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Hello friends! up close and personal is my newest album of audio folk art dictaphone assemblage stuff for your enjoyment. There is a fair amount of synthesizer sounds on this album, along with the usual everyday sounds and spoken wordage. You can stream it in the Bandcamp audio player above, and visit a special page where you can view a slideshow containing more than 200 photos, here — http://www.haltapes.com/up-close-and-personal.html
up close and personal is also available on CDR and cassette. Send me an email to inquire about prices. Also, I will trade a CDR copy of the album for your audio and mail art items. cassettes are available for trade only for people in the USA because overseas postage for one cassette is $14! My address is: Hal McGee 4230F SW 20th Lane Gainesville, FL 32607 USA 
Also available is an album I issued in early July titled Junely. You can stream it in the Bandcamp player below, and visit a 600-photos slideshow page here — http://www.haltapes.com/junely.html
Junely is 102 minutes in length so I guess that I could offer it as a trade too, but it would be a double-CDR so inquire first before sending something in trade for it. It is not available on cassette. 
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 Electronic Cottage Compilation 5: CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
collaborative partners will be chosen by drawing names out of a paper sack at random On July 12th I will draw names two at a time from a paper bag to determine collab partners. I will then contact the collab partners by email You and your partner will then create an audio piece and will submit a stereo WAV file no longer than 2:53, via WeTransfer or Google Drive, by no later than August 15th. Audio contributions must be new, original, and created specifically for this purpose. You must accept the partner who is chosen for you. Do not sign up for the project if you are not willing to accept ANY partner. The compilation will be published online only, on my HalTapes Bandcamp site. Participants will be given free download codes and will be welcome to create their own hard copies of the complete compilation, if they want. Participants can also contribute artwork, if they want, on the theme of “Chance Encounters”. People who are not audio artists can also contribute artwork, on the theme of “Chance Encounters”. Here is a list of all of the 29 collaborative duos in the compilation project. Jonas Juuso — Bert Vanden Berghe I.v. Martinez — Juan Angel Italiano Tim Kaiser — Eduardo Gozne Jay Peele — Neal D. Retke Colette Penelope — Amoraim Amoraim Michael Cosma — Michael Ridge Chris Phinney — Jim Barker Shaun Robert — William Davison Ditlev Buster — Andy Ortmann Jeremiah Paddock — Joe Billingsley Karel De Goede — David Nadeau Niniji Chen — Meghan Eliza Scott Bazar — Rafael González Butch Canfield — Penga Claire Furchick Pannell — Osvaldo Cibils Carsten Olbrich — Per-Arne Hognert Lord Litter — Al Margolis Josh Boutwell — Dan Jackson Sara Nicole Storm — Aimee Naworal Oscar Absurreal Fanzine — Bret Hart Adam Naworal — John M. Bennett Patrizio Pica — Massimo Magee Phillip Klampe — Emmy Lou Trevor Luke — Leslie Singer Austin Rich — Aaron Abrams Dylan Houser — Boyd Nutting Bill Northcott — Hal Harmon K.r. Seward — Harold Schellinx Mike Nobody — Al Conroy
THIS IS A DRILL is my newest audio folk art dictaphone dream assemblage. In this 26-minute video you can listen to the audio and watch a slideshow of 324 photos, featuring Lumen K (Trevor Luke), and of course Stanley The Loud Mouth. Sights and sounds of my daily life from June 7th through 13th, 2019.
Two more assemblages will follow this one in the next couple of weeks and will be published together as a Bandcamp album titled JUNELY. I hope that you will enjoy this celebration of daily life. Audio was recorded with four Sony ICD-PX470 digital dictaphones, most of the photos taken with my iPhone XR. You will also hear the sounds of my Korg Minilogue synthesizer, a Casio SA-47 keyboard, and Trevor's Hologram Infinite Jets re-synthesizer pedal.
I think it looks and sounds great. I think it looks especially good in full-screen viewing mode on my desktop computer.
