Harsh Reality Music has been trying to bring you the best in cutting edge electronics since 1982 with lots of other styles of music inbetween. All CD's that are available on the Music page via the individual artist music pages may be ordered thru paypal from Harsh Reality Music. We also sell some product through our distributors Homemade Music & Indie One Stop links are below & on the Music page with ordering info. I would like to thank my wife Tawnya Phinney & children Molly Phinney, Grahm Phinney, Eli Phinney & Bela Phinney for their love & support.. The newest Harsh Reality Music trax are available below for your listening pleasure, you can find the rest of the Harsh Reality Music Trax & CD's on the Music page in the individual Harsh Reality Music artist pages !

NEWS
(Updated February 24th 2011)New track up "All About All & Nothing" Yoou can find it as the first track below past the videos. Semi quasi new "In The End There's Nothing More". Find it down below. Also a semi new piece up called "Can't Get Enough When Push Comes To Shove". Also a new piece is up called "Stem" its a experimental electronic affair. Also another semi new track is up "Unterzone (Believe Mix). Plus more semi new track up "Insaneworld (Losing It All Mix)". Another semi new tune up called "Catch Me I'm Falling" It was written for my lovely wife Tawnya. Love you babe.♥ New ep out at iTunes Mental Anguish - The Blood Factory. You can get it here. New video by Jeremy Gluck of Blood Factory added. Added a new track called "The Blood Factory (Sickest Dream Mix)". You can find it below the videos as the first track. It's a remix of a Jeremy Gluck track. Enjoy! Just added a few new videos below by Jeremy Gluck of some more remixes done of his material: "The Point Is It's Only A Dream You See" & "I Carry In Me My Mother (Like A Package Mix)" You can find the videos below. New track up a remix of of a Jeremy Gluck original called "I Carry In Me My Mother (Like A Package Mix)" It's below with the mp3s. Enjoy! A couple of new videos by Jeremy Gluck have been added below of remixes done of his material: "When I Die (Ventilator Mix)" & "Roll for You (Take Rattle & Roll Mix)". New long epic track up "Crude" You can find it below as well. Enjoy & thank BP for us all as you listen. Also a new track up "Awakened Deep Within" It's a live track by Omnitechnomatrix & Mental Anguish. Enjoy! You can find it below with the mp3s on this page. A recent interview that Don Campau did with me about the label & the the old hometaper days can be found here. All the music on the site is available for purchase on the CD's with exception of the latest tracks below which will be made available in time.

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Mental Anguish feat. Jeremy Gluck and the Tapegerm Collective - The Blood Factory (Sickest Dream Mix)

Jeremy Gluck Mental Anguish The Tapegerm Collective.The Point Is It's Only A Dream You See

Mental Anguish I Carry In Me My Mother (Like A Package Mix)

When I Die (Ventilator Mix) - Jeremy Gluck michael dent Mental Anguish

Roll for You (Take Rattle & Roll Mix) - Jeremy Gluck michael dent Mental Anguish

All About All & Nothing - 8:32
Credits:10 Years Infection Project loops by Omnitechomattrix (Disk Head), Solaris, Mental Anguish, ZebraMan,
(Loopy Spiderz) Jesus Crash My Soft Synth (Hebephrenic), additional drum loops created for this piece Mental Anguish.
Nothing! As FZ once said in verse Well If You get Nothing thats What I want.
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In The End There's Nothing More - 12:00
Credits: Cystem Open Loops, Other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Can't Get Enough When Push Comes To Shove - 8:24
Credits: Cystem Open Loops, 24 Hour Flu loops by Hebephrenic, Kid Germ Loops by International Garbagema, Mental Anguish, John McCoy. Other stuffing synths, percussion, drums fx etc. Mental Anguish
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Stem - 11:24
What's on Your Mind? Credits:Dave Fuglewicz Open Loops, Cystem Loops from Guitar Loops Vol. 2 cd, Mix & various other stuffings etc. Mental Anguish.
