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HalTapes Cassette Catalog

September 2010

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1982-1991

HT001 - C60 - 60 Minutes Of Laughter (1982) Earliest Indianapolis recordings by McGee, Debbie Jaffe, Viscera, Gabble Ratchet, collage, dada antics & poetics, deconstructed rock, synth & guitar jams, noise, lo-fi.
HT002 - C58 - Viscera: In A Foreign Film (1983) First tape by Viscera (Jaffe and McGee) dark minimalist isolationist primitive songs - voice chant-singing poetic texts + minimal Casio + Dr. Rhythm drum machine.
HT003 - C60 - Swamp Patrol 84 (1983) Jaffe, McGee, and David Mattingly lo-tech primitive noise jams, tape cut-ups, collage, dada shenanigans. This tape was originally made in edition of 100 for Level Mail Art zine.
HT004 - C54 - Viscera: A Whole Universe Of Horror Movies (1984) Classic mid-1980s doom and gloom industrial-pop vocals plus minimal Moog synth and Casio songs. Kind of like early Cabaret Voltaire meets The Residents meets Throbbing Gristle meets Yoko Ono. Recommended
HT005 - C87 - Occupant: No Specific Answer (1984) Early minimal solo echo-laden electronic keyboard drone works by Hal McGee that prefigure Dog As Master
HT006 - C77 - Viscera: Who Is This One (1984) // Hot And Cold (1985) The third and fourth Viscera cassettes on one tape. 4-track songs of minimal synth doom, drug psychosis, dark eroticism
HT007 - C46 - Dog As Master and If, Bwana: An Organized Accident (1984) Side A is the first Dog As Master work. Side B is the first If, Bwana / Dog As Master collaboration. Originally released on Sound Of Pig.
HT008 - C71 - Dog As Master: Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog (1984) // Devices & Mechanisms (1987) Two releases on one tape. Part one of Coffee Spleen is a bizarre cut-up electroacoustic collage of spoken word, piano, field recordings, electronics, etc. Part two is total guitar noise destruction. Devices is 4-track opera-mangle & miscellaneous sounds collage, originally released on the GGE Records label.
HT009 - C70 - Cause And Effect January 1985 Catalogue Aural Sampler + photocopy of catalog ($8.00 Normal Bias / $9.00 High Bias plus postage) Photocopy replica of CAE distro catalog + 30-second excerpts of all 105 cassettes: DDAA, Sleep Chamber, Kelday, Cacciamani, Maybe Mental, Wiggins, Rich, Insane Music, Twa Digs, Walls, Mans Hate, BCO
HT010 - C72 - Dog As Master: Black Body (1985) // Trompeur Et Sournois (1985) Two releases on one cassette, industrial electronics and tape collage, plus near-silence punctuated by noise blasts. Recommended.
HT011 - C61 - Dog As Master: Brash Pussy (1985) Powerful, complex, assaultive industrial noise collage of electronics, percussion and tape loops with nasty shouted vocals. Originally released by 3AP/Le Syndicat (France), later by Sound Of Pig. Recommended.
HT012 - C50 - Viscera: Get In The Action (1985) // Sweat (1986) Two releases of homegrown noisy industrial-pop songs with beats, vocals and electronics, some influence from electro-body music
HT013 - C55 - Dog As Master: Five Feuilletons Outlined In Red (1986) 4-track tape collages of answering machine messages, movie soundtracks, minimal electronics, originally released on Uddersounds label
HT014 - C56 - Dog As Master: Places Without Air (1986) Ultra-minimal kind of creepy multi-tracked voice text pieces, for special tastes, originally released by audiofile Tapes
