"Smell That Air"- An Interview With Mammal
Gary Beauvais is a musician known throughout the sub-underground as Mammal. When I met Gary in 2004, he was living in Michigan and running a label called Animal Disguise . Gary's music is hard to describe. In reference to his late nineties/early 2000's material, I'd throw around the "noise" description but over time, it gradually made a shift into a type of lurching sludge/proto industrial/ subterranean soundtrack. Eventually acoustic guitars made it in the mix. Sad songs to balance out the anger. Mammal is more than genre. It's heavy, soulful, with feeling. Gary recently put out a new full length called "Deserted" which came out on his own Impermanence imprint. It only seemed right to have a chat and catch up. Patience with me as I haven't done an interview or written much over the past year so my chops are very rusty. Peace to everyone. Mikey, 1st March 2024 FOTS- Gary, thanks for taking the time to speak with me. I’d like to firstly ask wh
