Hal McGee Live at Action Research 8

photo by Frankie

Hal McGee recorded live at Action Research show #8, Friday, November 17, 2007, at Tim & Terry's, Gainesville, Florida. I played Custom Black Edition Little Boy Blue analog synthesizer [by Flower Electronics], Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion (Russian-made), Moog MF-104 Analog Delay, Alesis Microverb III digital reverb, all patched back into Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer in a feedback loop. This performance was a sort of high water mark for me as an artist, and I count it as a highlight in my life. I had been working toward this kind of sound, and I finally found it! After I performed K. Paul commented that it sounded like "Italian Futurist Macho Electronics". When he said this I just about literally laughed my ass off because just the day before I had re-read The Art Of Noises Manifesto (1913) by Luigi Russolo. Then K. Paul started quoting some lines from Futurist leader F.T. Marinetti's poem "the Battle Of Adrianople" (which is included in Russolo's piece). Check out the ultra sonic high-pitched harmonic modulation and the bone-shaking low bass tones. The bass was especially awesome, and K. Paul said of the music I played that it possessed big low-hanging balls made of pig iron. LOL. Recorded by and mp3 created by K. Paul. This mp3 includes plenty of audience sounds and comments after the performance.

Hal McGee Live at Action Research 8 (10:29)