10-11-2003

hinahgift006 - Half Asleep

"Live"

"Pop In, 2003 October the 1st. Half asleep is invited (thanks Fred!) to come spread its stuff on the tiny Pop In stage. Great news for us (+ sounded like a good trip to me). So we hit the road, ate in the car, and then almost crashed into some silly trucks (monsters of the road, yeah). Of course we were late, as always.
-Paris? They say here in Belgium with twinkles in their eyes. (hey! I say: nothing to do with the "Olympia" or "Bercy", you know those huge places where billions of people stare at a huge star dancing on a huge stage). Mmmm... nothing to do with that, that's for sure. But still Paris is great. And sometimes greater than great. Actually, that's what happened that special 'Pop In' night: greater than great. Great place, great people. We played with Pollyanna (and with a nice guy who didn't tell his name... Matthew maybe? Don't know). The audience was listening silently. Eight songs and that was it. Silently... Oh! So thanks to all those who came to see the show. Our third show ever: nothing we wish to forget... and there were flowers, and there was fog, didn't check if the moon was up there... I guess it was... (sorry for my English)"
- Valérie Leclercq

downloadable mp3s
1 - "It's Time To Stay"
00:03:55 / 3.68 MB
2 - "Yellow Neck"
00:05:54 / 5.53 MB
3 - "Bare Feet"
00:05:54 / 5.53 MB
4 - "Doors On Breakwaters"
00:03:46 / 3.53 MB

recording info
- all songs by Valérie Leclercq
- musicians
Valérie Leclercq: vocals, guitar
Oriane Leclercq: vocals, guitar, bass, drums

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hinah releases

- hinah018 - Half Asleep "Just Before We Learned To Swim"
- hinahgift006 - Half Asleep "Live"
- hinahgift013 - Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music By Harry Smith "Anamude, Matt Bauer, Dave DeCastro, Donna, Everything is Fine, Grumpy Bear, H-Burns, Half Asleep, Kenyon, Marc Manning, oRSo, Perio, Pollyanna, Charlie Parr, Sandusky, Shelley Short, The Tami Show"

links

- Half Asleep
- Another Record
- Intercontinental Records
- Matamore
- Unique Records

concert pics
- Half Asleep - Ancienne Belgique [Brussels, Belgium - 14-04-2007]
- Half Asleep - Pop In [Paris, France - 07-04-2004]
- Half Asleep - Pop In [Paris, France - 01-10-2003]

hinah diary

- sz + half asleep "concerts" [pop in]
- pollyanna + half asleep "concerts" [pop in]
- half asleep "démo/demo" [belgique/belgium]

:: hinah series

:: hinah gifts - mp3

:: hinah split singles - mp3

:: hinah collaborations

:: hinah series

21-04-2008

hinah029 - Templo Diez

"Crowheart"

We discovered Templo Diez thanks to an exchange of records with the French label Intercontinental Records, which had released the band's debut album "Hoboken". Three years later, while hinah was on a sabbatical year, Pascal Hallibert sent us the new cd of Templo Diez, "Winterset", on which we especially loved the beautiful song "Sal". We suggested we could put out an EP if they felt like going for more acoustic tracks and putting the voice of Gloribel Hernandez (who was also singing on "Sal") more upfront. And they agreed!

:: hinah gifts - mp3

24-10-2008

hinahgift026 - Fulton Lights

"hinah session"

We discovered Andrew Goldman's music a few years ago, at the time of his folk, melodic project Maestro Echoplex. After playing for a while under the name John Guilt, Andrew started a new project named Fulton Lights, which has just released its second album "The Way We Ride" and its heavier and more distorted atmospheres and tempos. As Andrew was on solo tour in Europe, we invited him over for a session that was meant to be electric but ended up being acoustic after the amp of our friend Éric decided to break down at the last minute. So here is a chance to discover Fulton Lights in its most stripped-down version!

02-06-2008

hinahgift025 - Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin

"hinah session"

Those who visit our website regularly are bound to have come across the name "Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin" once in a while in the news section. Indeed, we have been following closely Morgan Caris’s project in the last five years and we would very much like to release something with his name on it... But Morgan is a perfectionist and this something is yet to come. Therefore a hinah session had clearly become necessary and the opportunity of an acoustic evening with Shelley Short and Brittain Ashford to inaugurate our Parisian hinah hq was just the perfect excuse!

27-04-2008

hinahgift024 - Matt Bauer

"hinah session"

This is not the first treat we get from Matt Bauer: a few years ago, he had already contributed to our "Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music by Harry Smith" with an edited cover of "Willie Moore". Shortly afterwards, he had sent us his big EP "Wasps And White Roses", a beautiful folk piece on which the banjo blends with Matt's suave voice. In addition, Matt was surrounded with nice people, as Jolie Holland and Mariee Sioux joined him for this EP! So as Matt was touring Europe as part of Alela Diane's backing band in the spring, we invited him to make a detour via Frankfurt for a live hinah session.