ArtistInfo

HiM

Band, *1995 US
Rock, Jazz and Electronic

HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, "Interpretive Belief System", HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced by Doug Scharin. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of 44. Golden released Our Point of Departure in 1999, which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major America

Members

	Adam Pierce GB
	Fred Erskine b, tr
	Joe Goldring g, org
	Doug Scharin dr US
	Julie Liu vn, vl
	Jon Theodore dr *1973 US
	Griffin Rodriguez voc, b
	Josh Larue g US
	Carlo Cennamo as
	Matt Schneider g
	Christian Dautresme voc, eg
	Neil Turpin dr GB
	Joshua La Rue dr US