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Unterzone (Believe Mix) - 9:06
It's getting slippery. Credits: Jeremy Gluck Guest Artist, Dave Fuglewicz Open Loops, Virus Factory, CRT, International Garbageman, Chaos Is Your Destiny, Gema-Frie Welten Guest Artist, Hebephrenic, Other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Insaneworld (Losing It All Mix) - 9:46
Around the 5:22 minute mark or so I fed Jeremy's vox through a couple of lofi generators.
Solaris 10 Years Infection, Jeremy Gluck Guest Artist, other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Catch Me I'm Falling - 7:44
For Tawnya. Love you babe.♥
10 Years Infection loops by Blind Mime Ensemble - vox, synths, guitars. Other stuffing Vox, Drums, synths, percussion, mix etc by Mental Anguish.
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The Blood Factory (Sickest Dream Mix) - 6:16
This is a remix of The Blood Factory by Jeremy Gluck. I selected bits & bobs from the remix material to put this together. Thanks to JSG for offering up the material to remix. Credits to Jeremy Gluck, Loops by Jesus Crashed My Soft Synth, Mental Anguish, SoLaRis, OTM - Diskheadz from 10 Years Infection Project, other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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I Carry In Me My Mother (Like A Package Mix) - 7:24
This is a remix of the superb original "I Carry In Me My Mother" by Jeremy Gluck. Lots of fun working with the material. Strap on your ear goggles & play loud! Credits Jeremy Gluck, Mentally Anguished, Grunt from 10 Years Infection Project. Other stuffing by Mental Anguish
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Crude - 14:28
It's a Crude Life! Thanx BP for providing a massive oil spill for future generations. 10 Years Infection loops by Dave Fuglewicz, Mental Anguish, SoLaRis, Jesus Crashed My Soft Synth, Additional stuffing by Mental Anguish.
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Awakened Deep Within - 10:14
Hannah Galli 10 Years infection Project, Omnitechnomatrix, drums, percussion, bass, mix down, Mental Anguish - live absynth vst synth run thru Ableton with Axiom as the keyboard controller. The first of many in time by the collab. project Omnitechnomatrix & Mental Anguish. All tracks recorded live. Recorded in Florida during the week of July 14th at Omnitechnomatrix Studios.
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You Think It's A Free Country - 9:00
The title of this mix was inspired by a yelling match I had a few days ago with a Memphis Police Officer. See we had gone out to eat some chinese & when done Tawyna & Bela went inside a wig & beauty store, my two boys Grahm (Fats) & Eli were still in the chinese joint. So I sat on the curb & took a smoke & conducted buisness on my cell phone. The boys came out & bumped me I nodded & thought they went inside the wig store. When done with buisness I looked down the outer concourse & Fats & Eli were 8 stores down near Kroger. I yelled come on let's go of which they did not hear. Tawnya & Bela (Colorful Octopus) came out & Bela took off running after them sack in hand. Tawyna texted Fats to come on & Bela, Eli & Fats came out of the entrance to Kroger & two stores up took off running. A cop came out running after them & caught Bela & threw her against the wall as we were yelling for him to stop. Anyways things got heated he claimed he thought they were stealing from the store. He told me to shut up not once but twice to which I replied back "You shut up & look in the sack & see whats in it & yes we have the receipt." He said I needed to shut up again after I told him if he wanted me to quit yelling then he should. He said it again to which I replied " It's a free country" In return he said "You Think it's A Free Country" So thats the gist of it all. We all walked off pissed needless to say.
Oh yeah I added like 6 drum loops but thats all. Very ear goggle friendly & play it loud as you can stand it. :-) This track was done for the 10 Year anniversary thing at Tapegerm - The 10 Years infection Project.
Credits: Loops by SoLaRiS, Mentally Anguished, The Other Mind (JG), Loopy Spiderz, Resonan, Carpet Glue Unlimited, Dave Fuglewicz, Heuristics Inc., Buzzsaw & the Shavings.
