two microcassette works released by the Saint Petersburg Institute Of Noise

The Saint Petersburg Institute Of Noise recently made available to the public two new microcassette works by Dictaphonia Compilation Project participants.

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Black Beast of Arrrghhh "Vietnamese Democracy" mc-90

Put well concealed cash in an envelope and send it to:
S.P.I.N.

P.O. Box 56845

Saint Petersburg, FL 33732

You can listen in streaming audio and download a 23-minute microcassette recording by Vagina Teeth/Jesus Teeth.

I have enjoyed listening to both and these recordings are both good examples of the possibilities presented by microcassette works and releases.

DICTAPHONIA Microcassette Compilation 3

is now available

23 artists

59 minutes of sound recordings made on microcassette, released on microcassette

Go to this page on my web site for more info

recordings by Neonworm, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Karl J. Paloucek, Justin Robert, Carl Holmes, Ooy, Fludd, JLIAT, Bisexual Swinger, Alan George Ledergerber, Stirner, auvikogue, mortuus auris & the black hand, Johnny Brewton, Master/Slave Relationship, Big Sugar Victorious, EGG, Vultures, Ecoute La Merde, Lindsey Leepe, Retarded Children, Raw Mummy, William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets

this is a homemade product!featuring simple homestyle packaging

each tape comes with a j-card cut out of a magazine (each one is different)

with a black and white photocopy insert

with collage artwork on one sideand a list of the artists and their piece titles on the other

$6.00 postage paid USA and Canada

$7.00 Air Mail postage paid everywhere else

PayPal to haltapes1 @ aol dot com

three more contributions received in recent days

In recent days I have received three more contributions, all of which will be on Dictaphonia, Volume Four. This brings to 13 the total of contributions received that will be on Dictaphonia Volume 4, with about 10-12 more needed to fill up the compilation.

83) Front Gauche de l'art/Hermann Kleid

Rennes, France

Étude pathétique pour violoncelle un jour d'orage

84) The Saint Petersburg Institute Of Noise

Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

"I Never Road A Skateboard"

85) H.G. Wells

Seattle, Washington, USA

"Jesus Razor Blade"

DICTAPHONIA FEST November 7, 2009

Hal McGee presents:
Dictaphonia Fest
Saturday, November 7, 2009
8:00 PM

at The Laboratory
818 W. University Ave., Suite C
Gainesville, Florida 32601
USA

A showcase of microcassette experimental audio art, featuring performances by participants in the Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Project.

Larry Bruce, the proprietor and Chief Scientist at The Laboratory, has confirmed the date. The Laboratory is a new cafe located in midtown Gainesville that serves wine, beer, coffee, espresso drinks, and gourmet sandwiches, and snacks.

Performers must use microcassette in some way in their performance and it must be a prominent part of the sound. There will be a 9-minute time limit on performances and performers will only be allowed to use minimal gear, with a plug and play aesthetic and quick gear setups and breakdowns. Performers will play through a small mixer and two 10-watt guitar amplifiers provided by me.

I do not yet have a confirmed list of performers because it is four months away and things can change but these Dictaphonia project participants have expressed interest in performing:

Kathy Burkett (Lady Lake, Florida)
Otolathe (Tampa)
Su Sous Toulouse En Rouge (St. Petersburg)
Vagina Teeth / Jesus Teeth (Clemmons, North Carolina)
Krysten Davis (Tallahassee)
Fiver's Stereo (Jacksonville)
Ironing (Gainesville)
Mark McGee (Gainesville)
Waterdigger (Polk City, Florida)
Richard Orlando (Flushing, New York)
Jamison Williams (Jacksonville)
Belltonesuicide (Easthampton, Massachusetts)
Mannequin Hollowcaust (Kingsport, Tennessee)
Carl Holmes (London, England)
Big Sugar Victorious (Seffner, Florida)
Sonic Disorder (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Ed Cooper (Hickory, North Carolina)
William A. Davison (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
The Raytownian(s) (Huntsville, Alabama)
William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets (Pounding Mill, Virginia)
minimum of none (Gainesville)
Alan George Ledergerber (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Douglas Burkett (Lady Lake, Florida)

Anybody else?

