HalTapes 1981-1991 Cassette Catalog Available September 1, 2010

Hal McGee presents HalTapes Cassette Catalog available September 1, 2010 all of his cassette releases from 1982-1991 will be reissued on cassette. If you are not familiar with Hal's work. You will find a voluminous collection documenting a truly independent era in electronic music when the artist composed, produced, packaged and distributed their own work, mostly on cassette. Check out the complete catalog and how to order at http://www.facebook.com/

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

HT004 - C54 - Viscera: A Whole Universe Of Horror Movies (1984) classic mid-80s doom and gloom industrial-pop vocals plus minimal Moog synth and Casio songs. Recommended

HT005 - C87 - Occupant: No Specific Answer (1984) early minimal solo echo-laden electronic synth drone works by Hal McGee

HT006 - C77 - Viscera: Who Is This One (1984) // Hot And Cold (1985) third & 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 the first Dog As Master work, Side B first Bwana Dog collaboration, originally released on Sound Of Pig

HT008 - Dog As Master: Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog (1984) // Devices & Mechanisms (1987) two on one tape, bizarre cut-up electroacoustic collage, plus 4-track orchestral/opera & misc. sounds collage

HT009 - C70 - Cause And Effect January 1985 Catalogue Aural Sampler + photocopy of catalog - $8.00 Normal Bias tape ($9.00 High Bias tape) 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 tape, industrial electronics and tape collage, plus near-silence punctuated by noise blasts. Recommended

HT011 - C61 - Dog As Master: Brash Pussy (1985) industrial noise collage of electronics, percussion and tape loops with nasty shouted vocals. Originally released by 3AP/Le Syndicat. Recommended

HT012 - C50 - Viscera: Get In The Action (1985) // Sweat (1986) / The Concrete Etendue (1985) two releases of homegrown industrial-pop songs, plus short cold-beat curiosity of J&M with Eric Therer

HT013 - C55 - Dog As Master: Five Feuilletons Outlined In Red (1986) 4-track tape collages, minimal electronics, originally released on Uddersounds label

HT014 - C56 - Dog As Master: Places Without Air (1986) ultra-minimal kind of creepy voice text pieces, for special tastes, originally released by audiofile Tapes

HT015 - C41 - Dog As Master: Sheets Of Cruelty (1986) annoying, grating electronics and tomfoolery, originally released by Gravelvoice label.

HT016 - C52 - Dog As Master: Conduit (1986) four tracks of Moog excursions with some drum machine, minimal electronics, and a noise dirge

HT017 - C68 - Bwana Dog: Untranslatable // Symbolic Accidents Of Ceremony (1986) two releases on one tape, minimal electronics, samples, vocals, sparse instrumentation; recommended

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, DAM 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 - Viscera: Snot (1986) / "Swallowing" / "Cold" cassettesingle (1987) collector-only-quality live performance from Chicago, various Viscera comp tracks, and a two-track release

HT023 - 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

HT024 - 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

HT025 - 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

HT026 - C88 - Mirage, Cause And Effect Compilation 003 (1986) F/i, MSR, Controlled Bleeding, Psyclones, Monochrome Bleu, Human Flesh, Disism, Zan, Rat, more

HT027 - C63 - Suburban Nightmare, Cause And Effect Compilation 004 (1986) NYC suburb comp with Alien Planetscapes, Ron Anderson, Bwana, NOMUZIC, Croiners, Thick Slimy Whisper

HT028 Dog As Master: The Splendor (1987) // Dog As Master: Live In Pittsburgh (1987) 27 mins. of lust hate rage power electronics, 4-track daily sounds; 46-min. live recording of collector-only quality

HT029 - C55 - Bwana Dog: Joint Venture (1987) 4-track mail collaboration works, minimal instrumentation, dark ambient, samples, voice

HT030 - C56 - Bwana Dog: Sacrifice Of Reason (1987) 4-track mail collaboration works, minimal instrumentation, dark ambient, samples, voice

HT031 - 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.

