LAUREL HALO

Heavy mutilated strains of electronic music are at the core of Laurel Halo's work, which ranges from live performance to composing OST’s and film scores. The Michigan-born and Berlin-based artist has been a mainstay of the London-based label Hyperdub, which released her debut album Quarantine in 2012. The record, with its strong juxtaposition of raw vocals and cold electronics received critical acclaim and was named Wire Magazine Album of the Year. Two instrumental long players followed, 2013's Chance of Rain for Hyperdub and 2015's In Situ for Honest Jon’s - in conjunction with extensive touring. Both albums were developed from Laurel Halo’s live sets during those years - geometric, rhythmelodic dancefloor material made with a hardware setup.  Halo then composed the score to the 2018 feature-length experimental documentary Possessed, directed by the Dutch design group Metahaven. Her next release was the mini-LP Raw Silk Uncut Wood on Parisian label Latency, a collection of classically-inspired instrumentals, featuring percussion work by regular collaborator Eli Keszler, as well as cellist Oliver Coates. Laurel can be heard DJing once a month on NTS, following on from years of hosting a wide-ranging and eclectic program on Berlin Community Radio. 

Currently available for: Film Scores, Bespoke Composition and Commissions…