A haunting, psychedelic synth-infused journey filled with stories of wolves, spirits and a first kiss shared in the woods, "The Two Magics”, is a powerful debut EP from Hunter As a Horse. 
 
The sound is distinctly their own - a surprisingly comfortable blend of folk, disco and pop with dark cinematic leanings.
 
The release is the result of a year-long self-imposed exile from London to rural Italy. The band moved south to “channel the gods of dark cinematic Italo disco”. 
 
They built a studio in the old farmhouse house in Tuscany, previously owned by the local sorcerer “il terzo occhio” (he who has the third eye), and began writing and honing their sound in earnest. 
 
“We wanted to cut ties with the influences of the city and reconnect with nature in order to create something deeply honest and fearless. Where better than in the mountains of Tuscany. There’s a strong tradition of art and music in these hills” said Mia, the band’s vocalist and guitarist.

Mixed by Ewan Pearson, Ash Milton, Chris Brink & Tom Aitkenhead.

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The Two Magics Vol.1

Our "Deadfellaz" NFT #SongsOfTheDead comp entry inspired by their wonderful creations.

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Dead Fellaz Dead Fellaz
We were young
We were free
Chasing birds
Climbing trees
We were young
We were free
Play with fire
Hide and seek

Im becoming something, 
Trying to find the meaning
All this snake dreaming, 
Heard a cold scream
I couldn’t crack the code Now
You were a little bit cold now
I left the droor open
Didn’t see the warnings

Dead Fellaz Dead Fellaz
All I have is Snake Dreams…

Written by Mia Van Vyk

HAAH x Deadfellaz "Snake Dreamz"

"Disarm" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream. "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the band’s most highly regarded songs. Corgan considers it the most personally important song on Siamese Dream. Released in 1994. source: Wikipedia.

Mastered by Chris Brink http://chrisonthebrink.com/

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Disarm (Hunter As a Horse Cover)

Someone is watching

There are strangers in my house
They came through the water as I crossed over

Now all my little strangers like children dance with me They're playing ring­a­rosy
All fall down inside of me

Blood of my blood, Flesh of my flesh We are one My passenger
And I think the stars
Are peepholes in the firmament

Someone is watching

I heard your footsteps on the wooden floor
But I couldn't face what was behind the door
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear I have many spirits and they're always near

Blood of my blood, Flesh of my flesh 
We are one My passenger

And I think the stars
Are peepholes in the firmament

Someone is watching

Mixed by Ewan Pearson
￼​℗ © 2 0 1 6 H u n t e r A s a H o r s e

The Passenger

I know you think of me
Sadistically it makes me happy
We have that at least
Even though it's hopeless
It was reckless of me to believe we have forever
Cause no one has forever

But every time the thought of you came up
I thought of something else
Then I grew up, I grew old
I guess it's much easier
To see the truth within our hearts
To see the things we let go so stupidly
But life is cruel and complicated

I wish that I could walk with you
Just one more time while we are young
Into the woods behind our house
And I would tell you how I really feel
But I guess we have too much to lose
And time has had it's way with us
Our footprints are still lying there underneath
15 years of fallen leaves

And now the house belongs to strangers
And the woods are ours no longer
When we grew up, we grew cold
I guess it's much easier
To blend the things within our hearts
It's easier to let go
Cause life is cruel and complicated

And even though the memory is weak
Our hearts remember fondly all the things that used to matter
It was reckless of me to believe we have forever
Cause no one has forever

℗ © 2016 Hunter As a Horse

Mixed By Chris Brink
Mastered By Matt Colton @ Alchemy Mastering

Fallen Leaves

A Million Julys

The battlefield runs red with violence Dance with me one more time
You were haunted right from the start
But I was too young to understand your heart Let’s forget the horror for a while
I am tired of being unkind
We had one hell of a ride
But I was never any good with goodbyes
Let’s burn one more time
Let’s burn till the end of the line
I wish we had a Million ­ a Million July’s
I wish we had a Million ­ a Million July’s
We could undo the damage of time
If we had a Million ­ a Million July’s
We are star crossed lovers
I will die for this love
Hearts are mysterious beasts
Seeking pleasure in dangerous things
Let’s forget the horror for a while
I am tired of being unkind
We had one hell of a ride
But I was never any good with goodbyes
Let’s burn one more time ­ Let’s burn till the end of the line
I wish we had a Million ­ a Million July’s
I wish we had a Million ­ a Million July’s
We could undo the damage of time... If we had a Million ­ a Million July’s

℗ © 2016 Hunter As a Horse

Mixed By Ash Milton
Mastered by Matt Colton

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A Million Julys

The Abyss:

￼We stand before this silent valley
Galaxies mapped with stars
Mirror us and who we are
I will wait for you
At the edge of the Abyss
We are strung together woven into Galaxies
Of atoms
And cells
And blood and
Code
We are supernatural beings
There's more to see
Than what you see
I will wait for you
At the edge of the abyss
We will drive together into nothingness

​℗ © 2016 Hunter As a Horse

Mixed By Ash Milton
Mastered by Matt Colton

The Abyss

Dead Stars:

