Hal McGee July through September 2008
NEW
STUFF
most recent recordings, info, videos
Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation project
Laboratory
Music
improvisation festival
Music Index 1981-2010 containing listings for McGee's albums of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
Hal McGee recorded in performance at Action Research show #30, 9:39 PM, Wednesday, September 24, 2008, George's Meet and Produce, 433 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Gear: Sony M-100MC microcassette recorder, Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer, Radio Shack DX-397 shortwave receiver, Moog MF-107 FreqBox (analog oscillator module frequency-modulated and hard-synced by the microcassette machine).
video filmed by Danny McGuire
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Hal McGee Beagle and Dachshund
a noisy cut-up collage of cassette and microcassette field recordings of sounds from Hal's daily life plus blasts of circuit bent Casio SK-1 and other machine noises - from August 2008
Side One (7:25)
Side Two (7:24)
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Hal McGee at Action Research 29
photo by Frankie
YouTube: Hal McGee recorded live 11:51 PM, Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Micro Show II, The Real Tiny Deal fest, Action Research show #29, Story House, 11 SE 5th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida. Filmed by Camelia Carnahan. McGee on Sony M-100C microcassette recorder manipulations of sounds of circuit bent Casio SK-1, SK-5, and Rapman, plus shortwave radio and field recordings of machine sounds -- processed through a Moog MF-107 FreqBox (analog oscillator module frequency-modulated and hard-synced by the microcassette recorder), with feedback modulation. Thanks to Wendy, Celino, Andrew, Jay, and Camelia.
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CLICK HERE to go to a special page containing mp3s, photos and videos from all seven performances at
hal mcgee apartment music 3 (8:30)
listen in streaming audio for high speed internet connection - 320 kbps
download a 320 kbps 19.4 MB mp3
solo minimalist
free improvisation
saturday september 13 2008
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CLICK HERE to go to a special page containing mp3s, photos and videos from all seven performances at apartment music show #2
solo minimalist
free improvisation
saturday august 23 2008
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No Limit Cycle / Hal McGee / Ironing at Action Research #27 (9:54)
No Limit Cycle (Dave Armitage) on keyboard, box fan and dentist's tool, electronics; Hal McGee on Moog Etherwave Theremin, Moog MF-107 FreqBox, MF-102 Ring Modulator, MF-104 Analog Delay; Ironing (Andrew Chadwick) on General Radio Company Strobotac type 1531a Electronic Stroboscope, subwoofer, bunny ears - live performance recording from Action Research show #27, Sunday, August 3, 2008, at George's Meet and Produce, 433 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Recording by Christopher Miller.
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CLICK HERE to go to a special page containing mp3s, photographs and videos from all six performances at
hal mcgee apartment music show 1 (6:52)
solo
minimalist
free improvisation
saturday july 26 2008
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Hal McGee and No Limit Cycle at Action Research 26 (11:01)
High quality mono audio recording of Hal McGee (Behringer UB802 mixer and Moog FreqBox frequency modulated oscillator - in a feedback loop) and No Limit Cycle aka Dave Armitage (Utopia synthesizer, Boss SP-303 sampler, homemade contact microphone) live at the Action Research #26 and Electronic SubSouth #43 combined show, 11:50 PM, Saturday, July 12, 2008, at George's Meet and Produce, 433 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida. Here below is excerpted video footage shot by Christopher Cprek. Thanks to Dan McGuire for the use of his amplifier.