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Escalating Rage - 5:24
Sun, Springtime, Flowers, Escalating Rage in America! Disjointed, Discombobulated You Betcha!A country gone mad with economic turmoil! Prices rising for no reason on goods with the exception of greed! Unfortunately the wage envelope is not really increasing but actually decreasing in what seems like the majority of the people, least to me. Ah well you know I really should be working. Play loud & use your ear goggles.
Credits: Majestic Twelve Guest Artist, Big Fish. Other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Testing the Strength of the Torture Fluxus Pole - 8:27
A playful exercise in futility. A Ear Goggle Friendly Production.
Credits: Fluxus Fone project, Dan Richert Guest artist, Jeremy Gluck Guest Artist read by Lenore Herb, Hebephrenic Open Loops,GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist, Blind Mime Open Loops, other stuffing by Mental Anguish.
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Tophat & Winstye Sail Off Into The Buttermilk Sky - 9:32
A bit of green alien for you. :-) So 1987 brought the introduction of Tophat & Winstye on the cassette release "The Killing Floor (The American Dream)"released by New Yorks Audiofile tapes.The songs not available online,only on that cassette maybe someday will get that track online.."Tophat & Winstye" Anyhows it was followed up by "Tophat Finds His Glass Eye",then "Tater Juice",Then "Smoke Dat Politico" Then "Day Trip" then "Tophat & Winstye Free Themselves Of All Political Awareness" & then "Tophat Decides To Run For Political Office" You can find all of these on my page & follow the story that makes no sense if you care to. :-) Anyways after becoming politicians for awhile our heros Tophat & Winstye got severely burned out resulting into a desparately needing to leave the good old US of A & they built a ship that would carry them skyward away from all the bullshit the government has to offer. Not a spaceship but a viking type ship that flew as well as floated downstream. Me thinks they may never return as they are really sick & tired the way things are done on Mother Earth. Only time will tell. :-) All other stuffing by Mental Anguish minus credits below.

Credits: Michael Cosma Guest Artist,Axel Mundi Guest Artist,Decaying Machine Guest Artist,Datawhore Guest Artist,C. Goff III Guest Artist,Mental Anguish Open Loops,Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops,Anti-Gravity Workshop Open Loops,Arthur Loves Plastic Private TG ftp.
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The Point Is It's Only A Dream You See - 7:04
A bit of progressive electronica with a middle eastern feel. First track I have recorded in 6 months took a bit of a break I guess. Not that I do not have ideas just other things more pressing lately. Use your ear goggles as its very ear goggle friendly. This track is not only a TG track but a remix of datawhores Olivier, The Point Is & The Nature Of My Dream. I used certain samples from each one. 6 months ago I planned on remixing all 3 tracks as I had done all the other ones that datawhore had offered up. Then about 3 months ago while at work I decided to do a combo of the 3, I had heard all the material so I pretty much knew what I wanted to do with it as well as the Buzzy & Anti - G loops. Just had to find the time to compose the thing & add my stuffing. Enjoy the madness if you will.

Credits: Buzzsaw & The Shavings Private FTP TG loops, Anti - Gravity Workshop Private FTP Loops, other stuffing Mental Anguish. Loops from 3 remix packs by datawhore.
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Hurting Me - Self Harm (Cut Me Baby One More Time Mix) - 9:00
A dark ambient atmospheric remix of the Datawhore track Hurting Me (Self Harm). Ear goggle friendly. Datawhore, Hebephrenic Free Loop Sample Pack, other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Roll For You (Take Rattle & Roll Mix) - 4:08
A remix of the datawhore track "Roll For You"
Datawhore, Michael Dent, Heuristics Inc. Free Loop Sample Pack, other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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When I Die (Ventilator Mix) - 5:32
A remix of the Datawhore track "When I Die"
Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, Datawhore, Michael Dent, additional stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Jowder on the Router - 6:52
Europop meets Progressive Electronica? You tell me.
This ones for Eli!
Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops
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Dying Breath - 2:56
A abstract ambient type piece. Ear goggle friendly. Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops
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Jackomoto - 3:52
Wanking for the sake of wanking :-)
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Cogs & Cobwebs - 6:00
Soft synths & field recordings heavily treated & all mixed & mashed together for a dark ambient type piece.
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oubliette - 3:40
Shackled & blindfolded my captor & I marched onward down the long hallway I heard the sound of a key inserted in a lock & a rusty hatch thrown open, shackles & blindfold were quickly removed & I was tossed into the oubliette left to rot & fester in the dank dark hole destined to be one of the forgotten.All loops mangled, treated & altered as desired. Play loud & use your eargoggles for maximum consumption.
Random 12-pack challenge mix loops by Anti - Gravity Workshop, Buzzsaw, Arthur Loves Plastic, bf baker - blind mime, Mental Anguish, Cystem, Mike McGary International Garbageman.
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Giant Leeches Ate My Brain - 16:00
Mix made using only David Fuglewicz Open Loops treated & altered. No other elements or instrumentation added.
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Illusion Grate - 5:04
Scraping your nails across the Illusion Grate!
12 loops from the random download challenge, all 12 loops used with nothing else added as per the instructions. All loops mangled of course beyond recognition. Heavy fx added.
loops by Mental Anguish, Mike McGary, Shaud, International Garbageman, Cystem, Heuristics Inc., Hebephrenic, DJ Get Yo Fat.
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Perfect Poison Mystery Drop Yard
Click the link above to watch a video of the track Perfect Poison Mystery Drop Yard. Right click & save target as if you want to download. Its a tapegerm track I did a while back. A experiment in avant - garde abstract video, starring Buzzsaw & the music features loops by International Garbageman, Heuristics Inc., Omnitechnomatrix, & David Fuglewicz . All other sounds Mental Anguish.
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Hive - 8:08
A bit of progressive electronica done up improv style. This song features my own work using Rob Papen's Albino VSTI synthesizer by Linplug Virtual Instruments. Very smokeable.
Features tapegerm loops by David Fuglewicz & Omnitecnomatrix.
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Chucklebee - 13:28
This song was written for my very good friend Chuck Barnett who passed away January 14th,08 from injuries which occurred from a motorcycle accident about 5 days prior. Missed deeply. One final farewell a salute perhaps. Thanks to Cystem for the awesome guitar loops. The mix is very ear goggle friendly & smokeable. Play Loud. It includes only guitars & fx. Enjoy the ambience.
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Nipples & Suitcases - 5:52
Song title courtesty of DJ Get Yo Fat On which was inspired by tapegerm comment spam :-)
Mix & Stuffing by Mental Anguish - includes loops by Omnitechnomatrix TG private loop artist ftp & Buzzsaw Open Loops. Hey you can watch a video done for the tune here.
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Perfect Poison Mystery Drop Yard - 12:44
A trip through the Mystery Drop Yard in search of the Perfect Poision. :-) Loops International Garbageman Free Loop Project 013, Heuristics Inc. Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, David Fuglewicz Free Loop Project 015 - other stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Dust From A Moth's Wing - 23:22
Multi - track synth recording of old school mid 80's style soundscape analog power noise & space rock synth work.
All sounds etc. C. Phinney. Recorded Nov. 25th 07 & mixed down Nov. 26th 07 - Gear - Moog Rogue,Moog Prodigy, Klipsch Broadcast Monitors, Yamaha RX-730 Reciever/Amplifier, ADC - Soundshaper 90 - Stereo Equalizer Analyzer, Sony Stereo Cassette Deck TC-FX120, Sony Compact Disc Recorder - RCD-W500C, Audiotechnica - AT_RMX64 6 Channel Mixer Recorder, TDK cdr, Digitech Time Machine Digital Delay Sampler, ART - Proverb 200 Extended Effects Processor, Boss - DSD-2 Digital Sampler Delay, Boss Distortion pedal, TDK cassette tape. Dec. 9th 07 Final mastering - T-Racks 2.0, Adobe Audition 1.5, Sound Forge 4.5, Sony MDR-V150 Headphones, Compaq Presario SR1230NX.
