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Artist
Michael Heumann
8+ albums
experimentalelectronicgoober
about
Michael Heumann is from Riverside, California. He holds a PhD in English from the University of California, Riverside. He wrote his dissertation on sound and technology in 20th century literature. You can read it at Haunted Ink. He first began studying music in the 80s, influenced by both the indie-punk bands of that decade (The Replacements and The Minutemen, especially) and by the great music of earlier decades (Dylan, Stones, Stax/Volt, Robert Johnson). He spent a few years learning to play the guitar, but he grew dissatisfied with the instrument and became more interested in literature and writing. Ah, but then computers grew up and it became possible to not only create your own music using computers but also to record, edit, master, and distribute your own music. He started on this road in the mid-90s, while he was working on his dissertation. He recorded a few albums of fun little songs (Me, AC, and Pocket Monkey) under the name Aboo, and he sold them via mp3.com. At first, Aboo’s music emulated (or tried to) the more eclectic electronic music of Rephlex, Warp, and similar labels. Gradually, his music evolved to incorporate more experimental sounds (borrowing from the artists on labels like Mille Plateaux, 12k, Trente Oiseaux, Raster-Noton, and Touch). To accompany this shift in focus from lighthearted, bouncy songs to weird, atmospheric stuff, Aboo decided to stop being Aboo and start being Michael Heumann. In 2003, Heumann produced a web-only release, The I