Hal McGee
I Have A Theory audio folk art dictaphone assemblage recorded May 2019 in Gainesville, Florida, USA with three Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones 
while you listen, view a slideshow containing 255 photos, below
1. Red Lipstick On Your Robot Lover
2. Hop Skip And A Jump 3. What's Going On In Hal's Head 4. FTA DBC featuring Stanley and Lumen K plus circuit bent Casio SK-1 with contributions and inspirations by: Judith Pauly-Bender, Special Agent Martha Singer, Special Agent Rafael González, Mark McGee
You can view a slideshow with larger versions of the photos here:
http://www.haltapes.com/i-have-a-theory.html Dear Friends, On April 29th I sent a letter to all of the EC Community members via Blind Carbon Email. Everybody who is a Contributor received the identical, same letter. I have received an emotional outpouring from the members as a result of that letter. I apologize that it hurt your feelings or upset you. I do NOT apologize for what I wrote because I think that it needed to be said. Community-building is hard work. It's tough. It's not easy to do. Let's find solutions together. I am going to paste the text of my letter below and I will give you an opportunity to comment freely. Just keep it as civil as possible, and keep it constructive! tell me what you think and let's work it out. Okay?  Hello EC Community Contributors and Participants,
I will not accept any new contributors to the EC Community unless I am convinced that the prospective contributor will actually participate in the Community beyond just submitting articles. Participation by the current group of EC Contributors is poor and inconsistent. By participation I mean taking an interest in the articles by the other contributors. For EC to survive it is necessary for you to read the articles by your fellow EC members and provide feedback in the form of Comments on the articles. - It is my feeling that EC is redundant. 43 of 55 EC Contributors are active in social media on Facebook. These people (including myself) continue to use Facebook, in spite of its obvious drawbacks and negatives, because it is more immediate and easier to use than EC. - Many of you have written to me saying that you are too busy with other things to be able to participate actively at EC. Believe me when I say that I have more than enough to keep me busy with my own creative projects! If you as a group are not able to participate more actively and consistently I will not be sufficiently motivated to continue the Electronic Cottage website. It could very well be possible that EC is not necessary, and I am willing to accept that. I am going to give this matter consideration until September, and I will then make a decision about whether to continue. Do not flood me with a bunch of new articles! Take the time to read what is already at EC, and make Comments. 
Every day during the month of April 2019 Rafael and I recorded sounds of our daily lives with Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones.
We also took photographs of sights of our daily lives.
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INVESTIGATIONS a CONFIDENTIAL report by Special Agents Rafael González and Hal McGee a collaborative online installation documenting and celebrating the quotidian, everyday found sound and art, coincidence, happenstance, and friendship by two best amigos who live 3925 miles (6320 km) apart data collected in: San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and other locations in The Canary Islands; Gijón, Asturias, and Madrid, Spain; and Gainesville, Florida, USA April 1-30, 2019 with contributions by Stanley and Lumen K
listen to the seven assemblages in any order you wish
and view a slideshow consisting of more than 650 photos, below  Malice was a fanzine published by Chris Phinney from December 1982 to January 1985 and was the root from which the Harsh Reality Music cassette label grew. I have scanned and uploaded all nine issues of Malice to the HalTapes website. In Part 2 of my intro to Malice Fanzine you can preview issues 6 through 9. Below each zine cover I have pasted clippings of my personal favorite parts. Click on the zine covers below to view the complete zine issues. I urge you to check out the full zine issues themselves because there are lots of historic news and info items. Visit the Harsh Reality Music Home Page Visit the Malice Fanzine Home Page Malice Fanzine #6 late 1983   Malice #6 — Nightcrawlers and other cassette reviews  Malice #6 — full page on Savage Republic house label, Independent Project Records  Malice #6 — reviews of Glenn Branca, Karl Blake, Maurizio Bianchi, Negativland, Neuengamme compilation  Malice #6 — article about The Haters  Malice #6 — Tuxedomoon  Malice #6 — Shockabilly live review  Malice #6 — full-page feature on Maurizio Bianchi  Malice #6 — Recloose Org, Rising From The Red Sand, and Attrition reviews Malice Fanzine #7 early 1984   Malice #7 — Cultural Amnesia : The Uncle Of The Boot cassette, OSLWMMGIB? compilation, Hunting Lodge, Factrix / Cazazza  Malice #7 — Nocturnal Emissions: Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss LP review  Malice #7 — a page of cassette reviews — Laxative Souls, Tom Furgas, F/i, Area Condizionata cassettezine, Third Mind  Malice #7 — review of Anthems 2 compilation cassette on Vittore Baroni's label  Malice #7 — review of Belgian underground music compilation, Wij Zijn Belgie  Malice #7 — a full page of cassette reviews! — including Bene Gesserit, Human Flesh, New Federalism compilation, Etat Brut, Stahlbau Malice Fanzine #8 Summer 1984   Malice #8 — announcement abut new label, Harsh Reality Music!  