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"Halcyon High makes deep, momentous experimental rock" - Download.com
"Your complimentary stoned weekend soundtrack" - The Skinny Magazine
"Glorious crescendos of noise and beauty"
That's Halcyon High in a nutshell. Halcyon High merges cinematic beauty, chaos, and human emotion into an otherworldly audio/visual experience. Formed by Roger Anderson in 2004, Halcyon High is an ambitious solo project made up of pulsating guitar loops, hypnotic drones, and electronic effects with occasional vocals and customized video projections.
Vision
Halcyon High uses visuals to help create a mind-melting experience. Video footage from the Qatsi trilogy, numerous documentaries and other sources are spliced together and synchronized to the music. The videos are readily available on YouTube or at www.halcyonhigh.com/media.html.
"To Be Infinite"
Halcyon High's first album consists of home recordings that have been carefully crafted into epic soundscapes. It is sequenced for maximum emotional impact. With the exception of Soul Slides Away, the songs have been available online for some time. When the decision was made to sign with Vibraphone Records and release an official album, Roger polished them up and had them mastered. Soul Slides Away was written and recorded just days before the record was to be manufactured.
Live
Although made up of only one person, Halcyon High is just as intense as a live act. The guitar loops are created and sampled on the spot. Layer upon layer, the songs grow and take on a life of their own. Sound bites are used to segue between songs. The visuals run continuously in the background. When the music and video reach their peak, the effect can be breathtaking. Instead of selling CDs at shows, Halcyon High sometimes offers free DVDs in order to give fans the fullest experience possible.
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Roger was in the San Francisco band Vaportrail until its dissolution in 2001. Roger is also the founder and creator of Cool Waves, a music resource site dedicated to forming a community of San Francisco Bay Area post-rock, shoegaze, and dreampop artists (www.coolwavessf.com). Roger recently moved from San Francisco to Portland.
Kindred Spirits
Spiritualized, Sigur Ros, Brian Eno, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mogwai, Jesu
Contact
Halcyon High: info@halcyonhigh.com
Vibraphone Records: info@vibraphonerecords.com, www.vibraphonerecords.com
Press photo (300dpi, 5x7)
To Be Infinite cover art (300dpi)
Halcyon High Bio (PDF)