Platan Half Sun fjallar um innri togstreitu – þegar ólíkir partar sjálfsins takast á og vilja ólíka hluti. Þar mætast meðal annars óskhyggja og raunsæi, reiði og stjórn, eða nostalgía og þörfin fyrir að halda áfram. Lögin endurspegla þetta óvissuástand með því að vinna með endurtekin tónlistarleg mótíf sem eru skoðuð frá ólíkum sjónarhornum, þar sem andstæður túlkanir kallast á innan sömu tónsmíðar.

Mikael Máni er gítarleikari og tónskáld með persónulegan og kvikmyndalegan hljóðheim þar sem áhrif frá djass, rokki og impressjónisma mætast. Hann hefur á undanförnum árum skapað sér sérstöðu á alþjóðavettvangi, meðal annars með plötunni Guitar Poetry (2024), sem kom út hjá þýska útgáfufyrirtækinu ACT og hlaut 4,5 stjörnu dóm í DownBeat.

Fyrri verk hans hafa einnig vakið athygli, þar á meðal frumraunin Bobby, sem fékk spilun á BBC Radio, og platan Innermost, sem hlaut Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin sem djassplata ársins. Mikael er hluti af nýrri bylgju íslenskra tónlistarmanna sem njóta alþjóðlegar viðurkenningar, og verk hans endurspegla þann nýskapandi anda sem einkennir íslenska tónlistarsenu í dag.

“…an impressionistic gem. ★★★★½” – DownBeat
“A storyteller of the guitar who provides templates for the cinema in the listener’s head ★★★★” – Concerto
“A lyrical and cinematic voice in modern jazz.” – All About Jazz
“He aimed to, and succeeded in, making the sort of music that leaves an imprint on the mind ★★★★” – BBC Music Magazine

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Unus Mundus 4:18
Into The Dark Blue 3:39
Whales 2:12
Sirius 1:33
Shepherd 7:22
Orvonton 5:02
Sol And Luna 5:52
Klangfall 6:15
Philemon 3:01
Noumenon 5:37
Saudade Da Gaia 3:59
Apophis 7:05
Aeon 5:48
Implikigo 2:25
Venus 3:55
Anima 2:38
Adrift In Aether 4:04
The One As Two 5:15
Henosis 6:45
Anamnesis 3:37
Nebula 9:43
Morpheus’ Dream 2:15

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A1 – Switchstance
A2 – Baseline
A3 – Stars
A4 – Catch 22
A5 – Mess It Up
A6 – Stun Gun
B1 – Stick’em Up
B2 – Payback
B3 – Tarfur
B4 – Mr.Jinx
B5 – Malone Lives
B6 – Pro
C1 – Rock On!
C2 – Weirdo
C3 – Thunderball
C4 – Copycat
C5 – Race City
C6 – Surreal Rhyme
D1 – Chicago
D2 – Mr. Coulfield
D3 – Lone Rangers
D4 – Xeneizes
D5 – Dive In
D6 – Bless

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A1 Television Love 4:40
A2 Dream Team 3:08
A3 The Actor 4:33
B4 Tuna in a Can 3:06
B5 Barefoot in Snow 3:36
B6 Fruit Bat 8:17
C7 Kamikaze 3:32
C8 The Towering Skyscraper at the End of the Road 3:34
C9 Ordinary Creature 3:40
D10 Styrofoam Cathedral 3:53
D11 The Block 4:26
D12 Mouse Parade 4:34
D13 The End 2:38

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Hlið A
1. Bona Fide (Feat. Soffía)

Hlið B
1. Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits cover)

Turquoise vinyl

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1 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.) 3:19
2 Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) 4:19
3 Sail To The Moon. (Brush The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky.) 4:18
4 Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) 5:22
5 Go To Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.) 3:21
6 Where I End And You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.) 4:29
7 We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.) 4:56
8 The Gloaming. (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold.)
Loops [Tape Loops] – Graeme Stewart
3:32
9 There There. (The Boney King Of Nowhere.) 5:23
10 I Will. (No Man’s Land.) 1:59
11 A Punchup At A Wedding. (No No No No No No No No.) 4:57
12 Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.) 3:52
13 Scatterbrain. (As Dead As Leaves.) 3:21
14 A Wolf At The Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.) 3:23

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