Soul Searching

Fulero's 6th release as his anagrammatic alter-ego, Halo Refuser, 'Into Your Layers' is at times reminiscent of Jamie Lidell or Flying Lotus, at others Bluetech or Amon Tobin, but carries a consistently identifiable personality that pervades. Imprinting his singular production vision onto experiments in Neo-soul, Psy-dub, Trip-hop, and Downtempo, Fulero manifests a world where styles merge together into a warmly cohesive artistic voice. As expected from a veteran studio/stage pianist, keyboards are featured throughout- nearly every track has an electric piano involved and the synth work is some of Fulero's best. Singing, though, is the big news here. The 5 vocal tracks (of 10 on the album) mark the first time Fulero has paired his own voice with electronic productions. Metaphorically exploring relationships, introspection, and selfish giving, the vocals are vulnerable and multi-layered. The beatmaking is smart and creative, supporting the vocals while fluidly managing the flow of the instrumental tracks. While his previous releases have verged into near-EDM moments, this collection stays away from conventions of 'builds' and 'drops', focusing more on mood-oriented explorations while retaining the hypnotic and devotedly experimental feel of his earlier work.


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Halo Refuser is the electronic alter-ego of genre-defying producer/keyboardist extraordinaire Asher Fulero - and an anagram of his name (rearrange the letters to see).

With six impressive releases since 2009 and a multitude of singles and compilation appearances on labels from Seattle, NYC, and SF, Halo Refuser has established an exciting, growing EDM experience that draws upon wide-ranging sources for a danceable journey through broken-beat electronica styles and cutting-edge music tech explorations.

Carrying prestigious endorsements as both a Moog Artist and a Nord Artist, Fulero uses a litany of modern production techniques to create his sonically rich studio pieces. These become manipulation fodder, re-warped and re-arranged from within Ableton Live (his main performance/production software for 10 years) to deliver a captivating and danceable DJ-style live set augmented with trippy wireless vocal FX, virtuosic live keyboards and melodica, looping, wireless controller antics, and more. He performs all-original material and related remixes/collaborations, taking the audience on a ride through Dubstep, Trip-hop, IDM, Glitch, Breaks, Downtempo, Psy-dub, and Experimental music, all refracted through the lens of a seasoned studio session keyboardist master.

Halo Refuser has been featured at trend-setting events like Decibel Festival, What The Festival?!, Emrg-n-See, Photosynthesis and many more, and has shared bills with luminaries such as Big Gigantic, Bluetech, Phil Hartnoll (Orbital), KJ Sawka, EOTO, Rena Jones, Russ Liquid, Kilowatts, David Starfire, Natasha Kmeto, R/D, Mike Slott and many more.


"Master of The Remix" - The Oregonian, Jan 2013

"Reminiscent of Emancipator or UNKLE... with bigger effects and that vortex sound, like Deadmau5 and Skrillex." - Willamette Week, Feb 2013