Michael Ridge:
Circuit bent toys/keyboards
Contact Microphones
FX Pedals
Tape Heads
Electromagnetic Coils
Home-Built Noise Circuits
Metal
No-Input Mixer
Influences
Merzbau
Circuit Bending
Reed Ghazala
Nicolas Collins
Luigi Russolo
David Tudor
Phil Archer
Masami Akita
Justice Yeldham
Brian Duffy
Hal McGee
Toshimaru Nakamura
Lee Myers
John Cage
La Monte Young
Alvin Lucier
The 'Post Digital'
Dada
Fluxus
Futurism
Zebra Mu is the solo circuit bending/broken/electronic/noise/dada/performance/trash project of UK-based sound artist Michael Ridge.
I also run the DIY noise/experimental label Quagga Curious Sounds.
I'm a member of other/other/other a new sound/performance art collective based in Norwich, East Anglia: check out the site HERE
Discography:
ZEBRA MU: Sing n'Smile Pals CDr (self released) limited to 15 copies
ZEBRA MU: Weeeeee! CDr (self released) limited to 40 copies
ZEBRA MU: Animal Poo Demo CDr (self released) limited to 6 Copies.
Each copy came with an eyepatch and other random junk I found on my bedroom floor.
ZEBRA MU / I Vomit Teddy Bears: Split (Noise-Joy, NJMP3_0299)
ZEBRA MU: Childhood Destroyer EP (Catch23 Recordings, C23_034) DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: Glass Material Action (Catch23 Recordings, C23_040) DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU / SCHADENFREUDE: The Good, the Bent, and the Twisted (Catch23 Recordings C23_48) DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: Lavatorial Hardware Bondage Mini EP (Love Torture Records LTR_016) DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: Small Talk EP (Catch23 Recordings C23_056)
DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: A Mess Of Toys (one track single): Daydream Generation Singles project DG068)
DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: Unreleased Curiosities Oddments and Piffle (End of Music, EOM_10) A collection of old and rather curious unreleased recordings.
DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU: DDDD-77 Mini EP (Dadaist Audio, DADA_122) Two tracks of very lo-fi circuit bent/broken drum machine noises.
DOWNLOAD
ZEBRA MU / Raw Oath Split (P.Asgeroth Black Label)
Really not sure if this is out
ZEBRA MU: Demo 3"CDr/CDr (self released) limited to 25 Copies
Each copy came with a printed colour card insert and further decorated with magical stickers to delight all ages.
ZEBRA MU / Ecoute La Merde: Split C30 (Underground Pollution Records) limited to 30 Copies
ZEBRA MU: Unreleased Curiosities Oddments and Piffle CDr (Super Terrore Z STZ05) Limited to 10 copies
ZEBRA MU / [unitauf]: Analogue Anal Split CDr (Sewer Records)
ZEBRA MU / Astral Vomit: Split CDr (Smell the Stench)
ZEBRA MU / Grim Kirby / Kinky Cinch: 3-Way Split CDr (Noise Park Activities NPA009) limited to 44 copies
AT THE MOMENT I'M CUTTING THE COVERS!TOMMOROW I'LL SEND YOU YOUR 5 COPIES!MICHAEL,TELL ME THE LAST SUB RELEASE YOU HAVE,SO THAT I'LL SEND YOU THE REST AS WELL!!!!
Anyways, what I want to do is have both toys connected to my mixer *a old boss 8 channel* and use stomp boxes with them... that shall be my project tonight. :)
Hey man im good ta, kinda not been myspacing alot lately...sorry bout that fella! 'AND' i still aint sent u that disc (as well as about 10 other peoples) im shite these days! I will do it soon!
So hows you mate, whats all happening in the Zeb world? You have been doing alot of recordings and performances of late? We just did a new podcast if your innerested in a 2hour listen some day hehe! Hey did u put in a song to the Daydream compilation recently mate?
Am still writing music, but my comp got fucked recently and aint got my cubased sussed so no new songs 'recorded' but plenty in the mind!
Hope ur well mate, soz for goin all quiet on the northern front ;P
hi Michael its Michael lol hope you are good! we will defo do some more face melts shortly! good luck with london, im sure they will love it! we dont have any sorted out yet but im sure we will try and get another couple under our belt before the year is out. We will have a couple of releases coming soon though!!keep in touch mikee
hey michael, thanks heaps for the 'cock gallop!' disc. 'circuit scrape' is really awesome - i'll have to get along to a zebra mu live show some time so i can witness first hand and LOUD! that would be great. i've just put a package together for you, so should be with ya in the next few days. cheers dude, adam
hey michael!! well we have a few peoples faces we would like to melt i think bono might be next i hate the fucker lolz!mikee thinks the edge should get it though because of all the wanky guitar effects racks he has and makes such a pitiful noise with them lols they are both deserving of a melting i'd say! so when are u gonna come up here and play a show with us??? love lots claire xxxx