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The Smell Of Death - 4:36
A Halloween mix, International Garbageman Private ftp loops, Hal McGee Free Loop Project 015, mix & stuffing Mental Anguish.
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The Friendless Face - 27:00
A extended 6 part journey. Various styles represented all blended into this long player. Electro, ambient, dark ambient, experimental electronics, Electro Accoustics, Soundscapes. Ear Goggle friendly. Part
2 is sort of a reworking of the G-Day track Sleep Deprivation the part is much shorter than the original track & a bit different, I wanted to use these loops in a regular mix as the G-Day loops & project was a
improv type thing where we had a short time frame window to create a mix. Some vox from various film clips. Enjoy! Loops by Mental Anguish, Ed Drury Guest Artist, Mellow Jeremy Guest Artist, Yuroun Guest Artist, Hebephrenic Open Loops, H-Day loops Cystem, Mental Anguish, Omnitechnomatrix. Vox from The Relaxed Housewife & Esso Commercial courtesy Prelinger Archives.
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Highway Of Diamonds - 7:32
A experiment in progressive electronica. Ear Goggles required! Free Loop Project 015 mix, Loops by Mental Anguish, Cystem, Omnitechnomatrix, Hal McGee.
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Momentum Of A New Self Image (Down In A Hole Mix) - 10:20
Vox from the original track "Momentum Of A New Self Image" by Hal McGee. 29 loops used from Mental Anguish Open Loops 8 directory. All twisted, changed & manipulated beyond recognition, a bit of glitch thrown in for good measure.
Vox beat poet Hal McGee.
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Migrant Music Part 6 - 3:16
Sixth & final part in the series. The Journey is complete. Built around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material.
M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #5), Hal McGee Private resident artist ftp loops, Mix & stuffing Mental Anguish.
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This image from the Mars Express spacecraft shows a pocket of water ice nestling in a martian crater, bathed in the late martian summer sun.

The Frozen Lake - 28:44
A Soundscape, Space Rock, Floating Electronic Music however one wants to classify it. The piece is about the Frozen Lake on Mars. The apparent lake lies at the west end of Athabasca Vallis, an outflow channel leading from a trench called Cerberus Fossae. The "frozen lake" measures about 800 by 900 kilometres long and is probably about 45 metres deep on average, making it similar in size and depth to the North Sea.
The highly visible ice lake is sitting in a crater which is 35 km (23 miles) wide, with a maximum depth of about two km (1.2 miles). The ice may be up to 200 metres thick, and lies over a dune field that has formed in the sediment on the crater's floor. The shadow of the crater's rim, which towers 300 metres over the surrounding plains, prevents the ice from vaporizing in the planet's thin atmosphere. A dusting of frost survives inside the rim to the upper right, while the sun glimmers on its south-facing outer edge.
All sounds production etc. C. Phinney. Recorded & mixed down January 19th 07 - Gear - Moog Rogue, Klipsch Broadcast Monitors, Yamaha RX-730 Reciever/Amplifier, ADC - Soundshaper 90 - Stereo Equalizer Analyzer, Sony Stereo Cassette Deck TC-FX120, Sony Compact Disc Recorder - RCD-W500C, Audiotechnica - AT_RMX64 6 Channel Mixer Recorder, TDK cdr, Digitech Time Machine Digital Delay Sampler, ART - Proverb 200 Extended Effects Processor, Boss - DSD-2 Digital Sampler Delay,TDK cassette tape. January 27th 07 Final mastering - T-Racks 2.0, Adobe Audition 1.5, Sound Forge 4.5, Sony MDR-V150 Headphones, Compaq Presario SR1230NX.
Here is what some people have said about The Frozen Lake.
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Liquid Future - 6:00
A bit of progressive electronica for the global warming controversy!
Ed Drury Guest Artist loops, Mental Anguish Open Loops, mix & stuffing Mental Anguish.
