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Album: AerosolHeart
Released: May 4, 2009
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  • Genre: Experimental / Hip Hop / Soul

    Location Harlem World, New York, US

    Profile Views: 83547

    Last Login: 8/19/2011

    Member Since 1/18/2006

    Website www.halosquared.com

    Record Label Unknown Indie

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. .. ...... .. NEW PROJECT - "Heartbeats" EP (Kanye West Remix Project) ...... .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .."This is all just beginning for me. Even though the next day isn't promised to anyone, I'm confident and certain that I will continue to breathe life into music for years to come.".. .. .. Starting to produce at the age of 15, HaloSquared (also known as DjH2) spent hours and days working to perfect his craft in the art of producing, DJing and sampling. His hard work paid off after various forms of media, nightclub and internet exposure helped him become known as an underground phenom. .. .. Now at age 22, DjH2 has been labeled as a "beat prodigy" or an "old soul" whose work resembles the soul-swinging sounds of the late J Dilla. H2 has always been one to go back to the roots of Hip-Hop and Jazz - keeping things soulful and fufilling with crisp breaks over soulful samples. Even though sampling is the main pallette for most of H2's clean-cut production, he accenuates that it is only through the appreciation of history that he allows himself to sample songs of earlier eras. .. .. .."I sample only to put my own creative spin on a idea that was already built, or to bring to life a moment of a song that would have been only bypassed by certain ears. When I sample, I listen to every instrument the artist uses and I try to dig out that same amount of funk and soul the artist contributed to their work.".. .. .. However, in H2's latest release .."TalkingWalls".., he comes out swinging with a new sound. Involving the electronica/techno sounds of his early producing days, H2's sound has begun to stray away from the elements of sampling and more towards an organic sound. .. .. .."I love to sample and I feel like sampling is the cornerstone of Hip-Hop, but alot of record execs and Indie artists are against sampling. I figure in order for my music to reach a broader audience, I would have to put a spin on the way I make music and start adding my own funky elements.".. .. .. If there's one word H2 identfies himself with, it would be the word 'unique'. After album doing well digitally, a union with producers and artists such as Charles Hamilton, CL Smooth and Sciryl, H2 plans to soon change the way we all think about music, especially hip-hop. .. .. .. ........ ..Get Your Own!.. | ..View Slideshow.... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ ..Get Your Own!.. | ..View Slideshow.... .. .............................. .. ..Yes, it's true. Indeed I am HOT... .. .."Suspicious" by H2...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A result of what can happen after listening to music from H2: .. ...... .. ..

  • Members

    ...... .. ..ElevatorMusik.. .. ..26 Instrumental Tracks by H2.. .. ..BACK IN STOCK!.. .. ....iTunes.. | ..Rhapsody.. | ..Amazon.. |..CD Baby.... .. .. .. ..TalkingWalls.. .. ..The Sequel to .."ElevatorMusik".. : 30 Instrumental Tracks including the hit single, "Cuddle Monster"... .. ....AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE SOON....

