Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 and Volume 2

Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 and Volume 2 is a two-studio album series by Devo's co-founder and lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh. They were originally released in 1988, the same year as Devo's seventh studio album Total Devo, on the labels Enigma and Rykodisc. The albums consisted entirely of instrumentals that were performed in the style of easy listening muzak or new-age music similar to Devo's compilation album E-Z Listening Disc, 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 Bob Casale. Mothersbaugh once described the albums as "M. C. Escher meets wallpaper."[1]

Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 and Volume 2
Volume 1
Studio album by Mark Mothersbaugh
Released	1988
Recorded	1985 –1988
Studio	Devo Studios, Marina del Rey, California
Genre	Muzak new age Progressive electronic
Label	Enigma Rykodisc
Producer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh chronology
Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 and Volume 2 (1988) Joyeux Mutato (1999)
Muzik for Insomniaks
Volume 2

Gábor Csupó co-creator of the animated television series Rugrats, 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.[1][2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Mothersbaugh.

Muzik for Insomniaks Volume 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Osoy"	2:03
2.	"Chechi"	3:42
3.	"Rojaero"	3:35
4.	"Mayoma"	4:04
5.	"Lifelong"	3:24
6.	"XP25"	5:33
7.	"XP39"	9:39
8.	"XP26"	3:34
9.	"XP29"	5:22
10.	"XP27"	11:19
11.	"XP28"	9:10
12.	"XP32"	6:31
13.	"XP31"	3:38
14.	"Index"	2:42

Muzik for Insomniaks Volume 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ugo"	4:20
2.	"Slactime"	6:58
3.	"Movmnt"	4:12
4.	"XP105"	4:32
5.	"XP137"	4:09
6.	"Dayone"	8:15
7.	"Chance"	4:24
8.	"XP104"	5:56
9.	"Mallota"	3:38
10.	"Barcelon"	3:32
11.	"Niberia"	2:20
12.	"Keikavid"	3:47
13.	"Bonzaiko"	2:45
14.	"XP1010"	4:22
15.	"Trebrene"	6:03
16.	"Index"	3:20

Personnel

Credits are adapted from both of the album's liner notes which are identical.[3][4]

• Mark Mothersbaugh – Fairlight CMI Series IIx programming; Roland keyboards; arrangements

Production team

• Mark Mothersbaugh – producer; art direction
• Bob Casale – engineering; mixing
• Patrick Pending – art direction
• David Lomeli – art assistance
• Jonathan Gelber – photography

References

1. "A Soundtrack to Success". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
2. Mark Mothersbaugh on Rugrats, retrieved 11 May 2016
3. Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 1 liner notes. Enigma, Rykodisc. 1988.
4. Muzik for Insomniaks, Volume 2 liner notes. Enigma, Rykodisc. 1988.

External links

• Muzik for Insomniaks Volume 1 at Discogs
• Muzik for Insomniaks Volume 2 at Discogs