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Migrant Music Part 5 - 2:34
The journey nears completion.
Fifth part in a series of 6. Built around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material.
M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #5), Hal McGee Private resident artist ftp loops, Mix & stuffing Mental Anguish.
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PhairO Sheshongs Winged Kamelz Fear of Circuitry - 9:12
Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, other loops, mix & stuffing Mental Anguish , ear goggle friendly & high volume recommended. Borderline digital hardcore.
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Migrant Music Part 4 - 15:53
A long strange trip of floating electronic music & green alien!
Fourth part in a series of 6. Built around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material.
M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #4), Hal McGee Private resident artist ftp loops, Cystem Private Resident Artist ftp loops, 8th Day Rebellion Guest Artist, other loops, stuffing & mix Mental Anguish.
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A Pleasing Design Restored & Rejected - 8:16
A hypnotic meditative type piece of electronic music.
Loops, mix , vsts, vox, various other sundry items Mental Anguish. Private resident loop artist ftp loops by Buzzsaw & The Shavings (vox), Cystem, Omnitechnomatrix. Hymn loop courtesy of Buzzsaw. Includes cut up vox from Shadowing Diction Killing Rivulet Organizations, other vox from 1952 movie clip "MotherTa1952_2" coutesty internet archive (Creative Commons).
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Migrant Music Part 3 - 2:53
Third part in a series of 6 written around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material. M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #3), Cygnus & Foorius VSTi's & mix Mental Anguish.
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Migrant Music Part 2 - 2:35
Second part in a series of 6. written around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material. M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #2) Hal McGee August ftp Resident artist loops, Cygnus & Foorius VSTi's & mix Mental Anguish.
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Migrant Music Part 1 - 2:51
First part in a series of 6. written around M.Nomized's Migrant Music collaboration material. M.Nomized Guest Artist - (Tier 2 - Migrant Music #1) Cygnus & Foorius VSTi's & mix Mental Anguish.
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Audioactivity (for Kraftwerk) - 3:12
M.Nomized Guest artist, 8th Day Rebellion Guest Artist, Mental Anguish Open Loops, D. Howse Open Loops, Anti Gravity Workshop Open Loops, Mix Mental Anguish.
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Shadowing Diction Killing Rivulet Organizations - 9:44
Spammers = Scumbags :-) Bots & non bots alike. Turn up the volume & enjoy!Hal McGee Open Loops, Cystem Heatwave ftp upload, Mental Anguish field recordings ftp upload, live vox, mix.
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Infernal Further Deterioration Of Waving Air - 5:12
Arthur Loves Plastic Open Loops, Arthur Loves Plastic August Germ ftp loops, Mix & various sundries etc. Mental Anguish. For Blackie (Big Boy) R.I.P.
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Swarming Blue Purity - 9:32
M.Nomized & Mental Anguish track. Thanks to M.Nomized for the excellent source material.
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PeStErHeAd - 15:20
Just having a bit of fun. Based on a conversation between
Hal McGee & myself that we had a while back. :-) Mix Mental Anguish. Virus Factory March 06 uploads, Heuristics Inc. Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, 24 Hour Flu - Scott Carr - Hebephrenic, Scott Carr - Hebephrenic April 06 uploads, Various other assorted loopage.
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Midsummer Nights Germination Live Stream #2 (Thunder & Lightning Mix) - 30:00
This is my second set I was streaming for the Midsummer Nights Germination Event June 17th, 06. During heavy rains, thunder & lightning. Also uses some Prelinger Archives excerpts from the transgender talk radio show gt & clips from a 1918 Loyalty speech by James W. Gerard. Midsummer Nights Germination loops - Code Mango,International Garbageman, Heuristics Inc., Cystem, shaud, Dave Fuglewicz, Mental Anguish, Giuseppe Bancomatti, other loopage Anti - Gravity Workshop, Live mixing Mental Anguish.
