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California Institute of the Arts

Laurel Halo

Pronouns: The Herb Alpert School of Music

Faculty, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices

Laurel Halo
Email address: lhalo@calarts.edu
Office address:
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Degrees:
Personal website: Website

Laurel Halo (b. 1985, Detroit) is a musician, DJ and founder of the recording label Awe. Drawing from a range of stylistic influence, including Detroit techno, musique concrète, film score and jazz, her music employs a careful blend of pressure, decay and nuanced emotion to explore notions of transmission and impermanence.

Since 2012 she has released a number of albums ranging in genre-fluidity, complexity and scope, including Quarantine (2012, Hyperdub), In Situ (2015, Honest Jon’s), Dust (2017, Hyperdub), Raw Silk Uncut Wood (2018, Latency), Possessed: OST (2020, Vinyl Factory) and Atlas (2023, Awe).

She has performed in venues, festivals, clubs and institutions across the world, including the Southbank Centre, Sydney Opera House, The Kitchen, Kölner Philharmonie, CTM/Transmediale, Sónar Festival, and Montreux Jazz Festival, among others. She has collaborated with artists and designers including Moritz von Oswald, Metahaven, Kevin Beasley, Julia Holter, Hanne Lippard, Eckhaus Latta, John Cale, and the London Contemporary Orchestra.