Half-handed Cloud

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Half-handed Cloud is an American recording project, based in Helsinki, Finland since 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.halfhandedcloud.com/|title=Welcome!|website=Halfhandedcloud.com|access-date=2019-09-30}} It was started in 1999 as a one-man band by John Ringhofer, who created the band name based on an occurrence in the Old Testament.{{cite web|last=Keller |first=Chris |url=https://theotherjournal.com/2006/10/02/half-handed-cloud-exploring-what-it-means-to-be-truly-human-an-interview-with-john-ringhofer/ |title=Half-handed Cloud, Exploring What it Means to be Truly Human: An Interview with John Ringhofer |publisher=The Other Journal |date= 2 October 2006|accessdate=2020-04-06}} The majority of Half-handed Cloud's albums have been released on Asthmatic Kitty Records. His previous band was Wookieback with Matthew Vollmer and Brandon Buckner. Ringhofer, a vegetarian, lived rent free in return for his custodial services at a church in Berkeley, CA for a decade. John Ringhofer has collaborated with Sufjan Stevens on Half-handed Cloud's What's The Remedy? 7-inch,{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/35267-sufjan-collaborates-with-half-handed-cloud-on-new-ep |title=Pitchfork: Sufjan Collaborates with Half-Handed Cloud on New EP |access-date=2008-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524184157/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/35267-sufjan-collaborates-with-half-handed-cloud-on-new-ep |archive-date=2008-05-24 |url-status=dead }} among other works such as Thy Is A Word And Feet Need Lamps,{{cite web |url=http://allgoodnaysayers.net/music/guest-appearances/half-handed-cloud-thy-is-a-word-and-feet-need-lamps/ |title=All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! » Half-handed Cloud - Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps |website=allgoodnaysayers.net |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205102301/http://allgoodnaysayers.net/music/guest-appearances/half-handed-cloud-thy-is-a-word-and-feet-need-lamps/ |archive-date=5 February 2006 |url-status=dead}} and 2014's Flying Scroll Flight Control.{{cite web|url=https://asthmatickitty.com/merch/flying-scroll-flight-control/|title=Flying Scroll Flight Control |website=Asthmatickitty.com|date=31 March 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-30}} Daniel Smith of Danielson and Sounds Familyre is credited for helping to establish Half-handed Cloud's early days, and has been a frequent collaborator with John Ringhofer.{{cite web|last=Fink |first=Matt |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/half-handed-cloud |title=Half-Handed Cloud | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes |website=Tinymixtapes.com |date=2006-01-30 |accessdate=2020-04-06}}