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Midsummer Nights Germination Live Stream #1 (Light Rain & Clouds Mix) - 30:02
This is my first set I was streaming for the Midsummer Nights Germination Event June 17th, 06. Cloudy & light rain after some severe thunderstorms. The ALP loops are from some June germ uploads. I added some other loops of mine & used some Prelinger Archives excerpts from the Jonestown Death tapes. Mixed live by Mental Anguish. Midsummer Nights Germination loops - International Garbageman, Dave Fuglewicz, Code Mango, Heuristics Inc., shaud, Mental Anguish, Cystem, Guiseppe Bancomatti. M.Nomized guest artist, Hal McGee open loops, Anti - Gravity Workshop, Arthur Loves Plastic.
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Caught Stealing - 5:16
Fever Spoor Guest Artist Second set, Insecta Sonic Open loops, International Garbageman January 06 Resident loops, Mix, treatments, fx, loops & various other sundry items Mental Anguish. All the loops from the Fever Spoor second set of guest artist loops were heavily treated & processed. Film clips from 1952 Angry Boy movie Prelinger Archives.
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Dreams Floating On A Bed Of Clouds - 3:29
Ken Clinger Collaboration 1, Ken Clinger basic collab. track, Heuristics Inc. drum loop from Free Loop Project 014, mix Mental Anguish.
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Who's Talkin' Bout UFO's (Revisited) - 18:09
First in a series of tracks to be released over time, the tracks in the series will all be reworking's of music that has been released by Harsh Reality Music over the years. All done with the original artists permission.
This track is a reworking of the original track "Who's Talkin' Bout UFO's" which was originally released on cassette tape by Harsh Reality Music in 1987. The track is from HR041 - Alien Planetscapes - Everybodys Mad At Amerikkka - C90 cassette release. The original was recorded March 23, 1987 at Space Station Studios, Brooklyn, NY. All improvised live. The entire album is dedicated to Amy Carter & Abbie Hoffman & was also for Fran Tatz Walker whose tolerance & support of AP was so vital! All proceeds from this tape went to help expose the CIA & were sent to "Covert Action Information Bulletin". They have provided info on CIA covert actions hidden from the Amerikkkan people since 1978. Info can be found at www.covertactionquarterly.org/ Play loud & use your eargoggles.Marlon Cherry-Guitar, fx, Carl Howard-synthesizers, sequencer, Doug Walker-synthesizers, sequencers, organs, electronic flute, glissando guitar, Mental Anguish-Albino vst synthesizer, synthesizer loops , Anti - Gravity Workshop-synthesizer loops
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March Of The Electronic Dilettante's (Revisited) - 22:24
This song was originally recorded live with no overdubs in 1989 at Space Station Studio, St. Albans, New York. Released by Harsh Reality Music (HR312) & was also released by Haltapes (HT 061) The original version is on the split cassette album Alien Planetscapes - Pictures Of Evan Please! - Viktimized Karcass - Could We Get A Sound Check?. Soon to be a CD. This is a remastered, remixed version.
Doug Walker, Carl Howard, Louis Boone, Chris Phinney - Synthesizers, Hal McGee Open Loops (Moog Voyager).
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The Entrance to the Domed Cities - 7:52
After our almost crash landing Fuglewicz, McGee and I make our way towards the domed cities. Hal McGee open loops (Voyager), Dave Fuglewicz Open loops, Hal McGee private loop artist Microcon loops, Mix & various other sundries Mental Anguish.
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King Leo - 5:40
King Leo otherwise known as Lee the O.G. the O.D, just approaching 9 years of age, contracted diabetes 4 years ago, controlled by insulin shots for the last 4 years, well the King seems to have decided to go off like Lion Kings do. 9 days ago he went off as usual on his daily routine in which he returned around dusk or before, but this time never returned. This is his song! RIP King Leo wherever you are.
The break represents the diagnosis of feline diabetes. Mix Mental Anguish, Loops Mental Anguish, Omnitechnomatrix, Cystem Free Loop Project 014, Cystem V - Day loops, Scott Carr - Hebephrenic March 06 private loop artist loops, Anti Gravity Workshop open loops, melodywhore past artist loops.
