Halou
{{Short description|San Francisco based band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Halou
| image = Halou performing in San Francisco 2015.jpg
| caption = Halou performing at The DNA Lounge San Francisco, 12 June 2015
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| background = group_or_band
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| origin = San Francisco, California
| genre = Trip hop, dream pop, breakbeat
| years_active = 1997–2008
2015–present
| label = Vertebrae, Nettwerk
| associated_acts = Invisible Ballet, R/R Coseboom, Stripmall Architecture, The Science Teacher
| website =
| current_members = Rebecca Coseboom - Vocals
Ryan Coseboom - Guitar
Andrei Pasternak - Bass
Erica Mulkey - Rhodes & Backing Vocals
Sergey Ledovsky - Drums
| past_members = Count (Mikael Eldrige)
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Halou is a dream pop band from San Francisco, California. Originally formed in 1997 by couple Rebecca and Ryan Coseboom, the band was officially dissolved in 2008 before breaking their 11 year hiatus with the release of their album Brutalism For Lovers (2019).
History
Ryan and Rebecca met in 1992 as the drummer and vocalist for the Santa Cruz-based band Anomie. That group would change Ryan's musical focus from techno pop (as the main keyboardist of Thinner) to more ambient guitar work, and transform Rebecca from a riot girl enthusiast into someone more at home with 4AD.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AnomieSantaCruz/info/?tab=page_info|title=Anomie|website=www.facebook.com}} Anomie's shoegaze sound met with rapid success in Santa Cruz on the strength of their album Burgundy Girl. The band later moved to San Francisco before the group split into two bands.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/iuma-thinner|title=IUMA: Thinner|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}} In late 1995 Ryan and Rebecca's half formed "anymore" (as in: "We're not Anomie anymore.") and released two CDs.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
After "anymore" dissolved, they became Halou. Ryan has cited influences including OMD, Wire and the Tom Tom Club.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Michelle|author-link=Michelle Goldberg|date=October 4–10, 2000|title=Cool: Off|work=San Francisco Bay Guardian|pages=14–15 (of Noise supplement)}} The band released their debut album, We Only Love You in 1998, on a small, independent label called Bedazzled. We Only Love You was followed by a compilation of non-album tracks entitled Sans Soucie in 1999. Their second album, Wiser, was released by Nettwerk in 2001, while the more recent, Wholeness & Separation and Halou, were released by Vertebrae in 2006 and 2008 respectively.
Halou's first album was broadcast on influential independent radio stations in Seattle and Los Angeles.{{cite web|date=May 20, 2007|url=http://halou.com/about|title=Halou Bio|publisher=halou.com|access-date=2008-09-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917235705/http://halou.com/about/|archive-date=September 17, 2008}} In recent years, the band has received coverage from notable news sources,{{cite web|date= Apr 7, 2008|url=http://www.thebaybridged.com/2008/04/07/halou-new-ep-residency-at-cafe-du-nord/|title=Halou: New EP, Residency at Cafe du Nord|publisher=thebaybridged.com|access-date=2008-09-10}}{{cite web|date=Aug 10, 2006|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/quiet-songs-created-play-loud-wbna14272290|title=Quiet songs created to play loud|publisher=Today.com|access-date=2008-09-10}} and they have been recognized for their production talents:
{{cquote|"Halou's remix of Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" hit number one on the Billboard club chart, and they have been solicited for soundtrack work, already appearing on two feature films."}}
In 2008, Halou announced that they would no longer be making music under the moniker, and the three part collaboration was over. Rebecca and Ryan Coseboom continue to perform together under the name Stripmall Architecture. Count continues to be involved in music as a producer and engineer, and is a member of a band called inu. In late 2015 Halou went back into the studio to record, releasing the track Stillbreathing on November 2, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/halouband/timeline?ref=page_internal|title=Halou|website=www.facebook.com}}
Discography
=Albums=
- We Only Love You (1998)
- Wiser (2001)
- Wholeness and Separation (2006)
- Halou (2008)
- Brutalism For Lovers (2019)
=EPs/compilations=
- Wholeness EP (2003)
- Sans Soucie EP (2004)
- Albatross EP (2007)
- Sawtooth EP (2008)
- Welcome Stranger EP (2021)
- The Butcher's Bill EP (2024)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.halou.com/}}
- [http://www.nettwerk.com Nettwerk's website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920061903/http://eithiriel.com/music/halou-your-friends Your Friends Music Video] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820040519/http://eithiriel.com/ Eithiriel]
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r823018|pure_url=yes}} Halou's Wholeness & Separation album review at allmusic.com]
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Category:Musical groups established in 1997
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008
Category:American electronic music groups