Fossil Aerosol Mining Project

The Fossil Aerosol Mining Project began in the early 1980s as a loose-knit group of artists and collectors interested in exploring and gathering the damaged remains of late 20th century popular culture. The project began producing audio recordings in 1983, using literal “found sounds” such as fragments of open reel 1/4” tape and 35mm film recovered from burnt out warehouses and abandoned drive-in theaters. The first Fossil Aerosol cassette was released in Chicago in 1986.

A series of recordings were produced between 1986 and 1997, before the project was abandoned. In 2004, the Fossil Aerosol Mining Project was resurrected, and the new compositions are now available through Afterdays Media and other labels. The Project still works entirely with found materials - audio artifacts and field recordings. Signal processing equipment (as well as the mixing board itself) remains the principal form of instrumentation.