19/10/2026
I've been obsessed with a new music album past month. If you know me, or better still been unfortunate enough to be a passenger in my car, you'll know my tastes in music vastly vary, eclectic eccentric from Marilyn Manson to Mozart, with Dolly inbetween 😁
The new album 'Mycoaudiology - The Lost Tapes' hit the mat, and made a good start with the hand illustrated address label - top customer services with a personal artistic touch!
I had no idea what to expect, I'd pre-purchased months earlier with nothing more than confidence that the highly talented man behind the project would bring humour and fun and that I was likely to enjoy. I'd guessed it might be educational and very likely Bio-sonification masterfully put together in a likable audio for background listening. I popped it in car in readiness for a 3am start of a 4 hour road trip to a survey site.
My expectations were very wrong! I was blown away and my 4hr trip flew by on a musical journey of constant replay, singing along, chuckling to risqué lines, and chucking some moves!
You know those songs that take you on a journey? Flashback to decades of TV and multiple music genre - Baywatch, Magnum Pi, the film 'Lost Boys', Hip hop, Beasty Boys, Run DMC, Jazz, Blues, Blue Grass and Folk , Soul and Gospel, even a bit of Caribbean festival with an educational dark twist 🪦 😂 . You know the type of lyrics that seem to get you as much as you get them?
I wasn't prepared for the final song. Lead into a false sense of security whilst chuckling to a very familiar theme by the penultimate track, it grabbed my attention by strings akin to an intro by 'The Streets' followed by an audio that hits you in all the 'feelies' accompanied by angelic choir. Literally took my breath away, the brain stalled and I can't even begin to explain how it made me cry - passing trucker must have thought Id just received some devasting news. I replayed it about 5 times over and over. It's beautiful. The talent behind the album hit genius level.
I introduced the track to my eldest son last week - 26 and has rather distasteful liking of hard core rap, so wasn't expecting much. He really liked it, but asked if it's a sonet about a serial killer?? He wasn't far wrong 😂 Another track I used as a theme tune for a professional course of fungak ID of a Trunk Road ecology team 😁🚗
I'm not gonna give spoilers, if you enjoy music and LOVE fungi, it's for you! So grab a copy for yourself and a Fungal friend for birthday, Xmas or just a thank you if they've helped you learn something new in mycology.
I'm not going to make apologies for contagious replay or nervous twitch if someone dares switch it off, or for public humming with outburst of chorus with a jiggle when your doing your weekly shop.... 😂 I've no idea how to buy a copy as I purchased mine via a kickstarter, so hopefylly the genius himself Ali Mac can pop a link in the comments. I really can't applaud loud enough! 👏👏 Well done to all involved and thank you! 1000's of miles past month have been a fungal joy.
