Dog As Master

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Gender: Male

Country: United States

Description: The main project of Hal McGEE (b. 1958), a prolific composer, label owner and a man behind many initiatives propagating art concepts of INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, also appearing as JOLIFANTO KARAWANE and OCCUPANT. He started out in 1981 with Debbie JAFFE (later known as MASTER/SLAVE RELATIONSHIP) in a duo bearing a number of names: VISCERA, ARMY BRATS, BURNT CIRCUITS, The CONCRETE ETENDUE and SWAMP PATROL, offering a fusion of the industrial avant-garde of rock music with pop and new wave. Since 1984, with a hiatus from 1992 to 1995, he has worked solo, producing a body of compositions involving diverse varieties of industrial music, mainly experimental post-industrial, power electronics and art noise. He uses simple synthesizers, a drum machine, numerous sound processors, as well as the distorted sounds of acoustic instruments or everyday objects. His methods of work include cut-up techniques, electroacoustic collages based on prepared tapes and the deconstruction of musical themes and the human voice. From 1984 to 1987, he and JAFFE used to run the CAUSE AND EFFECT record label/ distro, and from 1989 to 1991 he published his own periodical ”ELECTRONIC COTTAGE MAGAZINE”, dedicated to industrial music in its various forms and the mechanisms of the INDUSTRIAL CASSETTE NETWORK, of which he was a major participant. He has appeared in and formed projects with his many artist friends, e.g. BWANA DOG with Al MARGOLIS (aka IF, BWANA), and NOMUSIC, MENTAL ANGUISH, David PRESCOTT or BIG CITY ORCHESTRA, to mention a few. Discography: as OCCUPANT No Specific Answer (Occupant 1984) tape collaboration with IF, BWANA An Organized Accident (Sound Of Pig 1984) tape Coffee Spleen & The Barking Dog (Cause And Effect 1984) tape Black Body (Cause And Effect 1985) tape Brash Pussy (Le Syndicat/3AP 1985) tape Trompeur Et Sournois (Cause And Effect 1985) tape Club Sandwiches (Cause And Effect 1986) tape Conduit (Cause And Effect 1986) tape Corroboree (Cause And Effect 1986) tape Dog Food (Cause And Effect 1986) tape Five Feuilletons Outlined In Red (Uddersounds 1986) tape Green (Cause And Effect 1986) tape collaboration with JABON Incidental Vibrations (Cause And Effect 1986) tape Places Without Air (Audiofile Tapes 1986) tape Sheets Of Cruelty (Gravelvoice Records 1986) tape collaboration with IF, BWANA Symbolic Accidents Of Ceremony (Cause And Effect 1986) tape collaboration with IF, BWANA Untranslatable (Cause And Effect 1986) tape collaboration with IF, BWANA split with AIN-TOW At Last (Broken Flag 1987) tape Live In Pittsburgh (Cause And Effect 1987) tape as BWANA DOG (collaboration with IF, BWANA) Joint Venture (Harsh Reality Music 1987) tape as BWANA DOG (collaboration with IF, BWANA) Sacrifice Of Reason (Electronic Cottage 1987) tape as BWANA DOG (collaboration with IF, BWANA) Live In Toronto (John Doe Recordings 1987) tape as BWANA DOG (collaboration with IF, BWANA) Painting (Hal Tapes 1987) tape The Splendor (SSS Productions 1987) tape Devices And Mechanisms (GGE Records 1988) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Dave PRESCOTT A Fish Devoid Of Memory (Harsh Reality Music 1988) tape Live In Memphis (Harsh Reality Music 1988) tape Weed (Xkurzhen Sound 1988) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Usufruct (Harsh Reality Music 1989) tape Pure Torture (Harsh Reality Music 1990) tape as BWANA DOG (collaboration with IF, BWANA) Peat (Electronic Cottage 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY/Mike JACKSON Ditch (Electronic Cottage 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with NOMUSIC Goonz (Audiofile Tapes/Electronic Cottage 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Heads (Harsh Reality Music 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Maneuvers (Sound Of Pig 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Quake (Harsh Reality Music 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Shell (Harsh Reality Music 1990) tape as Hal McGEE collaboration with Chris PHINNEY Skull (Electronic Cottage 1990) tape