It didn't seem like it at the time, but the past week turned out to be a somewhat crazy one. Anyone who reads this blog (hi mom) knows the trouble I've seen with plugins, but we've also had the first Halou rehearsal in some time. This included running through 'It Will All Make Sense In The Morning' for the first time as a live band (I think we've determined this to be the first two-bass-guitar Halou song), designing a cover for the new EP on the fly, and flying down to LA briefly for a quick trip that included some serious DVD Studio Pro lessons and an overdue encounter with Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant who turned out to be every bit as charming and warm as you could expect.
Tonight I hope to nail down the details concerning the video elements of the upcoming Nov 30th show. We've never seriously recorded video of any Halou show and this one is illustrating for me how difficult that can be. Video just isn't worth doing unless it's done right.
- RYAN
- Halou
- "Simply one of the best bands in America"- KEXP radio "Proving their mastery of electro-organic music, Halou surface again striding light years ahead with their most compelling work yet" -Filter magazine "At times entrancing, effervescent, rousing, emotive, and ethereal, this trio leaps across musical boundaries with a truly transcendental album." - All Music Guide This year Halou celebrates 10 years as a band and returns with their most compelling work to date, Wholeness and Separation. Although It has been several years since their last release on Nettwerk Records ["Wiser" 2001], the band has hardly been dormant. The past few years have been spent using their production skills to help sculpt the sound of such artists as DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Frank Sinatra, Blackalicious, John Cale, Low, No Doubt and even a Rod Stewart remix which hit #1 on Billboard. In addition, Halou has scored 2 successful award winning films "This Girl's Life" starring James Woods and "Quality of Life". Throughout all of this, the band has still found the time to create their finest album.
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