Dictaphonia #1 and #2 blogged by Dual Track

Dual Track blogs classic, hard to find, and out of print audio and video recordings of experimental, avant garde, and noise musics.

Dual Track has already blogged Dictaphonia Volume One and Dictaphonia Volume Two!

You can download both compilations in bundled files including the artwork. Dual Track presents high quality versions of the compilations with a respectful tone and proper spirit appropriate to the Dictaphonia project.

Check out Dual Track's Dictaphonia #1 blog listing here

And just published this morning, here is Dictaphonia #2 on Dual Track

several submissions received for Dictaphonia Volume 4

I have received several contributions which will be on the fourth volume of Dictaphonia.


73) Sparkle Girl
Seattle, Washington, USA
"A Series Of Tubes"


74) Mark Sonnenfeld
East Windsor, New Jersey, USA
"Nagging Haunt"


75) Igloo Martian
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
"The Pocket-Sized Beat"


76) Enstruction
Seattle, Washington, USA
"Agglomeration"


77) The Lexington Steele
Clemmons, North Carolina, USA
"Untitled No. 1 (for Shirley)"


78) Cellular Terror
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
"Electronic Fingerprints"


79) Witch With Flying Head
San Francisco, California, USA
"They Call Him Neato Bombeleato"


80) Dave X
Carterville, Illinois, USA
"Wire/Recorder"


81) Kathy Burkett
Lady Lake, Florida, USA
"Japanese Dachshund"


82) minimum of none
Gainesville, Florida, USA
"more talk"

Dictaphonia Volume 2 now available for free download

Listen in streaming audio and download individual mp3s of the tracks on the Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation, Volume 2

I offer two versions of the mp3s, one at 320 kbps for high speed Internet connections, and one at 64 kbps for dial-up and slower connections.

Dictaphonia 2 is still available for purchase in its original microcassette format.

recordings by
Dave Wright, Richard Orlando, Mark McGee, Sonic Disorder, Douglas Burkett, Jamison Williams, Zebra Mu, Ian Watson, Crap Last Tape, Kurt Gottschalk, Julie Schubert, Dada Action Group, Andrew Coltrane, The Raytownian(s), Belltonesuicide, blanco estira nuestro (+) hermana Hélice, Fried Marlenstahl, NXP, Rez Epo, Hanson Ono, Death Factory, Douglas Ferguson, Melissa Lovely & Justin Waters Here And Thereian Duo, Pony Payroll

Dictaphonia Volume 3 will be released on July 20th.

recordings by
Neonworm, Mannequin Hollowcaust, Karl J. Paloucek, Justin Robert, Carl Holmes, Ooy, Fludd, JLIAT, Bisexual Swinger, Alan George Ledergerber, Stirner, auvikogue, mortuus auris & the black hand, Johnny Brewton, Master/Slave Relationship, Big Sugar Victorious, EGG, Vultures, Ecoute La Merde, Lindsey Leepe, Retarded Children, Raw Mummy, William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets

Purchase and download for free Dictaphonia Volume 1

I am still accepting contributions for the Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Project
Guidelines

Dictaphonia Volume 3 lineup announced

The third volume of the Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Project is now full and complete. It will be available on July 20, 2009.

Dictaphonia Volume 1 is available in its original microcassette format and for free download.

Dictaphonia Volume 2 is available on microcassette and soon will be available in its entirety for download.

Dictaphonia Fest will be held Saturday, November 7, 2009 at The Laboratory, 818 West University Avenue, Suite C, in Gainesville, Florida, USA - a showcase of microcassette experimental audio art, with performances by participants in the Dictaphonia Project.

I am still accepting recordings on microcassette for the Dictaphonia project - Submission Guidelines.

Dictaphonia Volume 3

Side A

01) Neonworm
York, Pennsylvania, USA
"Panic Attack"

02) Mannequin Hollowcaust
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
"shrapnel bath"

03) Karl J. Palouček
Berwyn, Illinois, USA
"Phonorail"

04) Justin Robert
Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
"Nylon/Mylar"

05) Carl Holmes
London, England
"Impulse Response"

06) Ooy
Tokyo, Japan
"Subway"

07) Fludd
Genova, Italy
"Reso-Nuances"

08) JLIAT
Norfolk, England
"Beethoven's 9th - Bonus track (Movement 5)"

09) Bisexual Swinger
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
"The Exercist"

10) Alan George Ledergerber
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
"I like to scare myself."

