Subbacultcha’s Callum McLean sits down with the electronic auteur to talk music therapy, avant-gardism and aunties.
“Tinkling percussion, aloof vocals, rattles of sub bass, dial tones. Laurel Halo is one of the rare cases where the cliché rings true: she sounds like everything and nothing all at once. As much a scholar of the avant-garde as of dub and techno (her native Ann Arbor a stone’s throw from Detroit), her music is awash with tricky reference points, but still fizzes with originality. Her lyrics burst mysteriously with ideas, mixing the mundane and the evocative with an occult sort of logic. And then on Halo’s third album, 2017’s Dust, something clicked. Easily her masterwork, it painted a portrait from abstract shapes, sketching a character that was elusively touching — at points in soft strokes, at others, razor-edged. Eager for answers, we catch up with this brainiac bass poet to trace the personality behind the process.”
Laurel Halo performs live at [P]Rewire x Korzo on Friday, 2 March alongside Colleen (dj) and wichelroede’s Gerrie (dj). Listen to ‘Jelly’ below and learn more about her show at: [P]Rewire x Korzo.
Presale tickets for €12 are available atTickets.