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Halaka
OriginMaryland
GenresAvant-garde, noise rock, experimental music
LabelsPile Records
Websitehttp://www.halaka.org

Halaka is an American experimental noise rock band that originated in the early 1980s. They have independently released nearly 40 albums in various formats and through various channels.

Discography

  • Gelatin, Slightly Used (1981)
  • Gelatin, Slightly Live (1982)
  • Purple Eon (1982)
  • Trashe (1983) - cassette
  • Here's Some Mud (1984)
  • On a Hillside (1985)
  • Disillusioned but the Ring's Pretty (1985)
  • Up to See God (1986)
  • To Egypt, Some Sand (1987) (as Ahkala)
  • Halaka (1988)
  • Halaka (1988)
  • Flabbergastastrophe (1990)
  • Stout Fish (1990)
  • Hearty Leper (1990)
  • The Mackerel Self (1990)
  • Water You Talking About? (1991)
  • SteadyState (as Ahkala) (1991)
  • Ticker Tape Charade (as Ahkala) (1992)
  • Apple Leisha (1993)
  • Melted Appled (1993)
  • Fantastic T-shirt Juice (1993)
  • State of Taking Over (1993)
  • Mad Bug (1994)
  • Angrier Bug (as Ahkala) (1994)
  • Madder Bug (1994)
  • MazeMindInsectTrap (1994)
  • Tulip (1995)
  • Inside the Drowned Nothing is Nothing Drowned the Inside (1985)
  • Live Arabic Sex Show (1996)
  • Dime Store Bible (1997)
  • Sasha (1997)
  • The Rise and Fall of Flightless Birds (1997)
  • And Kind Ladies Are Heaving About (As Ahkala) (1997)
  • Incidentally... (1998)
  • Inadequate (1999)
  • God the Lunatic (1999)
  • God, I Am the Lunatic (2000)
  • A Translucent Gold Statue, A Hole (2001)
  • A Skintight Malevolence (2002)
  • Diluted Years Concentrate (2004)
  • The Margarine Committee's Unauthorized Business Plan (2007)
  • The Voice Over the Intercom Says Hello (2008)
  • Unabridged Discord (2008)
  • Presenting the Making of Shave Your Regular Face (2008)
  • 888 (2009)
  • split cassette with Appalachian Yard Art (2011)
  • The Fifth of the Second of the Fifth (2012)
  • That Crowded Morning Feeling (2012)
  • The Lunatics have Fallen Under the Asylum (2012)
  • Swalaka (2014, Phase Velocity, split tape with Simon Waldram)

Band members

Current members

  • Sacky Jamboree
  • *
  • Fanch Taylor
  • Kingo Sleemer
  • Apertome
  • Madhog

Past members

  • Eugene Matsumura
  • Shank
  • Miss Mackerel
  • Super Ryan
  • The Mysterious F
  • Lacky Daisical
  • Drewb
  • Stick

Visuals

The visuals for multiple Halaka releases, including MazeMindInsectTrap and Unabridged Discord, featured artwork by an English illustrator named Spookytim, who operates from a studio in Brighton called Studiospooky.

Halaka has been reviewed in several online publications.

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080625010120/http://news.dmusic.com/article/25652 - 2007 dmusic interview with halaka
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080724200827/http://news.dmusic.com/article/25653 - part two of 2007 dmusic interview
  3. http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=32410068183532013 - 2002 review of A Translucent Gold Statue, a Hole.
  4. http://www.indieville.com/reviews/halaka.htm - 2003 review from Indieville of A Translucent Gold Statue, a Hole.
  5. http://www.halaka.org - official website
  6. http://www.pilerecords.com - official site of band's label
  7. http://www.apertome.com/blog/category/music/halaka/ - info on the band's 2007 FAWM project
  8. http://www.halaka.org/FAWM2007/TMCUBP.php - link to the audio of 2007 FAWM project
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