she is on another level as a DJ, it's really impressive that every single track stands out in it's own way and the mix is stylistically all over the place, but somehow she manages to make it flow naturally and seamlessly. it's rare to hear something so eclectic that doesn't devolve into chaos.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 14 November 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
I think I've said this before but seeing her DJ a few years ago was a great experience, lots of gqom and early bleep tracks, incredible energy
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
thrilled to announce my first album in five years, Atlas, is coming out September 22 on my new label Awe. You can listen to the first single 'Belleville', a piano ballad which features a harmony stack moment with @cobysey pre-order & more info here: https://t.co/9E8tirjQFs pic.twitter.com/wxJiutnNhj— Laurel Halo (@LaurelHalo) July 12, 2023
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 13:15 (nine months ago) link
also, I may have previously posted this on different thread, but this is another stunning mix
https://soundcloud.com/laurelhalo/laurel-halo-nowadays-nyc-562023
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 13:17 (nine months ago) link
yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes!
― ivy (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 15:05 (nine months ago) link
new album popped up on bandcamp today... definitely could use more reverb. j/k .. i don't know if €11 is realistic for digital only. i'm going in for a third listen, and don't have slsk rn. cot damn (charging 11 euros for digital only) these bands. this new album reminds me of gas narkopop (similarly inviting, swirl of strings/ orchestra) on the surface. eleven euros, ouch :\
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Friday, 22 September 2023 23:48 (seven months ago) link
I think this album is really incredibly beautiful and unlike anything else I've heard.
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 September 2023 00:19 (seven months ago) link
i do enjoy the piano / rhodes / keyboard playing of laurel halo (wish there was more of it) .. the rest of atlas has grown on me after a couple of listens. it does remind me of other records--the quality of the sounds/ production (at times like an ocean) as a whole - drenched in reverb. it feels overly immersive (a dense wash) at times, having only listened to it on a phone. i like the listening environment to impart some reverb on the audio (on a proper listen) .. minor quibble aside, it is nice.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 23 September 2023 00:58 (seven months ago) link
I guess to me it seems like a weird mix of Debussy, Ligeti, slow jazz, ambient music, drone, and film music, with nostalgic submersed keyboards and disguised voices, and with subtle but very striking insertion of background electronic noises
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 September 2023 01:09 (seven months ago) link
it sounds like it might open up nicely on headphones. i'm complaining after listening to it on a smartphone (externally) which is an obvious problem. i was deliberating over whether or not to buy the CD, which i can't afford rn. my stereo system is set up in a small-ish, tiled room which sort of amplifies the audio nicely w/its natural reverb. blah blah blah. i like your description, Dan S
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 23 September 2023 01:18 (seven months ago) link
I listened to it today and it was very ambient and drifty. Will have to give it another try.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 23 September 2023 03:09 (seven months ago) link
this album is fucked up (compliment)
― ivy., Saturday, 23 September 2023 03:30 (seven months ago) link
Played it twice through back to back. Just lovely.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Saturday, 23 September 2023 05:31 (seven months ago) link
Sounds marvelous
― Indexed, Saturday, 23 September 2023 13:31 (seven months ago) link
Sold on the basis of your description, Dan.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 23 September 2023 16:17 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, this is *very* where I'm at, what I want from music these days. Beautiful and unsettled, sweet and ominous. Well worth the $20 it costs to get the CD shipped from wherever.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 23 September 2023 23:33 (seven months ago) link
very good album 👍
― c u (crüt), Sunday, 24 September 2023 01:07 (seven months ago) link
This is great. First thought when putting it on was Roly Porter and sure enough there's James Ginzburg in the production credits. Title track reminds me of Richard Skelton if anyone. All those dense vibrating strings in a haunted landscape.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:36 (seven months ago) link
very much looking forward to hearing this <3 raw silk uncut wood and seems like this might be a continuation of that vibe?
― brimstead, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:23 (seven months ago) link
raw silk... is the only release of hers/theirs that's left me utterly cold. this new one is quite compelling (i keep wanting to listen to it) in comparison, imo. there's an instance partway through Atlas that recalls the melancholy of Gavin Bryars' The Sinking of the Titanic.. the atmosphere, vibe, everything. i recall two separate performances / releases of TSotT (before the philip jeck thing), one (or both?) of them were recorded in an old water tower, or some kind of approximation of that. the atmosphere (depth of it, mournful strings, etc.) is quite similar. apart from that, it's definitely singular-sounding, esp. in l'oeuvre de halo.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:13 (seven months ago) link
*par ou de ... no se
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:18 (seven months ago) link
Wow this is gorgeous.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 September 2023 03:40 (seven months ago) link
parts of it feel like Autechre's "all end" arranged for strings
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 29 September 2023 04:06 (seven months ago) link
Played this intensely loud this afternoon and just dissolved into it. Brilliant record.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 1 October 2023 11:50 (seven months ago) link
Yeah I put it on yesterday during a drifty disco nap, lovely.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 1 October 2023 13:33 (seven months ago) link
raw silk... is the only release of hers/theirs that's left me utterly cold.
btw, "Reading the Air" (after 4 minutes, on Atlas) is the only track that vaguely reminded me of Gavin Bryars' The Sinking of The Titanic, in part of its chord progression. still haven't listened to Atlas on a proper system.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 16:56 (four months ago) link
*getting familiar with Raw Silk Uncut Wood, that is
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 16:58 (four months ago) link
Atlas was my 2023 AOTY, and now she already has a new EP out, Octaviahttps://laurelhalo.bandcamp.com/album/octavia
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Friday, 1 March 2024 19:25 (two months ago) link
Oh that’s awesome, I’ve had to ration how often I play Atlas so I don’t burn out on it
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 March 2024 21:28 (two months ago) link