between coincidence and augury

9/7/2018

Hal McGee
between coincidence and augury

1. flight patterns of birds 25:33
2. signs of things that happened 25:49

recorded August 2018 in Gainesville, Florida
with three Sony ICD-PX470 stereo digital dictaphones
Yamaha Reface CS and Korg Monotron synthesizers
Minimoog Model D and Noisemusick iPhone apps
plus circuit bent Casio SK1 and sounds of every day life

artwork details
from Custer's Last Stand
1967

download at Bandcamp ($1 minimum)
includes PDF of CD cover so that you can print your own CD cover

also available on CDR by request, for $8 postage paid worldwide

15 Comments

Lord Litter link

9/7/2018 06:35:47

This is excellent!

Much more precise than your prior work ... this is like a movie for your ears with a plot. One can follow and construct an on story in ones mind.. this no doubt can keep you glued to the speakers for as long as it runs!

I really like this VERY much...this is one of the best releases I ever heard from you.

Hal McGee

9/7/2018 06:55:20

LL, thanks for these comments. These assemblages DO seem to have a much wider frequency and dynamic range than many or most of the assemblages I've done previously. I did not use any microcassette or cassette on these albums, which means that the sound is less compressed.

C. Goff III

9/8/2018 04:50:02

I just listened to this album twice with headphones while writing some correspondence -- a great accompany to my work. The augury aspect hit my ears with a wonderful sense of timing and spacing. The coincidences created a meditative ambience that nudged my attention without burdening me with excesses of aggression nor monotony. I'm thinking that the Hal hearing problems must have taken leave for this achievement to be fulfilled? I hope that this is true, and I hope to hear more Halbums like this in the future.

Rafael González

9/8/2018 05:49:25

Wonderful work! I enjoyed it a lot

Hal

9/9/2018 02:58:29

LL, C3, and Rafa, thanks for your comments. I am happy that you enjoy the album. I forgot to list on the album cover and in the info here that I also used the Moog Model D and the Noisemusick applications for iPhone.

William Davison link

9/10/2018 10:54:57

Nice work, Hal!

Hal

9/10/2018 10:56:52

Thank you, William. I am glad that you like it!

Juan Angel Italiano

9/10/2018 13:05:43

Bravo! very good.

Hal

9/11/2018 00:55:04

Thank you, Juan. I am happy that you enjoy it.

Eduardo GOZNE link

9/10/2018 21:35:55

Very good! Hal.
Good idea to mix the sounds from day to day with synths. The atmosphere that starts at minute 14 is great. Regards!!!

Hal

9/11/2018 00:56:12

Eduardo, thank you for your comment. I am happy that you have found my new album enjoyable.

Phillip Klampe

9/10/2018 21:35:56

Thoroughly enjoying this!

Hal

9/11/2018 00:57:13

Phillip, I am quite happy that you enjoy "between coincidence and augury".

Chris Phinney

9/30/2018 16:47:58

This is most excellent my friend! Sorry it took me so long to be able to listen.

Hal McGee

10/1/2018 13:23:44

Hi Chris! I am happy that you enjoyed your first listen(s). You should receive a hard copy any day now!

Electronic Cottage
Editor
Hal McGee

I have been making my own homemade experimental music since 1981.

I was an active participant in the 1980s Cassette Culture scene, and I operated the Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Service and label, and recorded solo as Dog As Master, and in a duo as Viscera.

From 1989 to 1991 I published six issues of the original Electronic Cottage print magazine.

In the last 40 years I have recorded, produced and released more than 300 solo audio works, collaborations and compilations.

email
website