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My Cat Is An Alien

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My Cat Is An Alien LogoNo, these guys are not cousins of the horrible Crazy Frog, they're not the aftermath of a horrible cell phone ring tone, neither do they make cheesy Eurodance as their name would tend to imply. This outfit is in fact the result of two cosmos-obsessed brothers from Italy, the super Opalio brothers (no, their first names are not Mario and Luigi either!) and they're the latest psych-noise mongers helming from the Big Boot.

The story goes that the brothers, who compose most of their improvisational noise jams in their own studio (which they charmingly refer to as the "Space Room"), sent in one of their early compositions to Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Moore became so enthralled by the sounds contained within the wire mesh covered record that he contacted the brothers and helped them launch their career, even letting them open for his band during a european tour, and they've been pretty much non-stop ever since. They've rapidly gained the same notoriety for releasing album after album on their own Opax Records imprint or even on other labels as do Japan's Acid Mothers Temple! The week is just not the same without the release of a new My Cat Is An Alien record!

How do they sound? Well, imagine yourselves thousands of toys in a store coming to life at the exact same time during closing hours, some of these toys are malfunctioning due to manufacture defaults, the toys who have the ability to play other toys do so. Things get kind of rowdy as the night progresses, the droning noises getting louder and louder until the whole thing culminates in a cacophonous orgy with the toys sacrificing one of their own to their space gods. All of this in the settings of René Laloux's animated classic La Planète Sauvage, then add some reverb and unidentified noises and I believe that's a good interpretation of what these two can create. Not all of it is toy noises of course, the guitar is also an instrument of choice, but it isn't always recognizable at first. The level of noise often varies from album to album, but the brothers remain very true to their sound and a My Cat Is An Alien record couldn't possibly be mistaken for anything else. Quite unique.

I was quite reluctant at first to start purchasing the brothers' records, that name is just horrible! But never judge a book by it's cover. The descriptions I had read throughout the net of their sound really sparked my curiosity, the references to space, the psychedelic touches; everything about them fit with my musical and thematic tastes and I went ahead and got their rarer releases. I've been hooked ever since and I rarely miss out on anything they put out (although I still have some holes to fill). NO OVERDUBS/NO OUTTAKES!

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Album Cover Landscapes Of An Electric City
Label: ZZZ Production
Release: 1999
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: ZZZ-12

Song list:

  1. 1st Movement (24:21)
  2. 2nd Movement (8:07)
  3. 3rd Movement (13:39)


Album Cover The Alien Attack Series! Volume II: Infinte Lights Above Us
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2001
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 004

Song list:

  1. Infinte Lights Above Us (32:25)


Album Cover The Alien Attack Series! Volume III: ...Ascends The Sky
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2001
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 005

Song list:

  1. ...Ascends The Sky (50:39)


Album Cover Out Of The Blue... Into The White
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2003
Format: 3CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 007

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. I (40:20)
CD 2:
  1. II (1:10:00)
CD 3:
  1. III (1:14:00)


Album Cover Il Segno
Label: Starlight Furniture Co.
Release: 2003
Format: LP
Cat. no: ☆20

Song list:

  1. The Sign (16:14)
  2. The Sign (14:38)


Album Cover The Rest Is Silence
Label: Eclipse Records
Release: 2003
Format: 2LP
Cat. no: ECL 027/028

Song list:

LP 1:
  1. Infinite Spaces (4:22)
  2. Last Calls From The Earth (18:05)
  3. Flames Of Invisible Arms (11:37)
  4. You Went Through The Ocean (Part One) (7:40)
LP 2:
  1. You Went Through The Ocean (Part Two) (23:48)
  2. Silence Will Come To Last Forever (24:48)


Album Cover The First Flame Of Tomorrow
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 009

Song list:

  1. The First Flame Of Tomorrow (1:08:48)


Album Cover Floating In The Void
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 011

Song list:

  1. Floating In The Void (25:16)


Album Cover When The Windmill's Whirl Dies
Label: Eclipse Records
Release: 2004
Format: LP
Cat. no: ECL 040

Song list:

  1. When The Windmill's Whirl Dies (23:17)
  2. Perception Of Time (11:43)
  3. Fallin' (9:52)


Album Cover Through The Reflex Of The Rain
Label: Free Porcupine Society
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: FPS 011 CD

Song list:

  1. Through The Reflex Of The Rain (39:14)


Album Cover On Air At Sound Projecting
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 012

Song list:

