Radical Mycology Mixtape Vol. I – Mycoculture Research, Arts, and Development

29 tracks | 53 minutes

RADICAL MYCOLOGY MIXTAPE

Volume I

Radical Mycology Mixtape

Volume I

53 minutes of mycophilic music, stories, and poems.

Initially inspired by the diversity of acts showcased at each Radical Mycology Convergence’s talent show, the first volume of the Radical Mycology Mixtape grew to become a gentle snapshot of the world of mycology just before the big fungi boom. Through 29 tracks of music, field recordings, and poems the Mixtape offers a misty, meandering foray through this world – one that spirals in the undergrowth and lifts past the canopy.

The Mixtape is also a window into the early years of Radical Mycology, with each track carrying its own flavor of the DIY, lo-fi, and impassioned sentiments found at the core of the Radical Mycology community. The album begins with AGF’s Firemushroom, a rhythmic, biosonification-based pulse that speaks to the unexpected habits of wild fungi. From here, Sporecaster’s Things Are Not What They See and OMNIII’s I Bruise Blue relay encounters with psychoactive fungi – a theme touched on by several other tracks later in the album. Along the way, most recordings address lesser explored musical subjects such as the joy of foraging or of cooking mushrooms. Radical Fun Time’s Radical Mycology Time is a celebration of fungal ecology and grassroots mycoremediation, while Glitter Wizard’s Mycelia is a ripping ode to gravesite communication via mycelium. Between the lyrical tracks are mixed a variety of instrumental bridges and mood-setters that open space for the listener to reflect on what fungi sound like for them. Tying the album together, five excerpt’s from Emji Spero’s audio chapbook, almost any shit will do, are interspersed to perfectly convey the poetic parallels between fungal growth and a connected and collaborative community’s potential to reshape the world.

Through complex topics, heartfelt lyrics, and an ethos of loving something solely because of what it says to you, Radical Mycology Mixtape Volume I recounts a simpler time with fungi. A timeless album that works as a mellow backdrop on the drive to the forest, the Mixtape was the first insight into the need to support the global community of creative Radical Mycologists – one that ultimately led to the founding of Mycoculture Research, Arts, and Development.

AGF – Firemushroom (03:08)
Emji Spero – almost any shit will do (Movement no.1) (Excerpt, 00:21)
Sporecaster – Things Are Not What They See (01:22)
OMNIII – I Bruise Blue (01:36)
Emji Spero – almost any shit will do (Movement no.1) (Excerpt, 00:14)
Radical Fun Time – Radical Mycology Time (01:37)
Glitter Wizard – Mycelia (03:20)
Baba and The Yagas – Cordyceps (01:35)
Josh Vogeler – Winter Mushrooms (01:20)
Sam Sycamore – Gold Pavilion (05:16)
Emji Spero – almost any shit will do (Movement no.2) (Excerpt, 00:16)
Kamehameha – Head Up The Sky (05:04)
Zoe Gordon – Curse of the Wild Morels (Excerpt, 01:18)
Mamoun Nukumanu – Helix Trees (01:52)
MTLR – Subtape (02:19)
Raven Nada – When The Forest Dies (02:02)
Skep. Lef – Oyster Mushroom Soup (03:08)
Ernst Karel – Mycological (Excerpt, 01:06)
Gourmet – Mushrooms (02:42)
Zoe Gordon – Curse of the Wild Morels (Excerpt, 01:01)
River Dweller – Karyogamy (00:47)
cyberboy666 & user43368831 - Two Mushrooms KNOCKING (02:49)
Alexander Dudas (DJ Swampmaster Flex) – Lumberjack Lobotomy (Yellow Cap Fix-It Edit) (00:35)
Michael Ching – Mushroom Eye (00:52)
Connor Albers – Very Same Moon (02:24)
Caffeine Machine – How Doth The Little Crocodile? (02:02)
Emji Spero – almost any shit will do (Movement no.2) (Excerpt, 00:12)
Patrick Lavoie – Psilocybe (01:56)
Emji Spero – almost any shit will do (Movement no.5) (Excerpt, 00:17)