Episode description
Today on Mushroom Hour we are blessed by the presence of Noah Kalos, founder of the groundbreaking Youtube and social media channels “MycoLyco”. This work is a blend of his passions for nature, mycology and electronic music. He originally got hooked on electronic music production at the age of 17, but in the past 6 years Noah took that passion to the next level, getting deep into digital music hardware and electrical engineering. Noah majored in studio art at Oberlin College and then spent 5+ years living in the woods transitioning between outdoor roles as a camp counselor and nature therapist. During his time in the wild, he became familiar with all kinds of wild foods and has been a longtime mycology enthusiast. In the wake of the pandemic, Noah decided to focus on growing mushrooms. His plan was to convert his music studio into a mycology lab, but after a fateful connection between mycelium and synth electrodes, the studio and lab became one in the same. Now with his MycoLyco project, Noah has been giving us all a window into the incredible musical frequencies of fungi.
(Intro and Outro music is the sound of mushrooms from the new MycoLyco album!)
Topics Covered:
- Noah’s Origin Story
- Years Spent Living in Nature
- Mushroom Cultivation & Cordyceps
- Marriage of Synth and Mushroom - Birth of Myco Lyco
- Waves and Resistance Converting into Digital Sounds
- Biodata Sonification
- Responses to Stimuli & Rhythmic Spiking Behaviors
- Hooking up Crystals, Cacti and Orchids to the Synthesizer
- Unique Hallmarks of Mushroom Sound Waves
- Is there Sonic Communication Between Mushrooms?
- Mycelium Sentience
- Fungi Offering New Perspectives
- Explosion of Citizen Science and Autodidactic Learning
- Tips for Exploring Modular Synth
- Future Plans for Myco Lyco
Episode Resources:
- Myco Lyco Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmw-u-2kzPQPO5n9sTpcyA
- Myco Lyco Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mycolyco?lang=en
- Myco Lyco IG: https://www.instagram.com/mycolyco/
- Myco Lyco FB: https://www.facebook.com/mycolycomycology/
- Midisprout/Plantwave: https://www.midisprout.com/
- Instruo Scion: https://www.instruomodular.com/
- MAKEN0ISE YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/MAKEN0ISE
- Divkid YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideo
- Andrew is Music YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/songstowearpantsto
- Arduino Uno: https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-uno-rev3
- Biodata Sonification Github: https://github.com/13-37-org/midi-biodata