11) Stirner
Almelo, The Netherlands
"digita4dictaphonia"

12) auvikogue
Ulm, Germany
"heima®t/exp - lost concert series vol. 1"

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Side B

13) mortuus auris & the black hand
New Malden, Surrey, England
"Ena Ari Nea"

14) Johnny Brewton
Pasadena, California, USA
"Frequency Oblique No.001"

15) Master/Slave Relationship
Los Angeles, California, USA
"Give"

16) Big Sugar Victorious
Seffner, Florida, USA
"So Pissed Off"

17) EGG
Pasadena, California, USA
"Transmutations in Juarez"

18) Vultures
London, England
"Attacked By Plastic Spiders"

19) Ecoute La Merde
Lavancia, France
"Le Grand Guignol"

20) Lindsey Leepe
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
"Skyward Celebration"

21) Retarded Children
Novorossiysk and Saint Petersburg, Russia
"Support Service"

22) Raw Mummy
Nagasaki, Japan
"A straw and water"

23) William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets
Pounding Mill, Virginia, USA
"Wisdom Teeth"

three more Dictaphonia submissions - from Novorossiysk, Nagasaki, and Pounding Mill

Today when I got home from work I found three packages containing contributions for the Dictaphonia project:

70) Retarded Children

Novorossiysk and Saint Petersburg, Russia

"Support Service"

71) Raw Mummy

Nagasaki, Japan

"a straw and water"

72) William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets

Pounding Mill, Virginia, USA

"Wisdom Teeth"

Yesterday I worked on the master of Dictaphonia 3. After receiving these three tracks the third volume might be full, or I might have room for one more track. I will know in a few days when I add these three submissions to the master. This coming weekend I will create the artwork and start making tape copies. I also will publish mp3s of Dictaphonia 2 very soon. It is my plan to mail out the first contributor's copies of Dictaphonia 3 on Monday, July 20. 

Hal McGee announces new Wire Recorder compilation project

You are invited to contribute to my new Wire Recorder compilation project! Keep your submission to less than 360 feet in length (approx. 109 meters). Deadline for the project was November 1, 1948.

proposal for Dictaphonia Fest

I am working on setting up a Dictaphonia Fest in early November.

My friend Chris Miller and I went and had coffee at The Laboratory last evening. The Laboratory is a new cafe that just opened up here in Gainesville - they serve coffee, beer, wine, and gourmet sandwiches. We discussed numerous things with Larry Bruce, the proprietor. He calls himself "Chief Scientist" and wears a lab coat. When I pitched the idea of a microcassette-based show he seemed to like the idea!

I am going to propose Saturday, November 7th to him.

The idea in a nutshell, for now, is that I will invite only participants in the Dictaphonia project to come to Gainesville to perform at the show.

Performers must use microcassette in their performances and it must be a prominent part of the sound. The artists will be asked to perform short sets of under nine minutes.

Interesting, eh? I say interesting because I think it will be a real challenge to the the performers - in most cases the Dictaphonia artists used microcassette to RECORD what they were doing. This performance idea challenges them to use that machine as a performance instrument - to process sound with it, or whatever, however. Other than to stipulate that the performers "must use microcassette in their performances and it must be a prominent part of the sound" I won't give any further direction... other than to urge them to use minimal (and preferably lo tech) gear, with quick setup and breakdown times. It is my hope that the performers will do more than just play back a microcassette tape while they make other sounds, but at a bare minimum that would be acceptable.

I am also considering using only small guitar amplifiers, and I am CONSIDERING stipulating that everybody play through the same small amps that I will supply. Oh, and one more thing - this won't be billed as a Noise show - I prefer the term experimental music (or audio art). I am not sure yet, but I might bill it as a showcase of microcassette art.

It will probably be produced under the "Hal McGee presents" banner.

Three more Dictaphonia tracks received

In recent days I received three more Dictaphonia contributions:


67) Vultures
London, England, UK
"Attacked By Plastic Spiders"


68) Ecoute La Merde
Lavancia, France
"Le Grand Guignol"


69) Lindsey Leepe
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
"Skyward Celebration"