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Barren Wasteland - 10:56
A soundscape for the mind. As one enters the barren wasteland one is surrounded by desolation & winds whipping your face & body, you traverse on & everything becomes more & more intense, harsh winds, gravel & dirt pelts your body, pieces of dead trees rip at your clothes,all you can see is desolate barren wasteland but you push on persistent in your course & plan to reach the other side to satisfy your curiousity as to what actually lies on the other side. Loops from Mental Anguish Open Loops six, David Fuglewicz Open Loops, Free Loop Project 014 loops by Hal McGee, Cystem, David Fuglewicz & Insecta Sonic. Mix & treatments Mental Anguish.
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silt - 6:44
Otherwise known as 'rock flour' or 'stone dust'. Decreases of silt have contributed to the disappearance of protective wetlands and barrier islands in the delta region surrounding New Orleans. Ear goggle friendly.
Fever Spoor Guest Artist loops, Free Loop Project 014 loops by International Garbageman, Buzzsaw and the Shavings, January 06 Private Loop artist Loops by International Garbageman, Mix & various sundries Mental Anguish.
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No Deposit, No Return - 6:16
Cystem Open loops 3, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops Special edition Drum loops, mix & other sundries Mental Anguish. The orbital garbageman likes to find these floating around.
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The Descension - 8:12
The downward spiral begins but does it ever end ? Omnitechnomatrix Open loop mix (Synths, bass, & pads) Mental Anguish - drums, mix & stuffing.
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Cocoon - 7:50
It's a larval life until we leave the cocoon. A droney soundcsape piece. Hal McGee Open Loops (Radio Shack Moog synth), Mental Anguish - Absynth, mix & stuffing.
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Feeling The Crys Of My Alien Brethren - 6:44
Deep Space we (P/M) are cruising in our spaceship, we hear some garbled transmissions, we tune in better & make out the crys for rescue.We establish communication via our electronic musical language. We set the controls for earth once again, we thought we would never have to go back, but we must try & rescue some more of our trapped brethren, we arrive in the atmosphere of planet earth & begin the descent to the Planet & land. For some strange reason it feels like we have come home.
Will we rescue some more of our brethren or will we be trapped on this planet once again. We must depart our ship & sneak our way back into the orbital city. Listen to the earlier installment of this saga via Hal McGee's Tapegerm page & the track " The Flying Saucers Are Coming To Take Us Home" & Listen to earlier chapters of the story on Phinney/McGee's Stranded On Earth and Escape From Earth compact discs.
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The Politics Of Fear - 8:58
Also called Terrorism, A specialty of the Bush - Cheney regime as the reality of impeachment draws near. Play loud for maximum results/ear goggles recommended.
Mental Anguish Open Loops, Heuristics Inc. Dec. 05 private loop artist uploads. Other stuffing & such Mental Anguish.
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A Substantial Analysis of the Situation - 7:24
A electro accoustic soundscape. Loops by Michael Thomas Jackson, additional drones, digital feedback, treatments, mix by Mental Anguish. Michael Thomas Jackson Guest Artist mix.
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humus - 5:16
Hal McGee Open loops mix. various other sundry items & mix by Mental Anguish.
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The Descent Into Jupiters Atmosphere (Condy Mix) - 10:52
The crew makes the descent into Jupiter's atmosphere to examine it closer, photograph & take readings etc. Along the way they get some really wierd radio transmissions that sound like they could have come from the current government administration.
CYSTEM open loops 2, MJB Guest Artist, Majestic Twelve Guest Artist, mix & other various sundries etc. Mental Anguish.
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Condoleeza, Check My Posse ( Dishonest Incompetent Idealogical Extremist Mix ) - 4:11
The Majestic Twelve Tapegerm Guest Artist & Mental Anguish.
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Bonfire Ritual - 6:03
A reworking of a piece by Micheal Thomas Jackson called "Phyllocephala"
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Spin Me Round
by Dave Fuglewicz
Music by Mental Anguish
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