HAL

HΛL is a Japanese producing and remix team famous for working with artists such as Hamasaki Ayumi, Every Little Thing, Shonentai, and Suzuki Ami. From 2000-2002 they were their own musical group with lead vocalist HALNA.

Members

• Umesaki Toshiharu (Keyboards, guitar)
• Shimizu Takehito

Former Members

• HALNA (Vocals)
• Sato Atsushi (Music, keyboards)
• Nakano Yuta

Information

HAL has been arranging and producing music since the 1990s. They formed in 1996, and in 1999 they began working with Hamasaki Ayumi when her popularity skyrocketed.

After holding an audition for a female vocalist in 2000, then 20-year-old Hamada Haruna was chosen. Before HAL's debut as a group she made her stagename HALNA. The group was then composed of three members, including HALNA, Umesaki Toshiharu, and Sato Atsushi. They released two albums and seven singles during this time, including a best-of compilation in 2003, with HALNA writing all of their lyrics. Before their disbanding in February 2003, the song Free & Easy by Hamasaki won the group an award for their arrangement.

In 2003, Nakano Yuuta and Shimizu Takehito joined and the group became an arranging team once more. Although their productions were mainly avex artists, they also worked with Ueto Aya. Nakano later left the team in 2004, leaving HAL a duo. From there they began arranging a select number of Konami artists, including Ute Manami, and they did the opening theme of the Konami game "Enthusia Professional Racing" in 2005. Their latest work with Konami has been a remix of the TERRA song "STARS☆☆☆".

Works

This is a list of HAL's releases as a music group with vocalist HALNA. For a list of their producings/arrangements, see List of HAL songs.

Albums

• [2001.08.29] Violation of the rules
• [2002.08.28] As long as you love me
• [2003.02.26] SINGLES

Singles

• [2000.10.25] DECIDE
• [2001.01.11] Save Me
• [2001.03.28] SPLIT UP
• [2001.05.23] ☆the starry sky☆
• [2002.04.17] al di la
• [2002.06.19] I'll be the one
• [2002.08.16] ONE LOVE / A LONG JOURNEY

DVDs

• [2002.04.17] Greatest HAL Clips -chapter one-
• [2002.08.28] ONE

External Links

• Official Website
• Official Website (during vocalist times)
• Japanese Wikipedia