  • Influences

    1st: GOD (Most High, Creator of all things - the light the way the truth), J Dilla, Madlib, MF Doom, Radiohead, Nirvana, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious BIG, Fatboy Slim, 9th Wonder, Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Mad-Ism, BDP, KRS-ONE, A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Pharell Williams, Sciryl, Charles Hamilton, Aaliyah, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force, Force MD's, UMCs, Nice & Smooth, Styles P, The LOX, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Al Green, The Isley Brothers, Willie Hutch, Amon Tobin, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Freeway, Jay-Z, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, The Hives, The Strokes, Paramore, Mutemath, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong, James Brown, Aphex Twin, The Crystal Method, Squarepusher, Technical Itch, Dillinja, Atlantic Starr, Ayla, BT, Darude, JS-16, Basement Jaxx, Royksopp, Beanie Sigel, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliot, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Ramones, Beenie Man, Bob Marley, Sizzla, Sean Paul, Shabba Ranks, Lil' Vicious, Beyonce, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Remy Ma, 50 Cent, Lil' Wayne, Biz Markie, The Fat Boys, Bjork, Black Milk, Black Moon, Black Sheep, The Blackbyrds, De La Soul, Quasimoto, Peanut Butter Wolf, Guilty Simpson, Scienz of Life, Baba, Yako, DJ Center, DJ Shadow, DJ Qbert, DJ Swamp, DJ Screw, DJ Michael Watts, BlackStar, Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, Bone Thugz-N-Harmony, Boyz II Men, UGK, Pimp C, Bun B, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Busta Rhymes, Rah Digga, Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, The Diplomats, Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Purple City Byrdgang, Cassidy, Iron Solomon, Eminem, D12, Proof, DJ Green Lantern, CeCe Peniston, Sean Escoffery, DJ Spinna, J Rocc, The Beat Junkies, DJ Babu, Chris Brown, T-Pain, CL Smooth, Pete Rock, Coldplay, The Commodores, Lionel Richie, Loose Ends, Craig Mack, Mobb Deep, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Friends of Distinction, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, NWA, Easy-E, Damien Marley, Danger Mouse, Dangerdoom, Madvillian, David Banner, Lil' Flip, Dibiase, Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Micheal Jackson, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, DMX, Faith Evans, Swizz Beats, Eve, Trina, Keyshia Cole, Young Jeezy, Donna Summers, Vince Guaraldini, Oscar Peterson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Eightball & MJG, EPMD, Yo-Yo, Queen Latifah, Eric B. & Rakim, Erykah Badu, Fabolous, Ne-Yo, Fantasia, Floetry, Flying Lotus, Yesterday's New Quintet, Nujabes, Fat Jon, The Fray, Freddie Jackson, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Mya, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gnarls Barkley, Cee-Lo, Goodie Mob, Outkast, Master P, Groove Armada, Jamiroquai, Guitar Vader, Ice-T, J. Holiday, J. Rawls, The Boys & Girls Club, Scott Thorough, Bisc1, Jahiem, Jamie Foxx, Janet Jackson, Jaylib, Jill Scott, D'Angelo, John B, High Contrast, Shy FX, John Legend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Junior Senior, Peter Bjorn & John, Juvenile, Keith Murray, Kelis, Nas, King Geedorah, Kiss, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Lo-Fidelity Allstars, Kurtis Blow, Labi Siffre, Les Nubians, Lil' Kim, Charli Baltimore, Lil' Cease, Junior M.A.F.I.A, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Jam Master Jay, Total Eclipse, Roc Raida, Andre 3000, Big Boi, Lootpack, Ludacris, Marc Anthony, Hector Lavoe, Bebel Giberto, Marvin Gaye, Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, Metallica, Pantera, Silverchair, Moby, AIR, Modjo, Musiq Soulchild, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Phillp Glass, Queen, RJD2, Wildchild, Naughty By Nature, Slum Village, Das EFX, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Soul 4 Real, Tevin Campbell, Bob James, Newcleus, New Edition, Noreaga, The O-Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Oh No, Onyx, Original Concept, Paul Johnson, Paula Abdul, Jody Whatley, Whitney Houston, Lil' Jon, Plain White Tees, Playaz Circle, The Postal Service, Calibre, Nu-Tone, Prince, The Prodigy, Propellerheads, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Psyche Origami, Q-Tip, Ray Charles, Redman, Rick James, Rick Ross, Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock, Robin Thicke, Roy Ayers, The Roots, ?uestlove, Sade, Saigon, Math, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Sly & The Family Stone, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Foo Fighters, Staind, Linkin Park, Disturbed, System of A Down, SlipKnot, Stevie Wonder, SWV, Kut Klose, Brownstone, T.I., Teddy Pendergrass, Frank Sinatra, The Temptations, Three 6 Mafia, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Phyliss Hyman, Freda Payne, Trey Songz, Trick Daddy, Twista, U-N-I, Vikter Duplaix, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Whodini, The Furious Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gorillaz, Blur, Zapp & Roger -- if I forgot you it's because I've typed alot already and quite frankly I'm tired.

  • Sounds Like

    I don't know what I sound like anymore. A mash-up of Miles Davis and Aphex Twin. A dash of J Dilla with a pinch of MF Doom and a half-teaspoon of Madlib. Stir in James Brown until funky. Add a portion of Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers with a slice of Bebel Giberto mixed with some Radiohead. Many many MANY things sound LIKE H2, yet H2 strives to reproduce the sound of the world.

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