Because of its frequent religious allusions, Half-handed Cloud’s music is sometimes pegged as a soundtrack for Sunday School. But the sixty songs on Gathered Out of Thin Air might owe more to the brutal efficiency of late ‘70s DIY punk, or the messy sonic worlds of mid-‘90s lo-fi tape experimenters than they do Sunday sermons—Ringhofer’s scholarly and philosophical inquiries distinguish his songs from standard religious apologetics.
With sublime brevity, Ringhofer has always tried to explore the innocence and “nectarean essence” of song melody and structure, then quickly move on (all sixty of these intentionally sequenced Half-handed Cloud songs could fit on a single 80-minute CD-R). This economy reflects the quick-witted imagination of a playful and prolific musical prodigy who refuses to indulge. For Ringhofer, songs are a sacred thing, and the longer you linger, the less sacred they become.
What Are You? Surprise Us!
Nests in Chests
Peoples With Rubbed Out Steeples
Slip Through The Cracks
Gentle Instrumental
Turntable Turntable
Bathed in Palms
Gentle Perception
Here We Go Transformation
The Conscience of Cortés
Foiled by Captain Landecho
Francis Drake Dreaming
California
Roald Read The Passage
He Woke Me Up Again
Naaman
Needy Ones Hold Out
Intro
Mystery of Godliness
Tapes
Let The Mind in You
Someone Pops Up
Train Yourselves in Godliness
Reminding
Anything
The Road I Took For Granite
Grace Be With You
Waltz
Deity Dwelling Bodily
For Our Sake
Reconciliation Grows Today
Your Outer Nature Wastes Away
All The Fullness Of God Pleased To Dwell
Running Off With Balderdash
Frankly Corinthians
Let's Hum This Song Right Now
What Large Letters
We Wear The Path
Sleeves Of The Forest
Branches Crowned Your Brow
Stumbled On A Holiness
Doing Battle With The Edge
Viscous Shadow of Cleopas
Tracing Circuits That You Tread
Gathered Out of Thin Air
Song For Different Eternities
I Heard The Sparks
We're Giving It A Chance
Backwards Through The Grate
Fingerplay On The Ribbon Waves
Antennas Extend
You Came To Disappear
A Favorite Christmas Gag Gift
Öh, It's Christmastime Again!
The Cloud Became a Baby To Be With Us
Nativity Play Time Travel Tunnel
It's Advent! Let's Open The Calendar!
And Suddenly [from Handel's Messiah]
Nativity Costume (2000 Year's Eve)
All They That See Him Laugh [from Handel's Messiah]
Items typically ship within 3 business days if not in pre-order. US orders are shipped from Ohio, and all orders outside of the US ship from Kraków, Poland. Shipping speed and delivery times vary. Expedited shipping not available.
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Because of its frequent religious allusions, Half-handed Cloud’s music is sometimes pegged as a soundtrack for Sunday School. But the sixty songs on Gathered Out of Thin Air might owe more to the brutal efficiency of late ‘70s DIY punk, or the messy sonic worlds of mid-‘90s lo-fi tape experimenters than they do Sunday sermons—Ringhofer’s scholarly and philosophical inquiries distinguish his songs from standard religious apologetics.
With sublime brevity, Ringhofer has always tried to explore the innocence and “nectarean essence” of song melody and structure, then quickly move on (all sixty of these intentionally sequenced Half-handed Cloud songs could fit on a single 80-minute CD-R). This economy reflects the quick-witted imagination of a playful and prolific musical prodigy who refuses to indulge. For Ringhofer, songs are a sacred thing, and the longer you linger, the less sacred they become.
What Are You? Surprise Us!
Nests in Chests
Peoples With Rubbed Out Steeples
Slip Through The Cracks
Gentle Instrumental
Turntable Turntable
Bathed in Palms
Gentle Perception
Here We Go Transformation
The Conscience of Cortés
Foiled by Captain Landecho
Francis Drake Dreaming
California
Roald Read The Passage
He Woke Me Up Again
Naaman
Needy Ones Hold Out
Intro
Mystery of Godliness
Tapes
Let The Mind in You
Someone Pops Up
Train Yourselves in Godliness
Reminding
Anything
The Road I Took For Granite
Grace Be With You
Waltz
Deity Dwelling Bodily
For Our Sake
Reconciliation Grows Today
Your Outer Nature Wastes Away
All The Fullness Of God Pleased To Dwell
Running Off With Balderdash
Frankly Corinthians
Let's Hum This Song Right Now
What Large Letters
We Wear The Path
Sleeves Of The Forest
Branches Crowned Your Brow
Stumbled On A Holiness
Doing Battle With The Edge
Viscous Shadow of Cleopas
Tracing Circuits That You Tread
Gathered Out of Thin Air
Song For Different Eternities
I Heard The Sparks
We're Giving It A Chance
Backwards Through The Grate
Fingerplay On The Ribbon Waves
Antennas Extend
You Came To Disappear
A Favorite Christmas Gag Gift
Öh, It's Christmastime Again!
The Cloud Became a Baby To Be With Us
Nativity Play Time Travel Tunnel
It's Advent! Let's Open The Calendar!
And Suddenly [from Handel's Messiah]
Nativity Costume (2000 Year's Eve)
All They That See Him Laugh [from Handel's Messiah]
Items typically ship within 3 business days if not in pre-order. US orders are shipped from Ohio, and all orders outside of the US ship from Kraków, Poland. Shipping speed and delivery times vary. Expedited shipping not available.
