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Eddie The Rat

It started as a man alone in his room surrounded by contact mics, homemade-detuned-realigned instruments, a visiting rodent, and a lizard named Herb (RIP) who liked to sleep amongst the electrical cables. At 3am, the man hummed and squeaked along to intricate little rhythms and threw in microcassette field-recordings of anything or anyone that would speak into the recorder. The lizard poked its head up and would run pall-mall as if a predator bird were flying overhead. The rodent was nowhere to be seen. These were the ingredients of a recording, called Eddie the Rat, named after (who guessed it). The fine Negativland folks graciously released it, but the association gave the impression of a plunderphonics/sample-based approach (which it was not). CUT! Leaving the room and the the lizard at

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

16

Albums

5

Total audio

1h 17m 42s

FMA listens

4,026

Favourites

6

Avg bitrate

196 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Experimental12
Pop2
  • Attribution-NonCommercial — 14
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 1
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 1

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Food For the Moon Too Soon (Pt. 2)Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity200411m 11s779
Breathing Underwater in the Data StreamLip-Synching At Zero Gravity20044m 16s575
There's No Such Place As Outer SpaceInterplanetary Materials20043m 28s439
Drop Me Off In DenpasarDrop Me Off In Denpasar200417m 41s332
Waiting For Enlightenment BluesLip-Synching At Zero Gravity20042m 13s278
Cosmonauts Don't Like Returning To EarthSpring20082m 29s251
Lip-synching at Zero GravityLip-Synching At Zero Gravity20044m 46s212
Calling Mr. Stratosphere…Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity20044m 52s208
"I'm Not Coming back"Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity20046m 16s194
Satori KumquatComfort Cake20044m 02s182

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min531.3%
3–6 min850%
Over 6 min318.8%

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Track Catalogue

16 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
Cosmonauts Don't Like Returning To Earth [76] Spring 2008 Pop 2m 29s 251 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
Satori Kumquat [76] Comfort Cake 2004 Pop 4m 02s 182 Attribution-NonCommercial
Drop Me Off In Denpasar [] Drop Me Off In Denpasar 2004 17m 41s 332 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
There's No Such Place As Outer Space [12, 15] Interplanetary Materials 2004 3m 28s 439 Attribution-NonCommercial
Waiting For Enlightenment Blues [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 2m 13s 278 Attribution-NonCommercial
Breathing Underwater in the Data Stream [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 4m 16s 575 Attribution-NonCommercial
Lip-synching at Zero Gravity [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 4m 46s 212 Attribution-NonCommercial
DSP Rabid [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 1m 55s 54 Attribution-NonCommercial
'Til Your Gone [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 3m 13s 61 Attribution-NonCommercial
Sifting Through Dead Air [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 5m 28s 73 Attribution-NonCommercial
"I'm Not Coming back" [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 6m 16s 194 Attribution-NonCommercial
Extemporaneous [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 1m 14s 74 Attribution-NonCommercial
Anhedonia [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 1m 19s 156 Attribution-NonCommercial
Smoke Signals From the Maze [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 3m 19s 158 Attribution-NonCommercial
Food For the Moon Too Soon (Pt. 2) [1, 38] Lip-Synching At Zero Gravity 2004 Experimental 11m 11s 779 Attribution-NonCommercial