Hal McGee
Hal McGee's Audio Insult 15:57/192k
...with sounds and pre-recorded material by Hal McGee, K Paul Boyev (Otolathe), Andrew Chadwick (Ironing, Capstan Drive), Al Margolis (If, Bwana), Aaron Zarzutzki, Charles Rice Goff III, Phil Klampe, Jen Sandwich, Ego Death, Michael Thomas Jackson. Credits: David Fuglewicz Open Loops, Mental Anguish Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops. Genre: Experimental. Created: 28 Mar 2008 08:52 AM. Plays: 1513
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Hal McGee
itchinmytwitchyglitch 06:21/192k
Recorded and processed on microcassette (and in Acid Pro). I am itchy and twitchy and irritable and pissed off. My idea of dance music for the 21st Century. This sounds like the tinnitus in my right ear. Photo by Jen Sandwich. Credits: GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist, Hal McGee - manipulations. Genre: Glitch. Created: 22 Aug 2007 06:15 PM. Plays: 997
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Hal McGee
Waterproof Serpent 07:45/192k
A new avant garde surrealist spoken word piece constructed and sculpted out of spam emails. I have consulted The Oracle, and this is what she spake. Credits: GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist; Hal McGee - voice and words; Jen Sandwich - photograph. Genre: Avant Garde. Created: 20 Apr 2007 04:13 AM. Plays: 1175
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Hal McGee
Dark Side Of The Sun 09:36/192k
Fuglewicz and I inhaled the smoke deep into our lungs and set out for the Dark Side Of The Sun. Nine minutes and 36 seconds later we exhaled. Credits: David Fuglewicz and Hal McGee synthesizer loops from Free Loop Project 015. Genre: Space Exploration. Created: 09 Apr 2007 03:34 PM. Plays: 1257
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Hal McGee
Beat Frequency 09:00/192k
Invented in 1919 by Russian scientist Leon Theremin, the theremin was one of the earliest electronic music instruments, and the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The theremin is the only instrument that is literally "played in space".
From Wikipedia:
The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his or her hands in the proximity of two metal antennae. The distance from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the distance from the other controls amplitude (volume). The theremin uses the heterodyne principle to generate an audio signal. The instrument's circuitry includes two radio frequency oscillators. One oscillator operates at a fixed frequency. The other is a variable frequency oscillator, the frequency of which is controlled by the performer's distance from the frequency control antenna. The performer's hand acts as the grounded plate (the performer's body being the connection to ground) of a variable capacitor in an L-C (inductance-capacitance) circuit. The difference between the frequencies of the two oscillators at each moment generates a beat frequency in the audio frequency range, resulting in audio signals.
Inspired by John Cage, Robin O'Brien, Gerard Greenway, and Leon Theremin. Credits: Hal McGee Open Loops; additional theremin and effects by Hal McGee. Genre: Beats. Created: 22 Feb 2007 04:36 PM. Plays: 1159
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Hal McGee
Momentum Of A New Self-Image 09:55/192k
I constructed the text of the spoken word audio recording which forms the basis of this piece out of word fragments from horoscopes and spam emails. At once abstract and at the same time highly personal, "Momentum Of A New Self-Image" addresses existential issues of self-awareness, doubt, overcoming living death, and many other things. Into this word tapestry I wove acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, flute, bassoon, bullroarer, and tambourine loops by Ed Drury. Credits: Ed Drury Guest Artist; Hal McGee, voice, words. Genre: Avant Garde. Created: 08 Feb 2007 09:37 AM. Plays: 2263
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Hal McGee
Black Mood 09:03/192k
Someone recently tried to tell me that white is the new black. I don't believe it for a second, especially when I'm in a black mood. Listen to it loud. Credits: Mental Anguish (Chris Phinney) - synthesizer loops from private resident artist FTP loops; Hal McGee - Moog Voyager synthesizer, Moog MF-104 Analog Delay. Genre: Industrial Electronic. Created: 12 Jan 2007 09:33 AM. Plays: 1286
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McGee's Travels In Floridada: The Alachua Savanna (07:20)
After smoking the pipe of peace with Chief Cowkeeper in the village of Cuscowilla, McGee somehow made his way to the rim of the Alachua Savanna, a vast sunken grassy marshland, 15 miles in length and 50 miles in circumference, inhabited by alligators, bison, turkeys, wild horses and cattle, sandhill cranes, orange trees, palms, magnolias, and all other manner of exotic flora and fauna.
Genre: Abstract
Credits: H-DAY Special Project Loops: Cystem, International Garbageman, Blind Mime, DJ Get Yo Fat On, Omnitechnomatrix, Mental Anguish; Hal McGee Open Loops, art by W.B.
Album: Hal McGee Tapegerm Collection Volume One
Label: HalTapes
McGee's Travels In Floridada: The Alachua Savanna... "ever listen to a mix and say to yourself "Ho-Lee Crap! This is intense!"? this is one of those mixes! Hal's ability to weave so many different elements together in truly unique ways never ceases to amaze! another stunning audio exploration! you've got mail. :)" -- (posted 11/23/05)
McGee's Travels In Floridada: The Alachua Savanna... "This is what we said while it was happenning...
McGee's Travels In Floridada: The Alachua Savanna... "A wonderful journey into a surealistic marsh. Very nice composistion and production on this." --davefuglewicz (posted 11/18/05)
McGee's Travels In Floridada: The Alachua Savanna... "A wondrous and riveting musical display of the consequences of the Treaty of Paris and the manufacture of a stout pair of boots. Again Hal's Germanian stature is hefted up yet higher. Simply superb!" --buzzsaw (posted 11/16/05)
Robert: What’s the name of that leader of North Korea? I keep getting visions of Communist China, May, 1968, Cultural Revolution, Sex Slaves Of Mao Tse Dong.
Charlie: Dong does go well with Sex Slaves! This part sounds like the Circus of the Undead to me…
Robert: Is that that movie that they filmed in Utah in the Sixties?
Charlie: No, it’s the dance that they do in prison camps in Cambodia.
Robert: You know there’s like this granular synthesis puddles of sound, punctuated by short bursts of binary data.
Charlie: Right you are Robbie, and quite three dimentional with all that floating around!
Robert: You know, my colon blockage feels better already.
" --padukem (posted 11/19/05)
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