A start into Jamuary22 trying out a 3 patch challenge from Comparative Irrelevance. Maths/STØ/Rings only here we do not use the STØ (bc we do not own one) in its place we used the VCO side of a Maneco Labs Grone Drone.. with a short visit from

Performing Mycelia-preview

Dec 28th, 2021 2m 47s

Mycelia premiered as the opening performance for A MAZE. / Berlin festival 2021 in VRChat. A meta-immersive living mycelium musical entanglement. Nanotopia is known for hooking up fungi with electrodes and circuitry to record its various biod

The UnderSound: mid-Winter

May 15th, 2021 17m 20s

Forest UnderSound is an invitation to consider the sentience of fungi. Sentience is the ability to perceive one’s environment, and experience sensations such as pain and suffering, or pleasure and comfort. Many countries acknowledge animal sent

SCOBY

Apr 27th, 2021 11m 40s

Finally hooked up a Mother. After chatting with Aga (Ferment Radio) I wondered why I hadn't tried this yet. I mean, really. Prior to setting the electrode probes into the SCOBY I did a little test with Apple cider vinegar and another with a bi

Unexpected Visitors

Dec 6th, 2020 19m 11s

Back in August 2020 I started cultivating Pleurotus djamor towards a presentation for the Remote Realities residency awarded to myself and technologist/collaborator Sara Lisa Vogl (regarding Symbiosis/Dysbiosis). After the presentation I gently

3. Apongo

Sep 23rd, 2020 6m 34s

Created during COVID self-isolation. Moon in Cancer was recorded during our August 15th live stream. Check it out over on https://nanotopia.bandcamp.comThanks for listening!

2. Mothers2

Sep 23rd, 2020 7m 14s

Created during COVID self-isolation. Moon in Cancer was recorded during our August 15th live stream. Check it out over on https://nanotopia.bandcamp.comThanks for listening!

4. MooninCancer

Sep 23rd, 2020 35m 6s

Created during COVID self-isolation. Moon in Cancer was recorded during our August 15th live stream. Check it out over on https://nanotopia.bandcamp.comThanks for listening!

1. IntoTheVoid

Sep 22nd, 2020 2m 44s

Created during COVID self-isolation. Moon in Cancer was recorded during our August 15th live stream. Check it out over on https://nanotopia.bandcamp.comThanks for listening!

The Dye Maker, 2019

Aug 5th, 2020 7m 41s

The Dye Maker - Composed by:Phaeolus schweinitzii for Music Works magazine - The biodata of Phaeolus schweinitzii (common name: the Dye Maker’s polypore) was recorded during a Fall foray with the Mycological Society of Toronto at Dufferin f

Generative Patching

Jul 12th, 2020 1h

Generative Patching by Mycelium Network

Midnight Mushroom Music: Into The New Nature

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 9m

Solstice Live Stream fromJune 20th, 2020 5:30 PM EDT Into the New Nature Travelling without moving into the Mycelium Network with Nanotopia. Mycelium bio-sonification through modular synthesis. Electrodes are placed within Ganoderma lucidu

Now Means Nothing

May 31st, 2020 56m 10s

Live stream Midnight Mushroom Music • May 30th, 2020Ganoderma lucidum biodata recorded in realtime - translated into MIDI & CV into Mutable Instruments Yarns which in turn sent this data into various Synth voices: Plaits, Braids, Clouds, Moth

Mycelium during COVID-19

May 3rd, 2020 2h 30m

Meant to be a live stream to Instagram (@nanopodstudio) there was a technical melt-down of sorts (phone related) so, we had to cancel. Meanwhile, we were recording (thank the fungi!) and here it is.Pleurotus ostreatus that has grown into/aroun

Hidden Fungi Layer

Mar 30th, 2020 14m 14s

Ahoy! Some listeners of 28/03/20's live stream asked what the fungi were contributing so, we isolated the layer to share here!

thoughtful scrunch

Feb 21st, 2020 6m 46s

Growing mycorrhizal threads pushed through MicroFreak & Particle into Live and out the donut hole. Headphones always.

Particle counter

Feb 11th, 2020 20m 48s

Monster Zero is in the works! I believe I've mentioned looking into Phoneme databases, to use with the fungi biodata? Well, here we have some mycorrhizal fungi triggering numbers. As if it is counting out otherworldly lottery numbers, or perha

Fungal AI

Jan 13th, 2020 7m 52s

Remember how everyone seemingly got all up on Grimes for saying AI will replace musicians? Well, actually that may not have been her exact wording or sentiment, however, if the Age of Spiritual Machines is soon then Grimes may not be too far fr

Pleurr

Jan 12th, 2020 11m 50s

Pleurr by Mycelium Network

Crassula-portulacea

Dec 15th, 2019 26m 25s

Lately, we've been researching electrodes. Nano, micro, tiny, made of fine silver and gold. For this biodata recording, we used needle-fine silver electrodes. The electrodes, like hypodermic needles, were placed within the roots of our Crassula

C.militaris

Dec 4th, 2019 1h 7m

A colleague is experimenting with Cordyceps, growing them on rice... Several jars of fruiting bodies so I thought why not record some biodata! Here it is.. curious.

Deanei and Cypellocarpa

Oct 20th, 2019 26m 40s

This was my last day in the Blue Mountains and I had to record biodata from a Mountain Blue Gum, Eucalyptus deanei as well as a Grey Gum, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa. Not too far from BigCi the soil changes to where these particular beauties thrive

Arachnocampa-luminosa

Oct 9th, 2019 17m 24s

Tuesday evening, Oct 8th I was generously invited to visit (& record biodata if possible) the Glowworms residing in a section of Rainforest looked after by Lionel Buckett, founder/builder of http://lovecabins.com.au/ (check out his amazing cabi

Cyclo-haemastoma

Sep 28th, 2019 19m 4s

Raw Midi biodata recorded from the Eucalyptus haemastoma. I brought it into Ableton for some lite-processing. Added a 'voice' to hear the data. The notes formed what looked like cuneiform. Letters. Maybe, symbols?Do you hear a pattern?Euca

Laetiporus portentosus

Sep 24th, 2019 30m 58s

Its been raining up in the Blue Mountains- which is a good thing! Out early morning Wednesday, Sept 18th and I found giant Cauliflower-like, slightly Lion's Mane-ish fungi under gum trees. Turns out these giant fungus clumps are Laetiporus port