I am not scared of these Dead stars Only when I shut my eyes
I saw the truth in the looking glass
Seven moons will rise into the sky It's a sign
The world will turn upside down It's a sign
And I'll turn my face towards the Rays Of my friend the son
To feel warm
I won't fear these dead stars anymore Because I am protected
From the golden dawn
Atlantis was not so long ago Time does not exist
And My light will
burn these dead stars
Seven moons will rise into the sky It's a sign
The world will turn upside down It's a sign
And I'll turn my face towards the Rays Of my friend the son
To feel warm
I won't fear these dead stars anymore Because I am protected
From the golden dawn

​℗ © 2016 Hunter As a Horse

Mixed By Tom Aitkenhead
Mastered by Matt Colton

Dead Stars

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The sun draws blood from the horizon and curls up all the leaves 
Sun Beetles sing for mercy from the heat 
The wind has a funny way of turning people insane 
Like the moon controls the tide with it’s Cheshire smile

When we’re on the road 
I will fall in love with you again 
The gunshots and hiding... Didn't matter in the end

Sometimes I see the truth 
Written in the mighty sky 
Gentle singing of the tribes 
Like a lullaby to my animal side
In dreams I feel alive and I’ve seen another place 
Where I’m observed by hooded men and snakes 
And all of me is awake

When we’re on the road 
I will fall in love with you again 
The gunshots and hiding ...Didn't matter in the end

But nothing really ends
Even if we die 
Our ghosts will forever 
Be travelling these roads

Mixed by Chris Brink
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

The Two Magics Vol.2

The Awakening

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You will find me in the courtyards where the sweet jasmine grows
We will always have a supernatural secret of our own 
The days will blow away from us and scatter memories 
But you will always know where to find me

The wind will carry my whisper to you a thousand miles
You need only listen, you need only smile 
You will find me in the streets where the wild jasmine grows
In the flicker of a candle and the memory it holds

We are strung together woven into galaxies 
Of atoms and cells
We are supernatural beings 
Even if no one can tell my friend
I never left you 
I will never end

I live in the walls where the sweet jasmine crawls 
Know I’m in the scent that carries through the wind 
Hear me whisper through the trees “I am free”

See me in the flicker of the candle flame 
That reaches up, for a moment untamed
We are supernatural beings my friend
I will never leave you 
I will never end

We are strung together woven into galaxies 
Of atoms and cells
We are supernatural beings 
Even if no one can tell my friend
I never left you 
I will never end

Mixed by Chris Brink
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

℗ © 2017 Hunter As a Horse

Jasmine Days

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I saw your ghost up on White Mountain 
We made a fire and sat close together 
The spirit wind whispered secrets to us 
Older than trees, older than the seas, older than you and me

And I fed you starlight and the night became very bright 
And then we danced and howled at the moon
Barefoot and wild 
Naked and dirty
For the ritual 
The night we became wolves

You said I should never be afraid 
The blood moon has no game 
And although I was younger, I knew better than you 
I saw three hooded figures standing in the shadow of the moon

And I fed you starlight and the night became very bright 
And then we danced and howled at the moon
Barefoot and wild 
Naked and dirty
For the ritual 
The night we became wolves

Mixed by Paul Galanakis
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

℗ © 2017 Hunter As a Horse

The Night We Became Wolves

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My interior is elaborate 
Every day I furnish this memory 
Piece by piece, detail by detail 
And I even put the persons into place 
Polishing the scenes and filling out the days
I delve, because I know all of it’s still right there

And I will forsake this reality
I will make a trade 
I will allow the thing to happen that will make people look away
I will choose to be insane 
I’ll build a Time Machine 
And I will furnish this memory...Of you and me

Lying still beneath the blackened ruins
Of the bitter years
I find that the magic is still alive 
So I delve for the original colours of my life 
The bright untarnished matter of my past

And I will forsake this reality
I will make a trade 
I will allow the thing to happen that will make people look away
I will choose to be insane 
I’ll build a Time Machine 
And I will furnish this memory ...Of you and me

Mixed by Ewan Pearson
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

℗ © 2017 Hunter As a Horse

The Time Machine

Out now on iTunes and Bandcamp: 
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All these years since I left home
I believed that I’d be chasing summers
But since I came back to live by trees and winds and lively rivers

I know that it’s the bright, heartbreaking autumn and winter 
And the vast, silent, open spaces I’ve been after 
I’ve been wasting my time in cities

The wilderness is in my blood 
The spirit of the mighty seas call me
Home to where my soul belongs 
I won’t ignore the call for long

I’ve always had a savage heart that won’t be tamed 
Haunted by the Free State 
And so I came back to live by trees and winds and lively rivers

I know that it’s the bright, heartbreaking autumn and winter 
And the vast, silent, open spaces I’ve been after 
I’ve been wasting my time in cities

All these years since I left home
I believed that I’d be chasing summers
But since I came back to live by trees and winds and lively rivers

The wind directs my weary mind
Towards the mountains and the seas
I will never be at peace
Living in the big cities

I’ve always had a savage heart that won’t be tamed 
Haunted by the Free State 
And so I came back to live by trees and winds and lively rivers

