Live recordings from the Dictaphonia Fest of November 7, 2009 at The Laboratory in Gainesville, Florida!
18 artists, 130 minutes of live performance sound recordings made on microcassette, released on microcassette. Recordings of live microcassette audio art, experimental music and noise, including audience reactions and Hal McGee's introductions and spoken interludes from the show. Dynamic live recordings with surprising clarity, subtleties and details.
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These recordings were originally released in a 3-microcassette tape set!
TAPE ONE
SIDE A
introduction by Hal McGee
Su Sous Toulouse En Rouge
Saint Petersburg, Florida
interlude #1
Mark McGee
Gainesville, Florida
Vagina Teeth/Jesus Teeth
Clemmons, North Carolina
interlude #2
Waterdigger performing "Hal McGee Has Stipulations"
Polk City, Florida
SIDE B
Krysten Davis
Tallahassee, Florida
minimum of none
Gainesville, Florida
Black Beast Of Arrrghhh
Saint Petersburg, Florida
TAPE TWO
SIDE A
S.O.S.
Jacksonville, Florida
interlude #3
Jamison Williams (soprano sax)
with Jay Peele (microcassette)
Jacksonville, Florida
Richard Orlando
Bayside, New York
SIDE B
M.Stactor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
interlude #4
interlude #5
William Wesley & The Tiny Sockets
Paint Lick, Virginia
Mannequin Hollowcaust
Kingsport, Tennessee
TAPE THREE
SIDE A
Projexorcism
Hickory, North Carolina
Capstan Drive
Gainesville, Florida
SIDE B
Lindsey Leepe
Jacksonville, Florida
Otolathe
Tampa, Florida
Hal McGee
Gainesville, Florida
Text of original announcement bulletin:
Hal McGee presents:
Dictaphonia Fest
Saturday, November 7, 2009
7:00 PM
The Laboratory
818 W. University Ave., Suite C
Gainesville, Florida
$5.00 admission
A showcase of microcassette experimental audio art
featuring performances by participants in the Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation Project.
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.
Recordings by Hal McGee on a Panasonic RR-930 microcassette transcriber with the built-in condenser microphone, except for Capstan Drive, which was recorded on a Sony M-100MC handheld microcassette recorder.
Poster by Christopher Miller.
Live sound lo-tech support by K Paul Boyev.
Lyrics of "Hal McGee Has Stipulations" by Danny McGuire (Waterdigger).
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