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new Phinney/McGee collaboration!

8/30/2018

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Hal McGee and I are happy to present
our 22nd collaboration since 1989
microcassettera
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1. I know myself! 15:36
2. do not turn off your computer! 15:36
3. neck vertebrae & mechanical apparatus 14:03
4. chug it, don't go without! 15:34

microcassette assemblages 
by Chris Phinney and Hal McGee 
recorded June - August 2018 
in Memphis, Tennessee and Gainesville, Florida  

sounds of everyday life 
spoken words 
violin-uke, acoustic guitar, diddley bow, and canjo 
analog and digital synthesizers

available on CDR by request 
for $8 postage paid worldwide 
PayPal to haltapes@gmail.com
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BODY SOUNDS compilation 1988 HR70

5/10/2018

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Body Sounds
compilation
HR70
1988
Harsh Reality Music
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
compilation produced by Chris Phinney
originally released on C-90 cassette
cassette cover typesetting by Carl Howard

This archival reissue is authorized by Harsh Reality Music label owner and compilation producer Chris Phinney.
The digital transcriptions are taken from Hal McGee's personal copy of the cassette.

Included are audio file transcriptions of the complete sides of the cassette, including the spaces in-between songs and at the beginning and end of each side, so that you can listen to the cassette sides as continuous listening experiences.
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Side A
Prescott/Bohman: Whispering Wendy – Boston, MA
John Hudak: Mouth – Del Mar, CA
Indian Rope Burn: Flat Tire – Kent, OH
Minóy: Open Wide – Torrance, CA
Mental Anguish: Cough – Memphis, TN
Cephalic Index: A Jab in the Ass’ll Make You Come – Boston, MA

Side B
The Haters: Spanking – Vancouver, Canada
Semantics Could Vanish: Voweledge Accessory – Madison, WI
If, Bwana: Body By Bwana – Great Neck, NY
Die Rache: No Body –Nürnberg, West Germany
Odal: Nobody – Zaandam, Holland
blackhumour: dit dit dam isophate – Vancouver, Canada
M.A.P.: Love Mr. Bunny – Memphis, TN
spit surprise
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Email to receive a free download code of BODY SOUNDS!
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA

5/3/2018

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the Adventures of Taped Rugs Producer Charles Rice Goff III
an appreciation by Chris Phinney
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA
Seven CDRs recorded in four states in June 2006. Includes an hour-long DVD.
Also comes with a little booklet with photos & written material.
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA
North Carolina Disc One
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First recordings made at Bret Hart's home. Goff had brought along several instruments & fx. Bret has tons of exotic & unusual acoustic & electronic instruments. Scotty Irving joined in on these sonic improvisations. They also recorded more sonic soundscapes at the Elsewhere Artist Collaborative. Brian Dunsmore joined in to play some Sonics as well. A great disc full of sonic mayhem. Some of the tracks were recorded by Benny Johnson also.
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA North Carolina Disc Two
Bret & Goff did some more sonic improvisations joined by Ed Shepherd, some great music! The next day the two recorded at a abandoned cotton mill & at the site of what once was a calcium carbide factory. The two beat out & scraped out some very industrial sounding improv's. More improv of sonic proportion was recorded later at Bret's home. Some very great music indeed!
Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA Georgia Disc One
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Charles flew to Atlanta & was picked up at the airport there by Hal McGee who drove up from Gainesville.

​Goff unloaded all his equipment he brought with him: tiny Casio, Barbie violin, ukulele & other things. Hal McGee played his Moog Voyager & Dave Fuglewicz played his Arp 2600. Total improvisations. Four tracks of sonic proportion & mayhem that delved into unexplored territory way beyond where man has been. A mind bending blend of sonic ear candy!
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Hal McGee
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Dave Fuglewicz
Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA Georgia Disc Two
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Three tracks.
  First one from the evening before with Hal, Dave & Goff recorded On Goff's video camera. This is the soundtrack from the video, ultra sonic goodness.   Second recording was done on microcassette recorder while the three were having lunch called "That's Disgusting" in reference to Hal’s burger I believe, recorded at the Table 1280 restaurant. Lots of topics in this discussion excellent piece of micro.        Track three "Press Record, Press to Play" recorded on Goff's digital camera. Dave was getting ready for a Tapegerm internet sonic live show, so Goff & Hal employed some instruments & non instruments & a reading by Goff from a religious publication Charles found on the ground that day. A very wild & crazy improvisational piece indeed.
Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA Florida

What can I say?

