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Laurel Halo

Heavy, mutilated strains of electronic music with influence from the sounds of Detroit, UK and Germany –
Laurel Halo’s music is shapeshifting, moody and ecstatic. The Michigan-born and Berlin-based artist has been a
mainstay of the London-based label Hyperdub, who released her breakout, divisive debut album Quarantine in
2012. The record received critical acclaim, and was named Wire Magazine's Album of the Year. Since then she’s released two more albums – 2013’s Chance of Rain for Hyperdub, 2015’s In Situ for Honest Jon’s – and toured
extensively with a live hardware PA. In addition, Laurel hosts a regular show on Berlin Community Radio, having
originally cut her teeth as a freeform DJ on the legendary WCBN-FM station in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has
collaborated with John Cale, Julia Holter, David Borden, Daniel Wohl, and Metahaven among others. Halo has also
composed the soundtrack for Still Be Here, a Transmediale/CTM film commission starring the Japanese virtual popstar, Hatsune Miku, which debuted at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and was most recently shown at the Barbican Hall in London. Her latest album, Dust, was released on Hyperdub in June 2017.