My Cat Is An Alien

My Cat Is An Alien (MCIAA) is an Italian musical duo and outsider audiovisual artists formed in Torino, Italy, in late 1997. They are known for their experimental and avant-garde music, which they describe as 'instantaneous composition'. MCIAA have collaborated with influential artists such as Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Christian Marclay, Keiji Haino, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Jim O'Rourke, Nels Cline (Wilco), Text of Light, Steve Roden, Christina Carter (Charalambides), Mats Gustafsson and Enore Zaffiri.

Byron Coley and Thurston Moore wrote on Arthur Magazine that "Italy's MY CAT IS AN ALIEN is the finest two-brother band from Italy since the end of the Great War." Their first live show was supporting Sonic Youth in 1998. Thurston Moore has collaborated with them and released some of their material on his own Ecstatic Peace! record label.

Multi-instrumentalists Maurizio and Roberto Opalio primarily play electric and acoustic guitars along with self-made string instruments. They also incorporate various toy instruments ('space toys'), modified electronics ('alientronics'), a wide set of percussion instruments, and Roberto Opalio's wordless vocalizations into their music. In addition to their musical performances

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