Who is Half The Magic. and why don’t they stick to one genre?
Bazil is a budding, melody loving producer from Uganda, East Africa.
Linz enjoys beatboxing, freestyling, writing poetry and plugging in DJ gear.
They met in Gulu, Uganda while teaching technology at a summer camp for educators, youth, and the blind community. At the time they just thought they were meeting yet another wonderful person (there were so many of these types of people at the camp).
Fast forward ten years later (Lindsay continued to visit and teach on and off through out this time) and they realized that they both enjoyed learning to produce music. Through the magic of the internet tin cans they worked together to put together what would be the first finished album for both of them, released in August of 2024.
Sonically Lindsay is all over the place, and Bazil helps provide wisdom so that the magic doesn’t get too weird and experimental. (It’s still gonna be out there no matter what.) Bazil leans more towards EDM, pop and traditional East African music while Linz enjoys underground hip hop, soundscapes, electronic music and jazz.
Other contributors to Half The Magic. include friends of Bazil and Linz, Freesound.org, and a really awesome guy named Dave Sherman (AKA Lethal Deezy) who does some of the mixing and the mastering. Lindsay also collects samples from places he visits and teaches. Big thank you to Mastering.org.