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Almost there, but not quite! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newfangled instrument isn\u2019t just any<\/em> old ready-to-play synth with keyboards, meant to play a specific sound when you press a key. In fact, this synth doesn\u2019t make any sound at all… Not until it is connected to a source of pure electrical energy. Which in this case is that organism that seems to be revealing new talents every day… the mushroom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Noah Kalos<\/strong>, better known as MycoLyco<\/a><\/strong>, the mushroom-lovin\u2019 electronic musician who has turned into a sleeper hit on TikTok. How exactly did he manage to play music from the presumably mute mushrooms? Did fashion designer Stella McCartney<\/strong> really showcase her mycelium-fabric<\/strong> designs to MycoLyco\u2019s shroom music? And did Kalos single handedly cause last year’s shortage of Lion\u2019s Mane<\/a><\/strong> mushrooms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s tune in, shall we!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Mushrooms Be Used to Make Music?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Noah Kalos uses modular synthesizers that allow mushrooms to \u201cplay music.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a recent interview<\/a><\/strong> with Rolling Stone, Kalos explained what happens when he puts his mushroom music mechanism to work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a creative collaboration between humans, mushrooms, and machines.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As MycoLyco, Kalos has carved out a niche for himself in #mushtok<\/strong> \u2014 the dedicated space on TikTok for all things mushroom \u2014 by playing his unique flavour of music. So, how does he do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, Kalos connects a many-wired, modular synth<\/strong> to the skin of a living mushroom. Next, the wires pick up on the mushroom\u2019s cellular activity, which makes a bioelectrical<\/a><\/strong> jolt every second. This vibration is then converted into bleeps and bloops, and the rest, and finally finessed into music magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Simple Life to Meteoric Rise<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kalos told Rolling Stone<\/em> about what life was like for him before he turned viral on TikTok: a quiet home <\/strong>in rural North Carolina with his wife and two kids, two and four respectively. Kalos even has the country crooner look down pat in his spectacles, sensible clothing, and an impressive beard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As MycoLyco, Noah Kalos connects things to \u201csynthesizers with the magic of bio data sonification\u201d. (via Mycolyco\u2019s Facebook page <\/mark><\/em>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mycolycomycology<\/em><\/mark><\/a> )<\/mark><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All of that changed overnight when one of Kalos\u2019s first videos on YouTube garnered over one million views<\/strong>. It was a frenzy. He retrofitted a spare bedroom as a recording studio – slash – mycology \u2018lab\u2019. Kalos now had money to spare, too, as he told Rolling Stone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI made $5,000 in two weeks from it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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