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Akai Pro APC40: Introduction

The APC40 is the worlds finest Ableton Live control surface. Ableton and Akai Professional worked in a joint partnership to make the APC40 the perf...

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Strands "Temper"

Music video for Stephen Shannon's Strands.

The video shot by Rob Tyler and Krissy Brunsman in Eastern Oregon during the Spring 2010. The footage ...

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Halfset - Salmon

a film by Dave McMurry and Rob Tyler for the Halfset song "salmon"

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halfset - another way of being there

filmed and directed by rob tyler.

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track taken from the album

"another way of being there"

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3 years ago

halfset - work (live)

filmed and directed by mark cantwell.

you can see more of his work here:

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recorded at RTE in april 2008

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Halfset - Mark's Tune

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Halfset - at this moment

Halfset - at this moment

directed by vera klute.

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taken from the album

"another way of being there"

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About Halfset

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Halfset are a quartet from Dublin, Ireland.
They employ an unusual combination of electronics and live instruments - including vocals, drums/persussion, guitars, glockenspiel, harp, trumpet, mandola and old analog synths.
Halfset released their critically acclaimed debut album Dramanalog in April 2005

September 2008: Halfset re-emerge with their long-awaited second album, Another Way of Being There. In many ways, it has been a metamorphosis of sorts and not just down to the evolving line-up. Three became four with one departure and the arrival of Cillian McDonnell (drums) and Sinéad Nic Gearailt (harp & rhodes), apart from offering fresh legs, it signposted a new direction.

Another Way of Being There discards the memorable samples and constructed loops that littered Dramanalog, relying completely on the sound this foursome makes when they get into a room together. Gone are the samples and found sounds and instead there is a sense of taking a musical line for a walk; of democratic improv; of starting with a structure but allowing it room to expand and compress.

The bulk of the record was written in a small cottage in Co. Leitrim, then recorded and produced over three years by Stephen Shannon at his Experimental Audio Studio in Dublin . Crafted and re-drafted, Another Way of Being There is an album heaving with melody, awash with layers and multiple tones.

halfset have always worked with visual artists at their live shows and for this album there is a companion DVD with short films made for each song. some of these films are available for viewing here.

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Akai Pro APC40: Introduction

Strands "Temper"

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