''Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 and Volume 2'' is a two-studio album series by

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's co-founder and lead singer

Mark Mothersbaugh Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (; born May 18, 1950) is an American composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose " Whip It" was a top 2 ...

. They were originally released in 1988, the same year as Devo's seventh studio album ''

Total Devo ''Total Devo'' is the seventh studio album by American new wave band Devo, released on May 24, 1988 by Enigma Records, just under four years after their previous album, '' Shout'' (1984). "Disco Dancer" hit No. 45 on ''Billboards Hot Dance Club ...

'', on the labels

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and

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. The albums consisted entirely of instrumentals that were performed in the style of easy listening

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similar to Devo's compilation album ''

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'', released the previous year. Both of the albums were produced, written, arranged, programmed and performed by Mothersbaugh himself and engineered and mixed by former Devo keyboardist and guitarist

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. Mothersbaugh once described the albums as "

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meets wallpaper."

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co-creator of the animated television series ''

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'', had called Mothersbaugh and asked if he could use the music from ''Muzik for Insomniaks'' for ''Rugrats'', however, Mothersbaugh proposed that he could compose new songs instead, and, after one meeting, Csupó agreed. ''Muzik for Insomniaks'' is also the title of an album by Mothersbaugh released in Japan in 1985. This was released as part of the cassette magazine ''TRA'' after Mothersbaugh was given copies of the magazine by Hajime Tachibana, and asked if he could contribute. Only 10,000 copies were made of each TRA release, with Mothersbaugh's album also packaged with a deck of playing cards.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from both of the album's liner notes which are identical. *

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''Series IIx'' programming; Roland keyboards;

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s ;Production team *Mark Mothersbaugh –

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;

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; mixing *Patrick Pending – art direction *David Lomeli – art assistance *Jonathan Gelber –

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References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1988 albums Enigma Records albums Mark Mothersbaugh albums