malice #8 — video reviews of SPK, Nocturnal Emissions, TG and Birthday Party  Malice #8 — advertisement for the first four Harsh Reality Music cassette label releases  review of Swinging Axe label compilation  review of a cassette by Tom Furgas's band The Fringe  Psyko-Genetika II cassette by Konstruktivits, issued on the Harsh Reality Music label  Malice #8 — John Oswald Interview by Tom Furgas  review of the Fi: Zombie cassette  review of the Noisy But Chic compilation cassette  Malice #8 — artwork on page 14 by John Eberly  review of the Armaghedon LP by Maurizio Bianchi  reviews of LPs by Bourbonese Qualk and Pacfic 231  cassette review — Laxative Souls: Disinfektionsraum  Music For The Hashishins In Memoriam Of Hasan Sabbah LP by Vagina Dentata Organ  inside back cover of Malice #8 — full page ad for Vittore Baroni's TRAX  back cover of Malice #8 — artwork by John Eberly Malice Fanzine #9 January 1985   Malice #9 — full-page article on horror rock industrial band Skoptzies, fronted by Phinney  review of Data-Bank-A: The Citadel LP  review of a 7-inch record by Amor Fati  review of Drastic Perversions compilation LP  review of Nurse With Wound's Brained By Falling Masonry record  reviews of LP records by Current 93 and Attrition  Nurse With Wound review  Malice #9 — article on Pere Ubu  reviews of Bloody But Chic and Aural Fixation cassettes  Insane Music For Insane People Vol. 5 and Test Department: Live At The Ritz  review of Mystery Hearsay cassette  Malice #9 — ad for Data-Bank-A's The Citadel LP  Data-Bank-A and Attrition record reviews  reviews of records by Konstruktivits and Nocturnal Emissions  reviews of Testtube Fanzine, Les Trois Phallus, Coil, and Foetus  Malice was a fanzine published by Chris Phinney from December 1982 to January 1985 and was the root from which the Harsh Reality Music cassette label grew. In the beginning the emphasis in Malice was on coverage of Hardcore Punk. Over time Phinney and his cohorts included more and more reportage of homemade music cassettes of experimental music. By the time of the ninth issue, in January 1985, Malice had almost completely transitioned to cassette culture. I have scanned and uploaded all nine issues of Malice to the HalTapes website. In this first part of my introduction to Malice Fanzine you will get a sneak peek at the first five issues. Click on the zine covers below to go to pages where you can view the complete zine issues. Below each zine cover I have pasted clippings of my favorite parts. I hope that this will serve as a good introduction to Malice, and I urge you to check out the full zine issues themselves because there are lots of historic news and info items, and lots more interviews and reviews than I found it desirable to mention here. This is just my taste in things, not necessarily yours. You might, for example, enjoy all of the top-notch comix and coverage of Hardcore Punk! This introduction to Malice is part of the ongoing effort by Chris Phinney, Jerry Kranitz and I to document Phinney's essential 1980s cassette label, Harsh Reality Music. Visit the Harsh Reality Music Home Page Visit the Malice Fanzine Home Page Malice Fanzine #1 December 1982  In the first issue of Malice you will find: — a report on Alex Douglass's C.L.E.M. (Contact List of Electronic Music) — Record Reviews of Bill Nelson, Crass, Virgin Prunes, Faith & Void, Factrix-Cazazza, Meat Puppets, Fad Gadget, and lots of Hardcore records — Live Reviews of Bad Brains, The Method Actors, and Mission of Burma — Classic early 1980s COMIX 24 pages including the cover  Malice #1: record reviews by Phinney under the name Skank Man  Malice #1: Reviews of Fad Gadget and Virgin Prunes records plus Rough Trade ad  Malice #1: Thermidor Records and Subterranean Records labels advertisements  Malice #1: information on Alex Douglass's CLEM (Contact List of Electronic Music) and Furry Couch's Constant Cause distro Malice Fanzine #2 early 1983  In the second issue of Malice you will find a 4-page post-mortem report on Throbbing Gristle; PiL, U.K. Subs, Iggy Pop, and Residents live reviews; reviews of records by The Damned, Angry Samoans, more; articles on Virgin Prunes and SPK, plus classic ads and Comix; plus scene reports & news. 28 pages, including cover  Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, first page of 4-page article  Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, second page of 4-page article  Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, third page of 4-page article  Malice #2: Industrial Death issue, fourth page of 4-page article  Malice #2: live review of Iggy Pop & Nash The Slash  Malice #2: Virgin Prunes — "If I Die, I Die" article  Malice #2: Public Image Ltd live review by Phinney  Malice #2: SPK article  Malice #2: Residents live review Malice Fanzine #3 1983  Malice Fanzine #3 included articles on Crass, Chrome, and Cabaret Voltaire; record reviews of James White & The Blacks, Christian Death, Minutemen, Dead Kennedys, Jah Wobble; tons of classic Comix, and News & Info. 24 pages, including cover  advertisement for Viktimized Karcass, a band led by Phinney that did not yet exist!  