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HALOU, TARENTEL AND THE GREENWORLD
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SHOWTIMES
Wed, May 9 / 09:30 / Mighty / HALO09M
These two beloved bands go green for this celebratory evening in honor of the winners of this year’s Golden Gate Awards and GreenWorld contest for online video shorts (see page 202 for details). Given both Halou’s and Tarentel’s penchant for incorporating original visual backdrops to their live music performances, it’s surprising that the bands have not yet shared the same bill, an oversight that this special event will remedy in style. Halou highlights the ethereal voice of Rebecca Coseboom (think Hope Sandoval or Margo Timmins) amid the band’s atmospheric organic and electronic beats, and adds a layer of mind candy with CGI and cutout animation projections. Similarly, since 2003 Tarentel has collaborated with local filmmaker/artist Paul Clipson, including his Super 8mm films into all of their live performances. Tarentel’s thick, jam-oriented psychedelic music dovetails perfectly with Clipson’s improvised visual aesthetic. Together, Halou and Tarentel will present contrasting and intense multimedia performances sure to expand preconceived notions regarding the ways in which sound and image can coalesce and clash. Between sets will be a screening of the GreenWorld Contest–winning video, a two-minute instant classic that addresses environmental issues with clarity, compassion and gusto. Videos made by contest finalists will screen throughout the evening in Mighty’s side room.
Halou
With this year’s release of Wholeness and Separation, Halou celebrates its first decade as one of San Francisco’s best bands. In recent years, band members have applied their remarkable production skills to recording and remixing works by DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Blackalicious, John Cale, Low, No Doubt and Frank Sinatra, and scored a number-one Billboard hit with their remix of Rod Stewart’s "Da Ya Think I’m Sexy." The band also has scored the award-winning independent films This Girl’s Life and Quality of Life.
Tarentel
Formed in San Francisco in 1995, Tarentel has been described as everything from "filling empty spaces with lush tapestries of sound" (Salon) to "smudged and crumpled holograms of sun-dried wilderness" (Pitchfork Media). The cinematic nature of Tarentel’s music has worked wonders in independent films such as Sam Green’s The Weather Underground (SFIFF 2003), Carrie Lozano’s Reporter Zero and The Vice Guide to Travel. Since 2003, Tarentel has collaborated with local filmmaker/artist Paul Clipson, whose improvised Super 8mm films are incorporated into all of the band’s concerts.
—Sean Uyehara
Total running time 120 min. Admission to Mighty ages 21 and up only; proof of age will be required at the door. Sponsored by Yahoo! Video, jumpcut and Heart of Green.