Trash Milagro by Rafael González and Hal McGee

Trash Milagro was recorded November 1-30, 2023
with Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones
in The Canary Islands, Spain and Gainesville, Florida, USA
~ dictaphone assemblage audio folk art ~
We offer Trash Milagro to you with joy, friendship, and love!

Rafael's sound sources:
my voice, Korg Monotron, Korg Monotribe, Smartphone (alarm, audio player, app's...), field recordings, objects and utensils (stones, pieces of metal, wood, plastic, tube, cups, teaspoon, microwave, washing machine, hand dryer ....), trumpet, body sounds, Alesis Microverb 4, Alto Professional ZMX 862 Mixer, manipulated cassettes, Korg Monotron Duo, Korg Volca Sample, Arturia MiniFreak V software, FM-AM and shortwave radio, short circuits on Korg Monotron Delay.

Hal's sounds sources:
my voice, my dog Stanley, my mom, my dad, my brother, Bailey (my mom and dad’s dog), co-workers, sounds from my job, circuit bent Casio SK-1, KQ Unotone iPhone synthesizer, two string pink dumpster guitar, transparent plastic ukulele, Hare Krishna musicians, musicians in hospital lobby, ice cream truck, traffic sounds, birds, airplanes and helicopters, U.S. Postal Service delivery lady, Hal speaks a bit of Esperanto (badly).

Hal's recordings feature our dear mutual friend Trevor Luke.
You will hear Trevor's voice, and Trevor and Hal playing Moog Grandmother and Behringer Poly D analog synthesizers.

Trash Milagro consists of 624 recordings that Rafael and Hal made during the month of December with small pocket-sized battery-operated digital dictaphones. At the end of the month we played these recordings on four dictaphones in random/shuffle mode and mixed them together with Audacity, with no additional effects. We exported 24-bit WAV files from Audacity and uploaded them directly to Bandcamp.

You will hear sounds from many different times, spaces, and places. Have fun listening to our trash!

Trash Milagro is an immersive 90-minute audio trash assemblage that is meant to be experienced as one continuous experience or happening. We have divided the assemblage into six 15-minute tracks for the listener's convenience.

We recommend downloading WAV files for optimum sound quality.

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