DJ Adam Oko presents 2-hour Hal McGee radio program

5/16/2018

Tokyo-based DJ Adam Oko
hosts
a monthly program on London's NTS Radio
that specializes in
"crackled lo-fi tapes, sparkling synth-driven ditties, rarities from Japan and a whole lot else: all wrapped up neatly in a pleasing package of oozing ambient goodness".

This past Sunday evening he presented a two-hour program called "An Introduction To Hal McGee", which features dark ambient tracks by Hal and collaborators such as Brian Noring, Chris Phinney, Al Margolis, and Charles Rice Goff III.

You can listen to the archived program
in the Mixcloud audio player below.

Adam Oko

Here is the tracklist of Adam's program:
HAL MCGEE - ALGAL BLOOM IN THE WATERDROP NEBULA (from Deep Space Search Engine)
HAL MCGEE - B12 (EXCERPT)
HAL MCGEE - DEVICE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (from Homemade Alien Music Volume 1 Split)
GOFF/NORING/MCGEE - ENCOUNTER OF WORM AND PAPER CLIP (from Cryptomnesia)
CAPTAIN MISSION - DAWN FALLING (from Analog Space)
NORING/MCGEE - THEOREM (from the Preoccupations album)
NORING/MCGEE - OUT OF NOTHING (CREATION) (Preoccupations)
IF, BWANA/DOG AS MASTER - VESSEL OF ANXIETY (from Symbolic Accidents Of Ceremony)
THE CONCRETE ETENDUE - PERDU
NORING/MCGEE - MAGNIFIED (Preoccupations)
NORING/MCGEE - ALL FUNCTIONS WORK AS THEY SHOULD (from Cardboard)
HAL MCGEE/IMIAFAN/LOZI - TIME (from Space Exploration)
NORING/MCGEE - SLIP PAST OUR WALL (from Surveying The Wreckage)
HAL MCGEE & PARAMUTUAL OPERATOR - LIVE AT CAFE BOHEMIA #1
NORING/MCGEE - THE MELTDOWN (from Cross Contamination)
PHINNEY/MCGEE - STARGROVE (from Antenna Club)
IF, BWANA/DOG AS MASTER - UNTRANSLATABLE
HAL MCGEE - AS/IF (from VA10)
HAL MCGEE - THE DOG BITES BACK (from 1909E)
PHINNEY/MCGEE - STRANGE DOINGS IN THE NOOKS & CRANNIES, POURING OUT OF THE CRACKS & CREVICES (from Knot)

6 Comments

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 36 years I have recorded, produced and released more than 300 solo audio works, collaborations and compilations. In the last two years I have revived my personal zine, HalZine.

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Rafael González

5/16/2018 13:35:08

I LOVE IT!

Dave Fuglewicz link

5/16/2018 14:45:52

Anyone would be hard pressed to create an introduction to Hal's work in a scant two hours but DJ AO has created a very a fine play list. Well done indeed.

C. Goff III link

5/16/2018 17:25:10

My compliments to Mister Oko for picking a selection that flows so beautifully. Proud to be a little part of it all too. Bravo Maestro McG (and associates)!

Frank

5/16/2018 20:10:03

Funny... I have some of Hal's work in my collection, but not really the music from this mix. I was expecting his dictaphone-work & voice. This was not here, so I thought the wrong mix got posted. I even contacted Hal about it, who pointed out that it was a different side of his work.
I enjoyed it very much! Thanks Hal & Adam.

Chris Phinney

5/16/2018 22:51:04

Excellent done very well, a smooth flow of wonderful content. Nice to be a part of the show as well! Kudos to DJ Adam Oko!

Adam

5/19/2018 02:25:31

Thanks for all the kind words! I really enjoyed the time I spent putting this together, and it's lovely to see that it's gone down well with fans of Hal's work and collaborators alike. Big thanks to Hal again!