Half-handed Cloud
Half-handed Cloud is an American recording project, based in Helsinki, Finland since 2015.[1] It was started in 1999 as a one-man band by John Ringhofer, who created the band name based on an occurrence in the Old Testament.[2] The majority of Half-handed Cloud's albums have been released on Asthmatic Kitty Records. His previous band was Wookieback with Matthew Vollmer and Brandon Buckner. Ringhofer, a vegetarian, lived rent free in return for his custodial services at a church in Berkeley, CA for a decade. John Ringhofer has collaborated with Sufjan Stevens on Half-handed Cloud's What's The Remedy? 7-inch,[3] among other works such as Thy Is A Word And Feet Need Lamps,[4] and 2014's Flying Scroll Flight Control.[5] Daniel Smith of Danielson and Sounds Familyre is credited for helping to establish Half-handed Cloud's early days, and has been a frequent collaborator with John Ringhofer.[6]
Discography
Albums
- Learning About Your Scale, 1999
- We Haven't Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved, 2002
- Thy Is A Word And Feet Need Lamps, 2005
- Halos & Lassos, 2006
- As Stowaways in Cabinets of Surf, We Live-out in Our Members a Kind of Rebirth, 2010
- Flying Scroll Flight Control, 2014
- I Don't Have A Bib, 2018
EPs
- I'm So Sheepy, 2000
- What's The Remedy?, 2005
- Harp That's Hung-Up In The Tree, 2006
- Winding Currents On A Spool, 2007
- DOVE, 2011
- Blood Brothers, 2012
- Foiled EP N°1, 2015
- Foiled EP N°2, 2015
- Jiminy Circuits, 2016
Compilation albums
- Cut Me Down & Count My Rings, 2009
- Gathered Out Of Thin Air, 2019
In popular culture
The band's 2015 song Nativity Costume (2000 Year's Eve) was remixed in the 2019 video game Hypnospace Outlaw.
References
- "Welcome!". Halfhandedcloud.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- Keller, Chris. "Half-handed Cloud, Exploring What it Means to be Truly Human: An Interview with John Ringhofer". The Other Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Flying Scroll Flight Control". Asthmatickitty.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- Fink, Matt (2006-01-30). "Half-Handed Cloud | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
External links
- Half-handed Cloud official website
- Half-handed Cloud at AllMusic
- Half-handed Cloud page at Sounds Familyre
- Half-handed Cloud page at Asthmatic Kitty
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Video for Half-handed Cloud