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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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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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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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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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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The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home (08:23)
In the late 1950s explorers from alien worlds came to Earth. Some of these explorers abducted Earth women and seeded them with genetic material. These women unknowingly gave birth to children who were half earthling, half alien. Others of these alien explorers were shipwrecked or abandoned by their fellows on this desolate, violent world. As we (the offspring of the alien explorers) grew up, we came to recognize that we were different, of a band of beings apart from the rest of humanity. We who were stranded here on Earth abandoned all hope of returning to our home planets and assumed false identities, desperately trying to not draw attention to ourselves. Though widely separated by great geographical distances, we of alien heritage have been able to communicate with each other through electronic music, which is our common, universal language. Some of us made a daring escape from Earth by highjacking spaceships at the orbital space-station city. Others of us who were not so fortunate look to the skies, hoping and dreaming that one day we will be rescued. Listen to earlier chapters of the story on Phinney/McGee's Stranded On Earth and Escape From Earth compact discs.
Genre: Space Rock
Credits: Synthesizer loops by Mental Anguish; Hal McGee Open Loops, Hal McGee: Technosaurus Microcon II analog synthesizer, Arturia Minimoog software synthesizer
Album: Hal McGee Tapegerm Collection Volume Two
Label: HalTapes
The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home... "i was wondering if there would be music on this bus ride back home. thank you Hal for making the long journey more enjoyable! " -- (posted 01/11/06)
The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home... "OK man, I must insist on riding with ya'll next time! Exploration is a bitch!" -- (posted 01/10/06)
The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home... ""Easily," she said. "Tell me, do you think that all gods are happy and beautiful? Or would you dare suggest that any of the gods is not beautiful and happy?" "By Zeus, I wouldn't" Socrates said. "And you call those happy in possession of good and beautiful things?" "Certainly." "But you've agreed that it's because Love is in need of good and beautiful things that he desires those very things that he needs." "Yes, I've agreed to that," Socrates said. "And what are those beautiful and good things? I would say, dear Diotima, that they are ANY mixes that have been assembled by Hal McGee, and if he desires them, it is because he has still yet to hear them all." I do agree, and would direct them to click play, but again, computers would confuse them all on far too many levels. Again, a smashing triumph, Hal!" --buzzsaw (posted 01/10/06)
The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home... "Wonderful piece of space rock, & the story moves on, glad I escaped when I did though. I feel & hear the crys of my space brethren & contemplate a way of somehow sneaking back in undetected if at all possible & making a rescue attempt." --Mental Anguish (posted 01/10/06)
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