Halou

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title: "Halou" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["musical-groups-established-in-1997", "musical-groups-disestablished-in-2008", "american-electronic-music-groups", "trip-hop-groups", "american-dream-pop-musical-groups", "musical-groups-from-san-francisco"] description: "San Francisco based band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halou" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary San Francisco based band ::

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Field	Value
name	Halou
image	Halou performing in San Francisco 2015.jpg
caption	Halou performing at The DNA Lounge San Francisco, 12 June 2015
background	group_or_band
origin	San Francisco, California
genre	Trip hop, dream pop, breakbeat
years_active	1997–2008
2015–present
label	Vertebrae, Nettwerk
associated_acts	Invisible Ballet, R/R Coseboom, Stripmall Architecture, The Science Teacher
current_members	Rebecca Coseboom - Vocals
Ryan Coseboom - Guitar
Andrei Pasternak - Bass
Erica Mulkey - Rhodes & Backing Vocals
Sergey Ledovsky - Drums
past_members	Count (Mikael Eldrige)
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| name = Halou | image = Halou performing in San Francisco 2015.jpg | caption = Halou performing at The DNA Lounge San Francisco, 12 June 2015 | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = San Francisco, California | genre = Trip hop, dream pop, breakbeat | years_active = 1997–2008 2015–present | label = Vertebrae, Nettwerk | associated_acts = Invisible Ballet, R/R Coseboom, Stripmall Architecture, The Science Teacher | website = | current_members = Rebecca Coseboom - Vocals Ryan Coseboom - Guitar Andrei Pasternak - Bass Erica Mulkey - Rhodes & Backing Vocals Sergey Ledovsky - Drums | past_members = Count (Mikael Eldrige)

Halou is a dream pop band from San Francisco, California. Originally formed in 1997 by couple Rebecca and Ryan Coseboom, the band was officially dissolved in 2008 before breaking their 11 year hiatus with the release of their album Brutalism For Lovers (2019).

History

Ryan and Rebecca met in 1992 as the drummer and vocalist for the Santa Cruz-based band Anomie. Anomie's shoegaze sound met with rapid success in Santa Cruz on the strength of their album Burgundy Girl. The band later moved to San Francisco before the group split into two bands. In late 1995 Ryan and Rebecca's half formed "anymore" (as in: "We're not Anomie anymore.") and released two CDs.

After "anymore" dissolved, they became Halou. Ryan has cited influences including OMD, Wire and the Tom Tom Club. The band released their debut album, We Only Love You in 1998, on a small, independent label called Bedazzled. We Only Love You was followed by a compilation of non-album tracks entitled Sans Soucie in 1999. Their second album, Wiser, was released by Nettwerk in 2001, while the more recent, Wholeness & Separation and Halou, were released by Vertebrae in 2006 and 2008 respectively.

Halou's first album was broadcast on influential independent radio stations in Seattle and Los Angeles. In recent years, the band has received coverage from notable news sources, and they have been recognized for their production talents:

In 2008, Halou announced that they would no longer be making music under the moniker, and the three part collaboration was over. Rebecca and Ryan Coseboom continue to perform together under the name Stripmall Architecture. In late 2015, Halou went back into the studio to record, releasing the track Stillbreathing on November 2, 2015.

Discography

Albums

• We Only Love You (1998)
• Wiser (2001)
• Wholeness and Separation (2006)
• Halou (2008)
• Brutalism For Lovers (2019)
• Albatross (2020)

EPs/compilations

• Wholeness EP (2003)
• Sans Soucie EP (2004)
• Albatross EP (2007)
• Sawtooth EP (2008)
• Welcome Stranger EP (2021)
• The Butcher's Bill EP (2024)

References

References

1. "IUMA: Thinner".
2. Goldberg, Michelle. (October 4–10, 2000). "Cool: Off". [[San Francisco Bay Guardian]].
3. (May 20, 2007). "Halou Bio". halou.com.
4. (Apr 7, 2008). "Halou: New EP, Residency at Cafe du Nord". thebaybridged.com.
5. (Aug 10, 2006). "Quiet songs created to play loud". Today.com.

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