTO OPALIO
- Chants from isolated ghosts cd-r (2005/ Opax Records)
- Chants from isolated ghosts lathe-cut LP (2005/ Opax Records)
- voice with no guitar/ guitar with no voice C20 cassette (2005/ Opax Tapes)
- The last night of the Angel of Glass DVD-R + CD-R set (2006/ Foxglove)
- "Transparent moods" on Orange Gold Comp C20 Cassette (2006/ Gold Soundz)
- Whispers of the last Light DVD-R (2006/ Opax Records)
MAURIZIO OPALIO
- Way up to Enfer CD-R (2006/ Opax Records)
PAINTING PETALS ON PLANET GHOST (Ramona Ponzini, Maurizio Opalio, Roberto Opalio)
- s/t LP (2005/ Time-Lag Records)
- "Oceano" on Red Gold Comp C20 Cassette (2006/ Gold Soundz)
PRAXINOSCOPE (Roberto Opalio & Ramona Ponzini)
- s/t cd-r (2005/ Opax Records)
ONE LONELY ALIEN CAT (Roberto Opalio’s soloist project)
- In the blue alien dim light cd-r (1999/ Opax Records)
ORANGE CAR CRASH (extemporary project featuring My Cat Is An Alien/Amour en Stèrèophonie/V. Vortex)
- Lights in the Space Room LP (2002/ Opax Records)
[edit] References
- ^ The Prague Post Online: Tempo: International electro-pop stars headline Stimul Fest. www.praguepost.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
