L.A. production duo that combines elements of ambient pop with experimental electronics and acoustic psychedelia

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Healamonster & Tarsier are a song based acoustic/electronic duo whose music is characterized by soft vocals, mid-tempo elastic breakbeats, and a variety of traditional instruments. Their musical style combines elements of dream pop, dub, ambient, and other cinematic forms of music.

Producer Healamonster (Burgess Tomlinson) began writing songs with vocalist Tarsier (Rona Rapadas) in New York where they recorded their 2002 debut album, "00:00:01" (One Second). CMJ described it as "a psychedelic fantasyland created with delicate vocals, light piano, a harshly-fuzzed out drum machine and mischievous electronic sounds."

At the end of 2005, they released their second EP, "The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car", which was co-produced by Mitch Osias, a New York Film and TV soundtrack composer whom they first met at Brooklyn venue, Southpaw, while opening for The Sneaker Pimps. The six-track album is full of atmospheric arrangements, subterranean cellos, abstract synthesizers, broken guitar fuzz, programmed percussion, and crystalline vocal harmonies. Throughout 2006, the album was in heavy rotation at KCRW with songs, âCotton Candyâ and âVistaâ played by veteran DJs Nic Harcourt (âMorning Becomes Eclecticâ) and Jason Bentley (âMetropolisâ). The album enjoyed commercial success on an indie level, staking its post on Amoeba Musicâs Best Selling Electronic Albums List for a continuous 15 months. Over 500 copies have been sold at indie retail giant, Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA to date.

H&T have remixed a track for Neotropic (Ninja Tune/ Mush recording artist). Tarsier also collaborated with electronic/hip hop producer, Alias from Anticon, on two albums âBrookland/Oaklynâ released May 2006 and âPlane That Draws A White Lineâ, released September 2006. H&T toured the U.S. extensively throughout 2006, playing 40 dates with the 4-piece Alias & Tarsier live band for these Anticon releases.

Healamonster & Tarsier have recently completed their debut full-length album, âCupcake Caveâ and reside in Los Angeles, CA where the weather is almost perfect.