Rafael González
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Rafael González
"Sediments and part time day" recorded with an Olympus S701 microcassette recorder - Radio (broadcasts classical music) - Field Recordings - Korg Monotron Delay - Cassettes and CD's - Microcassette manipulated Hal McGee "10h3m" recorded with a Sony M-470 microcassette recorder - shortwave radio - cigar box diddley bow Cover art layout by McGee - based on two collages by González and three photos by McGee Recorded March 2014 |
Review by Jerry Kranitz:
Rafael González is a Spanish audio artist who for his side of this split album molds and shapes classical music radio broadcasts, field recordings, Korg Monotron Delay, cassettes and CDs. It’s a bumpity bump excursion of creatively abrupt switcheroos, continually transitioning through a series of short sharp shock blasts of sound. The microcassette manipulation is the fun part, with the screeching starts, stops, speeding up and slowing down coming across like a parade of subliminal audio messages. 16 minutes that really keeps us listeners on our toes.
Hal’s side is stitched together in a similar spirit as he bombards us with an ever changing array of sounds, in this case produced by shortwave radio, cigar box diddley bow and, of course, microcassette manipulation. Hal makes fun use of the shortwave, both broadcasts and dial surfing sounds. Some of the best parts sound like lo-fi and totally brain scrambled sci-fi soundtrack effects. The broadcasts that he finds are goldmines of craziness that are ideal fodder for mixing with sounds, noise and effects. I Googled cigar box diddley bow and was surprised to see it’s a kind of homemade guitar. And sure enough, near the end Hal jams away on it like a blind drunk rocker.
Rafael González is a Spanish audio artist who for his side of this split album molds and shapes classical music radio broadcasts, field recordings, Korg Monotron Delay, cassettes and CDs. It’s a bumpity bump excursion of creatively abrupt switcheroos, continually transitioning through a series of short sharp shock blasts of sound. The microcassette manipulation is the fun part, with the screeching starts, stops, speeding up and slowing down coming across like a parade of subliminal audio messages. 16 minutes that really keeps us listeners on our toes.
Hal’s side is stitched together in a similar spirit as he bombards us with an ever changing array of sounds, in this case produced by shortwave radio, cigar box diddley bow and, of course, microcassette manipulation. Hal makes fun use of the shortwave, both broadcasts and dial surfing sounds. Some of the best parts sound like lo-fi and totally brain scrambled sci-fi soundtrack effects. The broadcasts that he finds are goldmines of craziness that are ideal fodder for mixing with sounds, noise and effects. I Googled cigar box diddley bow and was surprised to see it’s a kind of homemade guitar. And sure enough, near the end Hal jams away on it like a blind drunk rocker.
two collages by Rafael González
two photographs by Hal McGee
