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Hal McGee music January through May 2009
Hal McGee Music Index containing listings for McGee's albums of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
The Analog Synthesizer Ensemble
Listen to additional music by Free Space. Visit the Free Space page on MySpace
Free Space is the sister group of The Analog Synthesizer Ensemble
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FREE SPACE
sessions and live performances:
July 6, 2007: Andrew Chadwick, Hal McGee, Bobby Moseley, Aaron Zarzutzki
July 8, 2007: Kristin Calvarese, Andrew Chadwick, Hal McGee, Bobby Moseley, Aaron Zarzutzki
July 13, 2007: Jenifer Abell, Brad Kokay, Hal McGee, Gabe Loewenberg, Jay Peele, SOS, Bobby Moseley, Aaron Zarzutzki
July 20, 2007: performance at Stardust Coffee & Film, Orlando - Christopher Cprek, Hal McGee, Bobby Moseley, Aaron Zarzutzki
July 21, 2007: performance at Action Research #4, 2nd Street Bakery, Gainesville - Hal McGee, Jay Peele, SOS
July 26, 2007: Adam Batley, Andrew Chadwick, Jesi Langdale, Hal McGee, Bobby Moseley
August 10, 2007: Kristin Calvarese, Hal McGee, Aaron Zarzutzki
September 1, 2007:
Adam Batley, Andrew Chadwick, Jesi Langdale, Hal McGee, K. Paul (Otolathe)
September 2, 2007: Hal McGee, Bobby Moseley, K. Paul, Jay Peele, SOS
April 26 & 27, 2008: Hal McGee, Jesi Langdale, Bobby Moseley
FREE SPACE FREE SPACE FREE
Free improvisational analog synthesizer music.
Hal McGee plus invited participants - different personnel lineups at each session and live performance: Andrew Chadwick, , Aaron Zarzutzki, Kristin Calvarese, Jay Peele, Jen Abell, Gabe Loewenberg, Brad Kokay, SOS, Christopher Cprek (Pax Titania), Jesi Langdale, Adam Batley (The Viirus), K Paul Boyev (Otolathe)...
Free Space
uses analog synthesizers, such as: Moog Voyager RME, Moog Rogue,
Micromoog, Moog MG-1, Little Boy Black, Crumar Performer, Moog Sonic
Six, Octave Cat, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Moog Etherwave Theremin.
Keywords: analog, raw, primitive, free
improvisation, intuitive, noisy, space, beatless, drone, exploration,
psychedelic.
Free Space 042608 Jam 1 (15:12)
Jesi Langdale on Octave Cat, Bobby Moseley on Moog Rogue, Hal McGee on Moog Voyager RME
Jesi plays the Octave Cat
Bobby with the Moog Rogue
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Free Space 090107 Jam 1 (11:45)
K Paul and Adam Batley
Recorded during the eighth Free Space studio recording session, Saturday, September 1, 2007, at Hal McGee's apartment in Gainesville, Florida. On this recording: Adam Batley (The Viirus) - Little Boy Black synthesizer, K Paul Boyev (Otolathe) - Moog Voyager RME, Andrew Chadwick - Moog MG-1, Jesi Langdale - Moog Rogue, Hal McGee - Moog Voyager RME.
Hal McGee and Jesi Langdale
Jesi Langdale plays theremin and Andrew Chadwick plays Moog Rogue during the second jam of the session
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Free Space live at Stardust (9:16)
Audio document of the first live performance of Free Space was at Stardust Coffee & Video, in Orlando, Florida, on July 20, 2007 - complete with Free Space warm-up sounds and ambient audience chatter... Hal McGee (Moog Etherwave Theremin), Bobby Moseley (Moog MG-1), Christopher Cprek (x0xb0x, Scarab Oscillator, Polypentagonal Tonefaker), and Aaron Zarzutzki (Moog Rogue). Kristin Calvarese, Lissajou, Pax Titania, Aaron Zarzutzki, and Praew Jik also played that night. Audio recording by Joshua Manchester on a Sony Discman MZM100 with a Sony 957 microphone. Manchester created the 64 kbps mp3 above. Special thanks to Dustin (Praew Jik) for organizing the show. Photograph above by Jen Sandwich - to see many more of her photos from that night, including several of Free Space, go to her Flickr site.
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Free Space 072607 Jam 1 (16:47)
Recorded during the fourth Free Space studio recording session, July 26, 2007, at Hal McGee's apartment in Gainesville, Florida. Adam Batley (The Viirus) - Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Andrew Chadwick - Crumar Performer, Bobby Moseley - Moog Voyager RME, Jesi Langdale - Moog Rogue, Hal McGee - Moog MG-1.
Adam Batley (The Viirus) playing the Sequential Circuits Pro-One, 072607
Jesi Langdale playing the Moog Rogue, 072607
Andrew Chadwick playing the Crumar Performer, and Adam Batley, 072607
Bobby Moseley playing the Moog Voyager RME, and Jesi Langdale, 072607
Hal McGee and Adam Batley, 072607
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Free Space live at Action Research #4 (20:00)
Recorded live at the 2nd Street Bakery, Gainesville, Florida, on July 21, 2007, Action Research Show #4. Jay Peele - Micromoog and Moog MG-1, Hal McGee - Moog Voyager RME, SOS - Moog Rogue. Mono audio document recorded on cassette. Mastering and post-production by Jay Peele.
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Free Space 071307 Jam 1 (16:47)
Jay Peele (legs and mix), SOS playing the Moog MG-1, Gabe Loewenberg playing the Moog Rogue, Hal McGee on Moog Rogue, and Jen Abell on Moog Voyager RME.
photograph by Jen Sandwich
This is the first improvisation from the July 13, 2007 recording session of my new group, Free Space. It is a free form improvisational analog synthesizer space-noise exploration by Jen Abell (Paramutual Operator) - Moog Voyager RME, Hal McGee - Moog Rogue, Gabe Loewenberg - Moog Rogue, and SOS (Astral Planes Farmer) - Moog MG-1, Jay Peele - mix.
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Kristin Calvarese playing the Moog MG-1
Free Space 070807 Jam 1 excerpt (7:37)
Excerpt from the July 8, 2007 recording session of my new group, Free Space. It is a free form improvisational analog synthesizer space-noise exploration by, from left to right, Kristin Calvarese (Moog MG-1), Hal McGee (Octave Cat), Aaron Zarzutzki (Moog Sonic Six), and Bobby Moseley (Moog Rogue).
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Hal McGee playing the Moog Voyager RME (with Bobby and Aaron)
Andrew Chadwick (Ironing) playing the Crumar Performer
Bobby Moseley playing the Moog MG-1
Aaron Zarzutzki playing the Moog Rogue and Little Boy Black
Free Space 070607 Jam 2 excerpt (6:47)
Here is an excerpt from the first studio recording session of Hal McGee's new group, Free Space. Free Space is the sister group of The Analog Synthesizer Ensemble. The personnel lineup of the group will be different at each recording session and live performance. Like The Analog Synthesizer Ensemble, Free Space creates free form improvisational space music explorations with analog synthesizers. The first session was held Friday, July 6, 2007, at Hal McGee's apartment in Gainesville, Florida. On this excerpt taken from the second improvisation you will hear, from left to right, Aaron Zarzutzki (Moog Rogue, Little Boy Black), Bobby Moseley (Moog MG-1), Hal McGee (Moog Voyager RME), and Andrew Chadwick (Crumar Performer).