HT015 - C88 - Dog As Master: Sheets Of Cruelty (1986) // Viscera: Snot (1986) Annoying, grating electronics and tomfoolery by Dog As Master, originally released by Gravelvoice label. On Side B collector-only-quality live performance recorded at Phyllis’s Musical Inn in Chicago, at one of only two Viscera live performances, this one opening for Algebra Suicide.
HT016 - C52 - Dog As Master: Conduit (1986) Four tracks of Moog excursions with some drum machine, minimal electronics, and a noise dirge
HT017 - C68 - If, Bwana / Dog As Master: Untranslatable // Symbolic Accidents Of Ceremony (1986) Two releases on one tape, minimal electronics, samples, vocals, sparse instrumentation; recommended. Untranslatable was the first full-length Bwana Dog release. Symbolic Accidents was originally one side of a split tape on the Broken Flag label (UK).
HT018 - C61 - Dog As Master: Pure Torture (1986) More annoying grating electronics and 4-track tomfoolery
HT019 - C91 - Dog As Master: Green (1986) Ultra-minimal drone dark ambient wallpaper with a nasty murky undertone and other secrets lurking.
HT020 - C61 - Dog As Master: Corroboree (1986) Unusual entry in my catalog, Dog As Master doing primitive songs and instrumentals with percussionist Mark McGee.
HT021 - C65 - Dog As Master: Dog Food // Club Sandwiches (1986) 2-on-1-tape -- 20-minute Commodore 64 computer game soundswork on Side A, a 45-minute DAM radio show on Side B.
HT022 - Dog As Master/Jabon: Incidental Vibrations (1986) / Incidental Vibrations 2 (1987) // Incidental Vibrations 3 (1988) 3-on-1-tape. Conceptual performance audio art recorded before live audiences in Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, St. Petersburg, by DAM and the mysterious band from Stinesville, Indiana
HT023 - C58 - Best Text Of Japan, Cause And Effect Compilation 001 (1986) Japanese artist compilation including Merzbow, Ice 9, O’Nancy in French, The Joke Project, Masaki, more
HT024 - C66 - The Heterodox Conclusion, Cause And Effect Compilation 002 (1986) Female artist comp with Debbie Jaffe, Julie Frith, Tara Cross, An Bene, Roberta Eklund, Audio Letter, Nadine Bal, more.
HT025 - C88 - Mirage, Cause And Effect Compilation 003 (1986) F/i, MSR, Controlled Bleeding, Psyclones, Monochrome Bleu, Human Flesh, Disism, Zan, Rat, more.
HT026 - C63 - Suburban Nightmare, Cause And Effect Compilation 004 (1986) NYC suburb comp with Alien Planetscapes, Ron Anderson, Bwana, NOMUZIC, Croiners, Thick Slimy Whisper.
HT027 - C73 - Dog As Master: The Splendor (1987) // Live In Pittsburgh (1987) 27 mins. of lust hate rage power electronics, 4-track daily mundane sounds; 46-min. live recording of collector-only quality.
HT028 - C55 - Bwana Dog: Joint Venture (1987) 4-track mail collaboration works, minimal instrumentation, dark ambient, samples, voice.
HT029 - C56 - Bwana Dog: Sacrifice Of Reason (1987) 4-track mail collaboration works, minimal instrumentation, dark ambient, samples, voice.
HT030 - C71 - Bwana Dog: Live In Toronto (1987) Good live performance tape. Side A is voice, bass, synth, and tapes. Side B is Moog synth and bass improvisations. Originally released by John Doe Recordings.
HT031 - C47 - Dog As Master: Live In Memphis (1987) Conceptual performance, with drones, tapes, spoken word, and power electronics karaoke versions of DAM hits.
HT032 - C88 - Bwana Dog: Painting (1987) Live improvisation tracks by Margolis and McGee from Brooklyn, Boston, Windsor, Memphis from their October 1987 Sacrifice Of Reason tour; spotty sound quality
HT033 - C57 - Dog As Master: Weed (1988) Minimalist noisy Moog drone-based synth with a cold edge, rumbling bass, mechanistic pulsations, shrill siren tones