  1. Untitled (18:42)
  2. Untitled (6:58)
  3. Untitled (12:03)


Album Cover Different Shades Of Blue (Volume 19)
Label: U-Sound Archive
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: USOUND Vol.19

Song list:

  1. Different Shades Of Blue (48:36)


Album Cover Plutonian Flames
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2005
Format: 2CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 016/017

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Part One (20:13)
  2. Part Two (19:58)
CD 2:
  1. Part Three (22:18)
  2. Part Four (22:14)


Album Cover Alien Minds
Label: Sloow Tapes
Release: 2005
Format: CS
Cat. no: JUNI

Song list:

  1. Side One (25:56)
  2. Side Two (29:19)


Album Cover The Cosmological Eye Trilogy
Label: Last Visible Dog Records
Release: 2005
Format: 3CD
Cat. no: LVD 072/73/74

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. The Cosmological Eye Introduction (14:01)
  2. Into The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy (55:19)
CD 2:
  1. The Helix Nebula (7:59)
  2. Into The Sombrero Galaxy Galaxy (40:03)
  3. The Trifid Nebula (21:33)
CD 3:
  1. Into The Whirlpool Galaxy (33:03)
  2. The Orion Nebula (34:52)


Album Cover Astral Key
Label: Esquilo Records
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: ES002/ESVGRA001

Song list:

  1. Astral Key (38:56)


Album Cover There's A Flame... Sometimes
Label: Rococo Records
Release: 2005
Format: LP
Cat. no: RCC0005

Song list:

  1. Astral Intro (8:53)
  2. There's A Flame... Sometimes Pt. 1 (12:23)
  3. There's A Flame... Sometimes Pt. 2 (24:02)


Album Cover Folclore Alieno
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2006
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: OPX 018

Song list:

  1. Il "Segno" Perduto (10:05)
  2. Blues Astrale (7:31)
  3. Evanescenza (5:31)
  4. Ciò Che Resta (3:54)
  5. Spazi Vuoti (7:11)
  6. Fuchi Fatui (13:08)


Album Cover Listen Before Black Falls
Label: Root Strata
Release: 2006
Format: LP
Cat. no: RS-10

Song list:

  1. Listen Before Black Falls (19:42)
  2. Listen Before Black Falls (21:09)


Album Cover Cosmic Light Of The Third Millenium
Label: Important Records
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: IMPREC077

Song list:

  1. Section I (17:46)
  2. Section II (25:20)
  3. Section III (6:13)


Album Cover Two Space-Blues: Introducing The Cosmic Light/Introducing The Cosmic Blues
Label: Important Records
Release: 2006
Format: 7"
Cat. no: IMPREC093

Song list:

  1. Side A (4:42)
  2. Side B (4:50)


Album Cover The Secret Of The Dancing Snow
Label: Ikuisuus
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: IKU-003

Song list:

  1. The Secret Of The Dancing Snow (34:10)


Album Cover Greetings From The Great Void
Label: Eclipse Records
Release: 2006
Format: 2LP
Cat. no: ECL 054

Song list:

LP 1:
  1. Here On The Sad Planet (6:49)
  2. Greetings From The Great Void Pt. 1 (9:05)
  3. Greetings From The Great Void Pt. 2 (14:54)
LP 2:
  1. No Human Can See (5:15)
  2. Leave Me In Space Pt. 1 (8:02)
  3. Leave Me In Space Pt. 2 (15:29)
  4. Goodbye Earth (5:15)


Album Cover Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio
Label: Les Disques Victo
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: VICTOCD101

Song list:

  1. Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio Part One (35:42)
  2. Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio Part Two (14:49)


Album Cover Leave Me In The Black No-Thing
Label: Important Records
Release: 2007
Format: CD
Cat. no: IMPREC116

Song list:

  1. Part One (30:24)
  2. Part Two (25:51)


Album Cover Sotto Le Stelle
Label: Lost Treasures Of The Underworld
Release: 2007
Format: One-sided LP
Cat. no: 108838/108839

Song list:

  1. Sotto Le Stelle (19:01)


Album Cover Speak, Alien, Speak!
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2007
Format: 3CS
Cat. no: OPX 026C

Song list:

CS 1:
  1. Side One (9:00)
  2. Side Two (9:11)
CS 2:
  1. Side Three (9:16)
  2. Side Four (9:34)
CS 3:
  1. Side Five (7:11)


Album Cover Alien Blood (Original Soundtrack)
Label: Opax Records
Release: 2008
Format: LP
Cat. no: OPX 030A

Song list:

  1. Side One (20:08)
  2. Side Two (20:28)