Halfsound live at Green Papaya Art Projects July 5, 2016 Manila halfsound is an Australian contemporary saxophone duo formed by Ali Fyffe and Matt Hinchliffe. We like to work with a wide variety of sounds with a strong focus on innovation and challenging perceptions of music, the saxophone and, more broadly, art. We play a mixture of notated and improvised music as well as our own performance concepts. We have a particular interest in using the saxophone in unexpected ways to create sounds that are as far removed as possible from the typical sounds of our instrument. We sometimes also perform with electronics and other objects to expand our sonic palette. We don’t like to exist in our own little bubble and therefore regularly collaborate with other musicians, artists and performers who share our passion for trying new ideas. Our music is somewhat difficult to categorise as we exist in a blurred grey area between a number of different styles. To get a better understanding of what we do you can check out our website but, to give you a bit of an idea, our music has been described as contemporary, experimental, quirky, thought-provoking, crazy, unpopular, “like Miles Davis”, weird, ugly, bad and a number of other colourful adjectives. As collaborative partners, we have worked together for seven years as halfsound as well as in other ensembles. We have many common interests and our shared artistic vision has resulted in a long-term, satisfying artistic partnership. We were both classically-trained and have enjoyed our gradual transition from the traditional to the unconventional. We also both share an interest in learning more about art and life around the world and travel regularly to perform, collaborate, meet with like-minded people and eat. Recently, we undertook an extended tour of nine countries in South-East Asia where we had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of people and share our music with new audiences. We are constantly looking for new places and communities to discover so, if you like what we do, please get in touch with us from wherever you are in the world - we’d love to hear from you! - - - - Teresa Barrozo (b.1982, Manila) is a sonic artist, composer and curious listener with a wide range of work for film, theatre and dance. Her compositions have been featured in the Asian Composers League Festivals in Japan and Thailand, and in the Asia-Pacific Weeks in Germany. Her film music works has been part of major international film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin, to name a few. She was a recipient of the Ani ng Dangal Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines) and a fellow of the Asian Cultural Council (2014) in New York. Her fellowship focused on new music, sound art and design, performance, and contemporary sonic practices in listening, field recording, acoustic ecology, neuromusic, and electronic and computer music composition.

• published: 20 Dec 2017
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