HT032 - Dog As Master: Live In Memphis conceptual performance, with drones, spoken word, and power electronics karaoke versions of DAM hits

HT033 - C88 - Bwana Dog: Painting (1987) live improvisation tracks by Margolis and McGee from Brooklyn, Boston, Windsor, Memphis from their October 1987 tour; spotty sound quality

HT034 - C57 - Dog As Master: Weed (1988) minimalist noisy Moog drone-based synth with a cold edge, rumbling bass, mechanistic pulsations, shrill siren tones

HT035 - 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

HT036 - 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

HT037 - 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

HT038 - C61 - Phinney/McGee: Shell (1990) more analog synthesizer explorations recorded in Florida - Moog Prodigy & Rogue, Korg MS20 and Poly 800, ARP Axxe

HT039 - 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.

HT040 - C52 - Phinney/McGee: Skull (1990) intense, cold, abstract electronics, recorded in Memphis. Moog Prodigy and Rogue, Korg Poly 800, ARP Axxe synthesizers

HT041 - 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

HT042 - 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

HT043 - C81 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume One (1990) Minoy, Prescott, Zzaj, PBK, Stenshoel, Malok, Usward, Whitehead, Kettlewell, Bennett, Molecules, Pahl, Schneider, Leago, Cephalic Index, 7 more

HT044 - 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

HT045 - C58 - Phinney/McGee: Quake (1990) Florida home studio recordings with usual Moog and ARP synthscapes plus percussion, loops and electroacoustic material

HT046 - C59 - Dimdogmentalasanguishmastershinething (1990) Phinney and McGee team up with Dimthingshine on these Florida home studio synthworks.

HT047 - C82 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume Two (1991) Dimthingshine, Lonberg-Holm, Hovancsek, Hands To, Barban, Wray, Abner Malaty, Copeland, Keeler, Berlin Diary, Dead Goldfish Ens, more

HT048 - C74 - Electronic Cottage Compilation Volume Three (1991) Mair, Little Fyodor, Fioretti, Histatic Charge, Triptic Of A Pastel Fern, Lord Litter, Shannon, Dust That Collects, Jabon, Clark/Drake, 12 others

HT049 - C43 Hal McGee, Dimthingshine & Friends: Miami Noise (1991) Hal visits Dimthingshine in Miami and they jam with Ed Bobb, Isaac Ersoff, King Felix at Rat Bastard’s studio, and duo at DTS home studio

HT050 - C53 - Phinney/McGee: Coincidence (1991) a bit more melodic and varied - Korg Poly 800, Moog, guitar, sequences, percussion, metal, horn, electroacoustics

HT051 - 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

Ordering Information

Prices:

all cassettes $4.00 each on Normal Bias tape Maxell UR or TDK D

$5.00 per cassette on High Bias tape TDK SA, Maxell XLII, or BASF generic

- except for CAE Jan 85 Catalog + Aural Sampler, which is $8.00 plus postage

Air Mail / First Class Postage and handling:

USA and Canada - $2.00 for the first item, $1.00 for each additional item; free postage on orders of 10 items or more

Everywhere else - $4.00 for the first item, $1.00 for each additional item; free postage on orders of 15 items or more

Payment:

PayPal to haltapes at gmail dot com
U.S. currency, sent at your own risk
U.S. customers can send money orders made out to Hal McGee
No checks.

Cassettes are duplicated in real time on a Tascam 202mkIII cassette deck. I do not use Dolby Noise Reduction.

Packaging and artwork Each cassette comes with old-school-style cut-and-paste artwork, black-and-white photocopy two-panel j-card covers, some on color paper stock. Each tape comes with a plain label on both sides, with hand-printed titles.

Trades are available by prior arrangement. I will trade one-for-one for your cassette, CD-R and CD releases. CDs, CD-Rs, and Normal Bias tape trades will receive Normal Bias cassette versions from me. Your High Bias cassettes will receive High Bias cassette versions from me. I will not trade for: demos or promos (only full releases with artwork/cover), vinyl records (because I do not own a record player), or digital files.

Please allow up to two weeks for me to fill orders. I usually ship all orders within 1-5 days, but sometimes it might take longer, especially if you place a large order. Trades might take considerably longer, depending on my other commitments.

I will include a free photocopy print version of this catalog with all orders.

Email haltapes at gmail dot com
website http://www.halmcgee.com/

Postal address

Hal McGee
1909 SW 42nd Way
Apt. E
Gainesville, FL
32607 USA