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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Kitchen Sink Sinfonietta (11:17)
A free form collage consisting of: didgeridoo, voice and guitar loops by Ed Drury; organ loops by Hebephrenic (Scott Carr); sound files by Hungarian audio artist Cjjbrozt; my defective PC sound card; several various collaboration fragments by hometaper extraordinaire Zan Hoffman; a track called "xxxxx" by The Joke Project (long-time Japanese hometaper Seiei Jack Nakahara); a 1986 telephone conversation with the voices of Debbie Jaffe, Charlie Goff and Hal McGee; theremin and Casio VA-10 keyboard, as played by Jen Abell; miscellaneous and incidental snippets and fragments from videotapes of my October and November 2006 live performances, including audience sounds, and the voices and sounds of Charles Smith, Andrew Chadwick (ironing), Brandon Abell (Microwave Windows), Jen Abell (Paramutual Operator), Blast, Gina Vivinetto, Christopher Miller, Tom Miller, poet Ron Palahcik and many others; art by my six-year-old nephew Daniel Carruthers; Hal McGee - mix, electronics, concept.
Genre: Experimental
Credits: Ed Drury Guest Artist; Hebephrenic Open Loops; Hal McGee, mix
Album: Hal McGee Tapegerm Collection Volume Five
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Kitchen Sink Sinfonietta... "I feel like I am at the county fair inside the building where everyone is demonstrating their products and selling their merchandise. But in this case it is represented in a dreamy way, clouded by the hallucination that the "fair" is actually a product of my own imagination and is subject to my prejudices and what I might have had for lunch. Burp...now I want a chocolate dipped ice cream. A trip and a half." --Don Campau (posted 01/06/07)
Kitchen Sink Sinfonietta... "Everything, including the kitchen sink. Great mixture of conversation, sounds effects and feelings." --Edrury (posted 01/03/07)
Kitchen Sink Sinfonietta... "An astounding collection of aural spice that seasons in joyous rapture every moment I hear it and affixes a smile upon my day. Bravo, Hal, thou enduring genius." --buzzsaw (posted 01/02/07)
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