HT034 - C85 - Prescott/McGee: A Fish Devoid Of Memory (1988) Dave Prescott and McGee, two lengthy mail collaboration pieces of drone-based ambient ARP 2600 and Moog synthesizers
HT035 - C60 - Phinney/McGee: Usufruct (1989) First Chris Phinney & McGee collaboration, Apollo Beach, Florida home studio 4-track analog synthscapes Moog Rogue, ARP Axxe, Korg Poly 800. Recommended for those who like abstract analog synthesizer space music with a noisy edge.
HT036 - C56 - Phinney/McGee: Heads (1990) Cold minimal analog synthesizer drones - Korg MS20, Moog Rogue, ARP Axxe, mail collaboration, originally released on Harsh Reality Music label.
HT037 - C61 - Phinney/McGee: Shell (1990) More analog synthesizer explorations recorded in Florida - Moog Prodigy and Rogue, Korg MS20 and Poly 800, ARP Axxe.
HT038 - C58 - Phinney/McGee: Maneuvers (1990) Two long Korg, ARP, Moog analog synth soundscapes recorded at McGee’s Florida home studio, originally released on Sound Of Pig label, lo-fi.
HT039 - C52 - Phinney/McGee: Skull (1990) Intense, cold, abstract electronics, recorded in Memphis. Moog Prodigy and Rogue, Korg Poly 800, ARP Axxe synthesizers.
HT040 - C52 - Phinney/Jackson/McGee: Ditch (1990) The Cancerous Growth duo of Phinney and Mike Jackson with McGee. Two long Moog and ARP synthscapes, recorded at Harsh Reality home studio, Memphis.
HT041 - C53 - Margolis/McGee: Peat (1990) Dark ambient, recorded at Sound Of Pig home studio in Brooklyn. Cello, Vako Orchestron, Moog Sonic Six, trumpet, French horn, percussion. Recommended.
HT042 - C81 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume One (1990) Minoy, Dave Prescott, Zzaj, PBK, Peter Stenshoel, Malok, Usward Music, Gregory Whitehead, Ben Kettlewell, John M. Bennett, Molecules, Frank Pahl, Henry Schneider, Randy Leago, Cephalic Index, seven more.
HT043 - C58 - NOMUZIC & McGee: Goonz (1990) Analog synth space music recorded in Jersey City. Sequential Circuits Pro-One, ARPs, Buchla, Korgs, Roland, Casio, EML synths; Keith Walsh on one track.
HT044 - C58 - Phinney/McGee: Quake (1990) Florida home studio recordings with usual Moog and ARP synthscapes plus percussion, loops and electroacoustic material.
HT045 - C59 - Dimdogmentalasanguishmastershinething (1990) Phinney and McGee team up with Dimthingshine on these Florida home studio synthworks.
HT046 - C82 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume Two (1991) Dimthingshine, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mike Hovancsek, Hands To, Stefano Barban, Gary Wray, Abner Malaty, Darren Copeland, Keeler, Berlin Diary, Dead Goldfish Ensemble, more.
HT047 - C74 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume Three (1991) L.G. Mair, Little Fyodor, Dan Fioretti, Histatic Charge, Triptic Of A Pastel Fern, Lord Litter, Mike Shannon, Dust That Collects, Jabon, Clark/Drake, 12 others.
HT048 - C43 Hal McGee, Dimthingshine & Friends: Miami Noise (1991) Hal visits Dimthingshine in Miami, duo at DTS home studio, and they jam with Ed Bobb, Isaac Ersoff, King Felix at Rat Bastard’s studio.
HT049 - C53 - Phinney/McGee: Coincidence (1991) A bit more melodic and varied - Korg Poly 800, Moog, guitar, sequences, percussion, metal, horn, electroacoustics, recorded in Memphis.
HT050 - C50 - Phinney McGee Moneymaker Henson: Cobra (1991) Three Viktimized Karcass members team up with McGee in these synthesizer and electroacoustic pieces recorded in Memphis.

Cassette releases from 1995 to 1999 will be reissued on cassette on November 1, 2010

Releases from 2000 to 2010 will be reissued on cassette on January 1, 2011