I know that it’s the bright, heartbreaking autumn and winter 
And the vast, silent, open spaces I’ve been after 
I’ve been wasting my time in cities

Guitar by Pascal Glanville 
Mixed by Ewan Pearson
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

℗ © 2017 Hunter As a Horse

Chasing Summers

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If I had one more day with you 
I’d screw it up 
I put my heart in a little cage 
All bloodied up, I thought it would be best 
If I don’t have to love 
Then I don’t have to hurt

Hear the rumbling 
Of the Horses and the wind 
Coming to set me free

I don't need blood, I don't need skin 
I don't need a mind , forgetting is the art 
I don't need my heart 
I want to move on, Did I learn my lesson yet?
Will you let me go? You must let me go

Death is just another birth 
It’s not the end 
I will meet you there, on the other side 
Death is just another birth
It’s not the end 
I will meet you there 
We’ll go on and on

If I had one more day with you 
All reason would stop 
There would be no more grief, Only the love 
I’d understand there’s a promised land 
Time is all that stands between us now 
And even time will come to end

Hear the rumbling 
Of the Horses and the wind 
Coming to set me free

I don't need blood, I don't need skin 
I don't need a mind , forgetting is the art 
I don't need my heart 
I want to move on, Did I learn my lesson yet?
Will you let me go? You must let me go

Death is just another birth 
It’s not the end 
I will meet you there, on the other side 
Death is just another birth
It’s not the end 
I will meet you there 
We’ll go on and on

Mixed by Ewan Pearson
Mastered by Matt Colton
Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Galanakis

℗ © 2017 Hunter As a Horse

We Are Forever

It went so fast
My head was spinning
But time stood still even just for a minute
And it feels so close
Like I’m still in it
And the new light brings me back
We have been to the heart of the sun
But we were too young to burn
Wasting days like they were endless
Living life...

Like we’ll be young forever
We’ll be kids forever

They say it's never the way you remember
And the past always seems so much better
but my heart remembers all our Decembers
And the new light brings me back
We have been to the heart of the rain
And how I wish that we could stay
Wasting days like they were endless
Living life...

Like we’ll be young forever
We’ll be kids forever

Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Gala
Guitars by Pascal Glanville
Mastered by Jacob Van der Westhuisen

​℗ © 2019 Hunter As a Horse

New Light

Many Rooms, unexplored
I keep away from those doors
But I get pulled towards
And I listen to the voices

Stern commands, this is who you are
The Fighter, The Butcher Bird

You walk, You Walk, You walk
With Fire
Then you find you run towards
The place that you’ve
Been running from

The knowing is quiet
But it won’t be ignored
I have no, no control
Over the direction anymore
I can’t hide, my armies
They will find me, every time

Stern commands, this is who you are
The Fighter, The Butcher Bird
You walk, You Walk, You walk
With Fire


Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Gala
Produced by Paul Gala
Mastered By Jacob van der Westerhuisen
 
 ℗ Bad Future Records 2019
© Musica Publishing 2019

Walk With Fire

We stand before this silent Valley
Galaxies mapped with stars
Mirror us and who we are

I will wait for you
At the edge of the Abyss

We are strung together woven into
Galaxies
Of atoms
And cells
And blood and Code

We are supernatural beings
There's more to see
Than what you see

I will wait for you
At the edge of the abyss
We will drive together into nothingness

Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Gala
Produced by Paul Gala
Mastered by Jacob van der Westhuizen
​℗ © 2019 Hunter As a Horse
​℗ © 2019 Musica Publishing

The Abyss (Cinematic mix)

I only hear the drums the drums the drums that make me scared
I only hear the voices, they’re far but they seem near

Don’t you know that sound travels further under a full moon?

I had visions and magical thinking
I walked every night
Out of my body

There’s something in my soul
Dark and hungry
I’m looking for rest, but that won’t come easy to folks like me
All I really want is freedom
But there’s too much debris inside of me

I only hear the wind the wind blow angry through the pines
Their song is sharper through the needles

Don’t you know that sound travels further under a full moon?

I had visions and magical thinking
I walked every night
Out of my body
There’s something in my soul
Dark and hungry
I’m looking for rest, but that won’t come easy to folks like me
All I really want is freedom
But there’s too much debris inside of me

Written by Mia van Wyk & Paul Gala
Guitars by Pascal Glanville
Mastered by Jacob van der Westhuisen
​℗ © 2019 Hunter As a Horse

The Drums

After sold out NFT drop with Opulous and securing an array of song placements in international adverts, US TV shows notably, the ‘Wander Darkly’ film trailer starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna,  and recently two tracks on the cult Netflix show ELITE, Hunter As a Horse return with a new single “Written In The Stars”,  through their label Bad Future Records.

“Hunter As a Horse play brilliant electro-pop, addictive and contemplative… they are a hot ticket for the future” Time Out

 Bringing to mind the mesmerising atmospherics of Lamb and Zero 7. Dark, and very lovely indeed.” The Guardian

Having their music described as a mysterious, apocalyptic soundtrack for the strange happenings of our time, they prefer to leave the meanings of their songs up for interpretation.

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