Michael Vitali solo transmission — tidal waves, soft gamma repeaters, and the raw single-take experiments of the early 2010s.
Carcinogenic Corpse is Michael Vitali working alone-ish: a solo-led project of in-person and remote collaborations, 'experimental/improvisational gorilla recording sessions' ranging from drone/doom to future pop-bubblegum. The name promises death metal; the music delivers the opposite — Heavy Planet's 2011 review of 'Noise Farm' filed it next to Hybrid, Yo La Tengo, and Aphex Twin, with the reviewer openly baffled at where the Ironweed guitarist 'finds these sounds.' That gap between the name and the noise is the project's whole sense of humor. This is also the missing link in the catalog: made a decade before Estate Lord and Asvara's electronic turn, Carcinogenic Corpse proves the label's experimental wing predates its tools. The estate vault holds the finished evidence — official videos for 'Like a Tidal Wave,' 'Soft Gamma Repeaters,' and 'Sōng Shān (Super High),' the 'Another Limb' mastering sessions, the PANSPERMIA material tied to Magnetic Eye catalog #008, and a dense run of dated 2011–2012 session reels. All of it is in the pipeline for archival release through American Record and the PENNY vault: the gorilla sessions are getting a permanent habitat.
The history and the records, pressed into one column — read it, hear it, own it, in the order it happened.
Dense run of solo session recordings, artwork, and official videos — 'Like a Tidal Wave', 'Soft Gamma Repeaters', 'Sōng Shān (Super High)' — preserved in the estate vault and staged for archival release through the PENNY network.
Reviewed by Heavy Planet, August 2011 — soundscapes the reviewer placed alongside Hybrid, Yo La Tengo, and Aphex Twin. Known tracks from the review: 'Summer Girl', 'The Charm', 'Light Yourself a Fire', 'To Our Surprise', 'Vult Decipi'. Estate masters pending.
MER catalog #008, referenced in the 2012 Psychedelic Baby interview (including the track 'Artifacts'). No live product page located in 2026 — verification pending; PANSPERMIA session material sits in the estate vault.
First pressed via Magnetic Eye Records, 2012
“You'd be better off placing it amongst Hybrid, Yo La Tengo, and Aphex Twin. I can't surmise where Mike Vitali (yes, of Ironweed!) finds these sounds or how he manipulates them to grow into the album's resulting soundscapes.” Heavy Planet · 2011 · verified at heavyplanet.net
Working index of the finished vault material with official videos: 'Like a Tidal Wave', 'Soft Gamma Repeaters', 'Sōng Shān (Super High)', and the mastered 'Another Limb'. Formal archival release pending; timings to be pulled from the estate masters.
“Carcinogenic Corpse — solo led project involving in person & remote collaborations for experimental/improvisational gorilla recording sessions... The CC style varies from drone/doom to future pop-bubblegum hit making singles.” It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine · 2012 · Mike Vitali interview · verified at psychedelicbabymag.com
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