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Ryan Halifax (Alexander Schaumann) is a well established artist in the global psychedelic and progressive scene. He is well known for his deep and gut-felt live sets with which he has been rockin dancefloors from Germany to Japan. At the age of 17 he began his dj career in 1989 with the emergance of the technoscene, his interest in the uk acid-house sound played an important role in his sets. His first release was on Tatsu, followed by numerous releases on the state of the art labels (such as plastik park, spiral trax, plusquam, millennium, etc…), also releasing tracks on...

In 2003, Halifax was just another in a myriad of unsigned indie outfits rolling the highways of North America. Sharing van space, shitty hotel rooms, bodily aromas, Old Milwaukee and a collective dream in between crappy jobs in chain restaurants and landscaping, the group recorded and supported its initial EP, A Writer’s Reference. Within a year’s time, Halifax found itself among the rookie bands on the 2004 Warped Tour. By early 2005, after bowling them over Drive-Thru founders Richard Reines and Stefanie Reines during a New Jersey gig with The Early November, the label tweaked and reissued Reference. Halifax continued...

Although all six members of the Halifax Pier reside all across the United States, Claire Monty, Nathan Salsburg, Charles Sommer, Greg Burns, Jaime Reeder, and Forest Kuhn have managed to maintain their band since they first got together in 1998. With a sound that resembles a hybrid of gloomy folk and quiet chamber music through the minimal instrumentation of acoustic guitars, strings, and percussion, Temporary Residence Limited eventually released the Halifax Pier's self-titled debut full-length in 2000. - Mike DaRonco, AllMusicGuide .