WHEN ALAN IOTTI AND GIULIO VETRONE MET IN 2002 IN THEIR HOMETOWN REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY, THEIR AIM WAS TO CREATE HOMESPUN MUSIC WITH SIMPLE AND YET SO POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS. THEIR TRACKS ARE MAINLY DEVELOPED WITH THE SAMPLING OF MUSIC FRAGMENTS TAKEN FROM ANY POSSIBLE SOURCE. THE STYLE REFLECTS THE ECLECTIC WORLD OF DANCE, WHERE ANY SOUND CAN CREATE A NEW VIBE.
LTJ BUKEM OF GOOD LOOKING ORGANISATION HAS CHOSEN THEIR TRACK THAT MUSICAL DIFFERENCE FOR THE LATEST EARTH 7 AND THE ITALIAN MAGAZINE ACID JAZZ FEATURES THEIR SINGLE DISCO FRISCO IN THE AUGUST 2004 ISSUE AND GHOST CITY IN THE BEST OF ITALIAN ACID JAZZ ISSUE OF 2005.
THE HALFTONES ALSO APPEAR ON METTLE MUSICS 2005 LATIN VIBES COMPILATIONS: MIRANDA ON THE CLUB SELECTION AND BOOGALOO ON THE LOUNGE SELECTION. SOME OF THEIR MUSIC HAS BEEN SELECTED AS BACKGROUND FOR TV ADS SUCH AS PANINI AND DISNEY CAMPAIGNS FOR THE MAIN ITALIAN CHANNELS.
TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND HAVE WANTED THEM TO REMIX DRINKING IN GOMORRAH, WHICH WILL BE APPEARING ON THEIR NEW REMIX ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN THE EARLY 2006 ALONGSIDE THIEVERY CORPORATION AMONG OTHERS.
THE HALFTONES PRESENT AN ECLECTIC DJ AND LIVE SET, WHERE THEY PLAY AN ENTERTAINING ARRAY OF INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS, E-DRUMS, ACOUSTIC AND MIDI SAX, LAPTOP AND SYNTHS.A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE SUMMER 2005 NEBULON SHOW ( WWW.NEBULON.ORG) FOR WHICH THE HALFTONES HAVE PLAYED LIVE AND COMPOSED A THEME ALBUM. FOR THEIR SHOWS, THEY ARE OFTEN JOINED BY GUEST MUSICIANS, SINGERS AND VIDEO ARTISTS...