MAY 2022 PART III

Scandinavian Summer

Live Scene

Life Is Yours

2001

All Dressed Up

All Dressed Up (feat. Day Wave)

Darlin'

Darlin’

OUT NOW, ON LOLIPOP RECORDS!!!
Lost Cat - "Losers Beware" (DIGI SINGLE)
The third single off of the debut self-titled album coming May 27 to Lolipop Records!!! 
www.lolipoprecords.com

LOST CAT - "Losers Beware"

Autobahn Lullaby (Helax Remix)

Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit will release her enigmatic EP Illogical Dance via Erased Tapes worldwide on 23rd  March 2018. The arresting 4-track record creates unique song-worlds with transcendent vocal interpretations that at once deconstruct and recombine Western Classical, Japanese folk and nature’s own ambience atmosphere. Illogical Dance also features Björk-collaborators Matmos, who were so impressed with Hatis Noit’s recordings, they volunteered to edit the lead track Illogical Lullaby. 

Hailing from the distant Shiretoko, a small town in Hokkaido, which is the largest island in north Japan, Hatis Noit’s accomplished range is astonishingly self-taught, inspired by everything she could find from Gagaku — Japanese classical music — and operatic styles, Bulgarian and Gregorian chanting, to avant-garde and pop vocalists. The sounds she created on Illogical Dance, co-produced by Haruhisa Tanaka and Matmos, bring to mind the experimental vocal patterns of Meredith Monk with the attentive production of Holly Herndon.

It was at the age of 16, during a trek in Nepal to the Buddha’s birthplace, when she realised singing was her calling. While staying at a women’s temple in Lumbini, one morning on a walk Hatis Noit heard someone singing. On further investigation it was a female monk singing Buddhist chants, alone. The sound moved her so intensely she was instantly aware of the visceral power of the human voice; a primal and instinctive instrument that connects us to the very essence of humanity, nature and our universe. 

The name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese folklore, meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus represents the living world, while its root the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects the two. For Hatis Noit, music represents the same netherworld with its ability to move and transport us to the other side; the past, a memory, our subconscious. It is the same for Illogical Dance, a set of transformative songs that taps into our most primal instincts. 

“The human voice is our oldest, most primal yet most powerful instrument. I use it to describe nature’s many sounds, a language that isn’t logical. Yet it forms a beautiful conversation that isn’t restricted to words like the human language is. I want my music to remind us of that.” — Hatis Noit

Wanting to interpret and mimic the sounds Hatis Noit hears in nature, Illogical Dance is as unpredictable, beautiful and mysterious as the world around us. Each track is made up from multi layers of vocals, all improvised and without words, before being carefully pieced together. Astonishingly no samples are used throughout, even the sound of crushing leaves came from Hatis Noit’s own vocal chords. The result is a stunning array of sound sculptures that see her switching between multiple styles with great ease. From the sweet operatics on Illogical Lullaby, the manipulated vocal loops duplicating electronic production on Anagram c.i.y. to the primordial chanting call to arms of Angelus Novus, a 10-minute odyssey that features whispering and leaves crunching, it showcases Hatis Noit’s full range and introduces a truly original artist. 



After participating in a memorial and appreciation ceremony tailored to the withdrawal of the evacuation area in Fukushima on 31st March 2017, Hatis Noit collaborated with renowned visual artist Nobumichi Asai on a project titled INORI (prayer) which they premiered live as part of an Erased Tapes showcase at Mutek Japan in Tokyo. 

Having recently moved to London and performed a first string of UK shows, followed by a special live performance at the Milan Fashion Week and Mutek Japan appearance, Peter Broderick has invited Hatis Noit to support him at the Jazz Cafe on April 15th. She’s also been announced as part of this year’s Sea Change Festival line-up, and asked to participate in a workshop with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Illogical Dance

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Hatis Noit - Illogical Lullaby

For the last release of 2019, Facta delivers his first solo EP on the label. 

Release date: 29th November 

Order: wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/facta-scales-measures

Facta - 'Rose Red' (WSDM014)

'Yelli' is the opening track on 'Cape Cira' - the forthcoming debut LP by K-LONE.

Out on 24th April. Pre-order direct at wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/k-lone-cape-cira-lp

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The result of a short creative burst during a grim British winter, Cape Cira explores music as escapism, comprising a series of lush, warm vignettes that demonstrate music’s unique transportive power.

Cape Cira takes place in a sensuous sonic world between the natural and digital realms: FM synthesisers mimic acoustic instruments, tuned percussion and bird song; and found sounds and field recordings are processed with a hyperreal sheen.

In contrast to his clubbier productions, Cape Cira sees K-LONE explore the full melodic and textural potentials of his sound, drawing influence from ambient, fourth world, and modern classical music to create a work more closely related to the outputs of SND, Jon Hassell, Burnt Friedman, or - more recently - Don’t DJ and Visible Cloaks.

K-LONE - 'Yelli'

Noods Radio: Wisdom Teeth w/ Facta & K-LONE -29th April

Hello friend,

Apologies are a funny thing.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
I suppose I never really expected the boy to accept my apology.
After all, I had spent so long trying to figure out HOW to apologize,
what to say, what to do, that I missed the opportunity to do so at the right time.
Too little, too late as they say.
 
But I never thought it would hurt as badly as it did.
I spent so long existing and creating memories with the boy, so comfortable with his presence in my life, that when he was no longer in it, I felt empty.
Like a part of who I was had been lost.
 
It's like losing the main character in chapter two. 
How do you keep writing?
How do you keep evolving?
 
I've found that, where there is loss, whether it be an empty 
chair at the table or a number you can't call, there is also peace. 
Being alone doesn't have to be a negative thing, it can be something that helps you grow. 
To learn more about yourself, what you like, what you don't like, your hobbies and dreams.
To write you're own story. 
 
People move on, and while it's not always easy to do and sometimes even painful,
it's still worth a shot to try.
 
So listen to this song, have a good cry, and then get up and start a new chapter.
 
Until next time,
S.E.B

Mourn The Living

Made in the night-time, for the night-time, ‘Chemistry’ was written as the band found themselves traversing across Europe after-hours in the ghostly grip of midwinter. Winding their way through darkened streets and desolate suburbs, the eerie world beyond the window pane and its mysterious spectres began to drift into a new song; words and music falling into place like breath condensing on cool glass.

CHEMISTRY

Wonderful collaboration with the truly gifted Karima Francis.

Songs

Sweet California (LenArran & Karima Francis)

A Place With No Memory

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General enquiries: hej@theghostofhelags.com

Autobahn Lullaby (Helax Remix)

The Ghost of Helags

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