Hal McGee homemade experimental electronic music 1981-2010
January through March 2010
Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation project
Laboratory
Music
improvisation festival
Hal McGee Music Index containing listings for McGee's albums of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
upcoming shows:
- Action Research 51, with Crank Sturgeon, PCRV, Ironing, May 7th, The Laboratory, Gainesville
- Laboratory Music #1 improv fest, July 10th, The Laboratory, Gainesville
- Dictaphonia Fest #2, November 6th, The Laboratory, Gainesville
Hal McGee music July through December 2009
Visit experimental audio artist and homemade music pioneer Hal McGee's home in Gainesville, Florida, in this video shot on March 20, 2010. The soundtrack comes from segments of "dis\rhythmia", a new recording by McGee which appears on Side B of a Dictaphonia microcassette split tape release with Don Campau on Side A ("the river is my body").
HalTapes proudly presents a Dictaphonia release
a split microcassette tape release by Don Campau and Hal McGee
Don Campau: the river is my body
Hal McGee: dis\rhythmia
Hal McGee MixerFreqbackOscilloop2 at Action Research 49 (10:35)
Hal McGee plays no-input mixer feedback loop consisting
of Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer and Moog MF-102 FreqBox, based on
a live recording direct from mixer to Harman/Kardon TD420 cassette deck,
at Action Research show #49, Ironing's 5th Birthday Party show, Friday,
March 5, 2010, at The Laboratory, 818 W. University Avenue, Gainesville,
Florida, USA.
Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Volume 7 is now available
Hal McGee at Action Research 48 (8:56)
Hal McGee performs with the Algebra Book synthesizer and a small Marshall amplifier at Action Research #48, pre-International Noise Conference show, Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at the South Main Community Arts Center, 435 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Recorded on microcassette.
video by Christopher Miller
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now available Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation, Volume 6
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Hal McGee Hal McGee's Day Off (3:30) from Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation, Volume 5
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read Hal McGee's article "thoughts on microcassettes, Dictaphonia, and those nasty mean little tapes", the feature article in the February 2010 issue of The Living Archive Of Underground Music.
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Capstan Drive (Andrew Chadwick) vs. Hal McGee microcassette duel
at Hal McGee's 52nd Birthday Party show (15:01)
presented by 355 Noise and Hal McGee, on Saturday, January 16, 2010, at The Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida.
download - 34.3 MB 320 kbps mp3 -- original recorded on microcassette by Hal McGee
streaming audio - 320 kbps mp3 -- original recorded on microcassette by Hal McGee
photo by John David Eriksen
videos by Christopher Miller
Here are two new live recordings from the performance of the
Action Sound Painting Orchestra at Hal McGee's 52nd Birthday Party show (16:16)
presented by 355 Noise and Hal McGee, on Saturday, January 16, 2010, at The Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida.
K Paul Boyev (conductor, guitar)
Dave Armitage (electronics)
Christopher Nadeau (guitar)
Hal McGee (electronics - algebra book synth)
Natalja Mari Thomen (keyboard, tapes)
Mark McGee (percussion)
John David Eriksen (cello)
Zachary Short (percussion, electronics)
Loren Knack (concertina)
Jay Peele (trombone, trumpet)
Jamison Williams (alto saxophone)
Kris Gruda (guitar)
Richard Orlando (guitar)
download - 37.2 MB 320 kbps mp3 -- original recorded on microcassette by Hal McGee
streaming audio - 320 kbps mp3 -- original recorded on microcassette by Hal McGee
Here is a stereo sound recording made by Jamison Williams
poster by Christopher Miller