Malice #3, first page of a feature article on Crass  Malice #3: second page of a feature article on Crass  Malice #3: article on Chrome  Malice #3: first page of a feature article on Cabaret Voltaire  Malice #3: second page of a feature article on Cabaret Voltaire Malice Fanzine #4 1983  Malice Fanzine #4 was 24 pages, including the cover. Loaded with record and live reviews of The Misfits, Birthday Party, T.G., The Vibrators, The Stranglers, Maurizio Bianchi, Duet Emmo, Bauhaus, Cab Vol, Southern Death Cult, Psychedelic Furs, New Order; plus high-contrast ads and more classic 80s comix.  Malice #4: review of "The You'll Hate This Record Record" produced by Mykel Board, which included two tracks by the Leslie Singer version of Psychodrama  Malice #4: review of Assume Power Focus record by Throbbing Gristle  Malice #4: review of Maurizio Bianchi's Neuro Habitat LP  Malice #4: reviews of records by Duet Emmo, Maurizio Bianchi, Bauhaus, and Cab Vol Malice Fanzine #5 1984  Malice Fanzine #5 was 24 pages, including cover, and is loaded with live and record reviews of New Order, Wall Of Voodoo, Circle Jerks, Pylon, Panther Burns, Toxic Reasons; an interview with G.G. Allin; article on Italian industrial cassette band LXSS. Malice #5 is notable for its reviews of indie DIY underground cassettes and records. From here on out we will see more and more coverage of the cassette scene, such as Rising From The Red Sand and L.A. Mantra.  Malice #5: review of Horde by Mnemonists  review of Biota by Mnemonists in Malice Fanzine #5  Malice #5: review of the historic Rising From The Red Sand cassette compilations  Malice #5: page 15 — reviews of L.A. Mantra, Z'ev, Masse Mensch compilation LP 
watch the slideshow of 200 photos while you listen
larger versions of the slideshow pics can be experienced here
The Ideas of March
dictaphone assemblage audio folk art
recorded March 2019 with four Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones
featuring:
Stanley and Lumen K neighbors family members Racket Fest #2 participants two-string pink dumpster guitar appliances circuit bent Casio SK-1 Monotron synths 1. Free Realm of the Imagination 2. Slideshow Tour 3. Stickfigure Assemblage 4. The Ideals of March |
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ELECTRONIC COTTAGE is an international magazine where independent artists, musicians, writers and freethinkers share in-depth articles, essays, interviews, tech and gear reviews and tutorials,
and much more.
EC draws inspiration from the Cassette Culture Revolution of the 1980s, 90s and beyond; Mail Art, Small Press and Zines, Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy, and Noise.
EC values inclusion, democracy, experimentation, independence and freedom of thought and expression, open-minded exchange, and Community.
From this moment forward the Electronic Cottage website will primarily be an online magazine for the publication of lengthy and in-depth articles, essays, and interviews.
For those of you who use Facebook I have created an Electronic Cottage Group, which will be a casual social gathering place of the EC Community, where EC people can meet, share artwork and news of current projects and releases.
The EC website will continue as before, and I encourage those of you who do not use Facebook to use the FORUM page here at the EC website to post miscellaneous thoughts and personal updates.
The website and this EC Facebook Group are two separate but connected entities of the greater EC Community.
and much more.
EC draws inspiration from the Cassette Culture Revolution of the 1980s, 90s and beyond; Mail Art, Small Press and Zines, Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy, and Noise.
EC values inclusion, democracy, experimentation, independence and freedom of thought and expression, open-minded exchange, and Community.
From this moment forward the Electronic Cottage website will primarily be an online magazine for the publication of lengthy and in-depth articles, essays, and interviews.
For those of you who use Facebook I have created an Electronic Cottage Group, which will be a casual social gathering place of the EC Community, where EC people can meet, share artwork and news of current projects and releases.
The EC website will continue as before, and I encourage those of you who do not use Facebook to use the FORUM page here at the EC website to post miscellaneous thoughts and personal updates.
The website and this EC Facebook Group are two separate but connected entities of the greater EC Community.