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
Flutterama, 2022

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 (2 October 2006). "Half-handed Cloud, Exploring What it Means to be Truly Human: An Interview with John Ringhofer". The Other Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
^ "Pitchfork: Sufjan Collaborates with Half-Handed Cloud on New EP". Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
^ "All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! » Half-handed Cloud - Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps". allgoodnaysayers.net. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Flying Scroll Flight Control". Asthmatickitty.com. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
^ Fink, Matt (2006-01-30). "Half-Handed Cloud | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.

External links

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[1] "Welcome!". Halfhandedcloud.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.

[2] Keller, Chris (2 October 2006). "Half-handed Cloud, Exploring What it Means to be Truly Human: An Interview with John Ringhofer". The Other Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-06.

[3] "Pitchfork: Sufjan Collaborates with Half-Handed Cloud on New EP". Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-10-15.

[4] "All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! » Half-handed Cloud - Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps". allgoodnaysayers.net. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[5] "Flying Scroll Flight Control". Asthmatickitty.com. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-30.

[6] Fink, Matt (2006-01-30). "Half-Handed Cloud | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.

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