 Bat recordings, forgotten cameras, micro cassette recordings, the Octave Cat synth, Andrew Chadwick provided pre-recorded sounds, all mixed into a sonic stew of epic proportions. Coupled with the electric piano, tons of fx and the kora.
 This disc is one sonic exploration of very creative improv that blows your mind. Five explorations of sonic madness! A musical stew one definitely needs to hear. Don't take my word for it just strap on your ear goggles & try it on for yourself!
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA Tennessee Disc One
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The final leg of the tour.

​Over the next three days Goff & Phinney recorded in Phinney's tiny but functional studio. All improvisational pieces, Eight recordings in three days. Phinney mixed them into four tracks. Used in these recordings were Goff's full battery of instruments he brought with him & Phinney's collection of synths, guitars, radios & other devices. This gave them a lot to work with to record these pieces of unique sonic madness. Two pieces of a sonic blend on this disc plus a piece Goff captured on micro cassette.
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Taped Rugs 06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA Tennessee Disc Two
The tours Phinney took Goff on in Memphis had a strong influence on these recordings. Two more mixes of wild sonic experimentation plus a humorous collage of readings from the fence in front of Graceland that Goff recorded on his micro cassette recorder. These were the final recordings of the tour!
Taped Rugs
06 06 Tour of the Southeast USA
​DVD Video
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Video documentation of Goff's interactions during the tour.

​The DVD showcases the artists
Andrew Chadwick, Dave Fuglewicz, Bret Hart, Scotty Irving, Hal McGee, Chris Phinney,
Ed Shepherd, and Charles Rice Goff III.

It also features visual & audio recordings in all of the states plus Nashville & airways & roadways while traveling.

Jack Engard hosted the Nashville leg of the tour.
PLUS...

Bret Hart & Charles Rice Goff 3 June 2006 Improvisation Outtakes
A bonus disc of revealing outtakes! Need I say more? Nah!
For a comprehensive directory of all media related to TAPED RUGS 06 06 TOUR OF THE SOUTHEAST USA go to this page at the Taped Rugs website.
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Frozen Lake by Chris Phinney at Gajoob!

5/2/2018

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Editor's Note:
In 2016 Chris Phinney recorded his first new music as Mental Anguish in five years, "Frozen Lake", released on the HalTapes label. I mailed the Frozen Lake CDR to Bryan Baker of Gajoob and he reviewed the disc, interviewed Chris and created a YouTube video in which he opened the package and talked about the music.
Chris:
Review, interview, video of package being opened, article, by my good friend Bryan Baker with whom I have done recordings, plus we started Tapegerm together with Scott Carr & J. Mundok.
Check out Bryan's complete friendly and warm presentation of Frozen Lake at Gajoob! 
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Mazzy Star - "I've Been Let Down"

4/26/2018

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One of my favorite bands today, Mazzy Star is very inspirational to me, especially the lyrics. The music makes me just want to do it in a electronic version. California band if you didn't already know.

The singer Hope Sandoval is originally from Memphis. She is one of my favorite female singers; has been for a long time. The band members are the ex Dream Syndicate, a great band to me in itself. Hope you enjoy as much as I do!
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    Chris Phinney

    I used to run Harsh Reality Music, started the label in 1982 releasing my own music in various groups. They were Mental Anguish, Pungent Odor who became The Skoptzies, Misfeasance, Macroglossia, RSVP which became Cancerous Growth, Viktimized Karcass, Planet Zero. 

    Anyway I started releasing tapes by artists that I liked. Over 350 tapes, some vinyl, CDs, CD-Rs, and videos on VHS. Also did distribution of some LPs. Did some writing for mags, some mail art, I did a lot of compilations as well.

    Helped run Tapegerm with Bryan Baker, Scott Carr & J Mundok, for 10 years or more, a collaborative site too intense to explain here.

    Had my own domain for HRM, shut down the label due to several reasons around 2006 if memory serves.

    You can see some of the releases on Hal’s site, the HRM section. Quit Tapegerm around 2010.

    Took a 5 year hiatus due to personal reasons but came out of it & did Mental Anguish - Frozen Lake & a few Phinney/McGee microcassette releases.

    I have collaborated extensively with Hal McGee, Carl Howard - Nomuzic, Mike Jackson, plus others Prescott, Jeff Central, Charlie Goff, John Hudak, Minóy, Alien Planetscapes, Lord Litter, Don Campau, Angwana which was with Al Margolis hence the name, Pat Grafik, Isaac Ersoff, & a CD-R with a PDF comic book by Matt Howarth released on his label!

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