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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 April 27th, 08) Brand new track up by Mental Anguish called
Chucklebee. It's the first track below. A longplaying slice of ambience.
Enjoy. & from (February 9th, 08)Brand new CD released by Prime
Cut Recordings is available. 3 tracks of electronic madness from the
old Cancerous Growth. 2 of the 3 tracks can be heard & link to
purchase 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.
Newest tracks by Mental Anguish coming to a CD in the near future.
If download does not start right click on download button & choose save target as.
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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Productions/Homemade Music
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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Harsh Reality Music/Tapegerm
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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New Mental Anguish alien logo for 2006 - design by Anti - Gravity workshop. Click it to listen & view some but not all Mental Anguish Tapegerm tracks.
Spin
Me Round
by
Dave Fuglewicz
Music by Mental Anguish
Heres a flash movie above designed by Dave
Fuglewicz.
"I'm
not satisfied with this piece as a whole but like enough of it
to submit it. Consider it an exploration/experiment with Flash
authoring. I hope y'all enjoy it at some level. Dave"
Be sure you let it load up,takes a little bit.
New page set up at Homemade Music with a few trax. Located here.
Some
of the Harsh Reality Music CDs are available for order from the distributor
below. Real audio samples are on the individual CD pages to listen
to.
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