Hal McGee  Octember

dictaphone assemblage audio folk art
recorded with four Sony ICD-PX470 stereo digital dictaphones
​October 17-November 26, 2019

1. Ruin Nation
2. Pollo Tikka Masala
3. Green Formica Table
4. Amaazing Amaazing
5. I Hear Voices In Clocks
6. If The Foo Shits, Wear It
7. Happy Cream And Eggs
8. Marvel At Its Wonder
9. Hal McGee at Apartment Music 36

​featuring Stanley, Lumen K, and Rafael González
— sounds of my everyday life
— spoken words
— Hal McGee's live performance at and miscellaneous sounds from Apartment Music 36 (see video below the slideshow)
​— the McGee 2019 Halloween Extravaganza
​— Soma Ether Anti-Radio and Monotrons
— 2-string pink dumpster guitar and circuit bent Casio SK-1

​Tikka Masala and Green Formica Table sequences
​constructed by Rafael González

​cover photo by Trevor Luke
thanks to Leslie Singer for inspirations and conversations

The slideshow below contains 735 photos from the time that Octember was recorded. At the bottom of this page — OCTEMBER - Fast and Silent Version. For those of you who do not have the time, patience, and desire to watch the 61-minute slideshow consisting of 735 photographs that accompanies my new Octember dictaphone assemblage album, here is a 12-minute version without sound (one photo per second). Listen to any of the tracks on Octember, if you wish, or any soundtrack of your choosing, or silent