Mixomatosis was one joke stretched way too far. What started out as my entry into the world of music, via the splicing together of other people's tracks to create bootlegs, or "mashups" as the kids call them, turned into a one-man performance art farce that resulted in numerous bruises, cuts and spilled drinks, a dislocated nose and an overall sense of self-degredation that divided audiences almost uniformly 50/50. Though what they split into remains a mystery.
Besides the ludicrous live shows, an estimated 100 bootlegs were released for free online via the Get Your Bootleg On website. Many of these were removed from the internet following a cease and desist notice from the BPI that brought new meaning to the term "lazy". (Don't ask.) Many more were virtually unlistenable anyway. Around twenty still stand up to repeated listening, and most of these were released on Digital Vomit Records - a hand-made CD-R entitled Very Unprofessional (a quote from a review of the first ever gig by legendary music and football mogul Eric Hall) and an MP3 collection entitled Even Unprofessionaler. Both were deleted around Christmas and New Year of 2009/10.
In lieu of any other aliases at the time, the name Mixomatosis was also used for other forays in music. In 2007 the Austrian label Hirntrust Grind Media released a limited edition of thirty 5" vinyl records entitled ...Is Dead, which featured a radio DJ, chiptune, kazoos, noise, acid and Japanese number puzzles across 150 seconds of audio. In addition to this, assorted tracks were released on compilations in a number of styles, including breakcore, noise, new beat... and one that was meant to sound like a music box version of Bridge Over Troubled Water. There were also two Belgian New Beat megamixes released online by V/Vm Test Records in 2005/6.
MIXOMATOSIS IS A ROTTING CORPSE...
...but it's an open grave. And a farewell EP is in the pipeline following a wireless run-in with Big 1FM's own Sara Cox.