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DJ Kicks: HAAi

    London-based, Australian-born Teneil Throssell, aka HAAi, is known for a strain of sonic psychedelia that metabolises precise sound design, melodic techno, electronic pop and thundering beats. Following the release of her acclaimed 2022 album, Baby, We’re Ascending, HAAi has reached what she calls “another career milestone” - an invitation to steer the next edition of !K7 Records’ acclaimed DJ-Kicks series.

    HAAi approached this mix with two concurrent goals: to continue to iterate on her artistic theme - which she named ‘always ascending’ - and to highlight her flair for hyperkinesis and drama behind the decks, which she achieves with BPM left-turns, endless upwards tilts and sharp accelerations, liminal transitions and moments of pure euphoria. Within the sweeping journey she moves through an expansive selection of heritage classics, future-facing artists, friends, heroes, and voices from close-knit communities, alongside a number of her own exclusive productions.


    TRACK LISTING

    2LP Tracklist:
    A1. HAAi X Jon Hopkins X KAM-BU - Always Ascending
    A2. HAAi - ZiGGY
    B1. I. JORDAN - Life On The Wing
    B2. Joshua James - We Go Again
    B3. DJ PGZ - Quality High
    C1. Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
    C2. Cocktail Party Effect - Make It Undone
    C3. The Blessed Madonna - Strength
    D1. Manni Dee, River Moon - Hot
    D2. HAAi - SHiNE

    CD Tracklist:
    1. HAAi - Intro
    2. Lähetys/Transmission - Pan Sonic
    3. HAAi - Ziggy
    4. The Blessed Madonna - Strength
    5. Jaco - Show Some Love (Rhythm Invention Remix)
    6. Agoria - Boomerang
    7. HAAi - SHiNE
    8. Manni Dee, River Moon - Hot
    9. I. JORDAN - Life On The Wing
    10. Perc & Fractal - Up (Perc Remix)
    11. Radiotrance - Plasma
    12. Tunnidge - Geddeon
    13. Surusinghe - Bet
    14. Cocktail Party Effect - Make It Undone
    15. Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
    16. Christian Smith, John Selway -Total Departure
    17. HAAi X Jon Hopkins X KAM-BU - Always Ascending

    HAAi

    Baby, We're Ascending

      HAAi's debut full-length album is her most collaborative, energetic and vibrant collection to date. Baby, We're Ascending, a 13-track sonic adventure that takes you along for the ride – from hardcore, echoey beats to sweeping, colourful synth lines and bright, warped vocal samples. The voices on the album are vast and eclectic – from Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor to singer Obi Franky and spoken word poet and activist Kai-Isaiah Jamal.

      The album follows the release of ‘Lights Out’, her collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Fred Again.. and Romy of The xx, and is supported by a series of worldwide shows.

      TRACK LISTING

      1 Channels
      2 Pigeon Barron
      3 Bodies Of Water
      4 Human Sound Feat. Kai-Isaiah Jamal And Obi Franky
      5 Louder Always Better
      6 Biggest Mood Ever Feat. Alexis Taylor
      7 AM
      8 FM
      9 I’ve Been Thinking A Lot Lately
      10 Purple Jelly Disc Feat. Obi Franky
      11 Baby, We’re Ascending
      12 Orca
      13 Tardigrade

      JFC. Last week Matt Ward accused someone (in the shop, not the generalised 'Man') of spiking the Piccadilly brews with one or more narcotics. Naturally we all laughed him out of the shop. But now, as I sit slack jawed and lost to the most profound déjà vu, I'm starting to believe the Kicking Pidge is in fact a pit canary. I walked into work as an out of shape, mildly out of touch 30-something - I still find friends funnier than I do unacceptable and haven't yet given up on Gervais - but now, as the sounds of this Romy 12" rattle through my ear drums, I'm young again, living out a Uni-era euphoria of Mkat and Mad Ferret. 

      Things are the same but different. Romy XX is on an indie label, her voice as pristene as ever, but now the line up of remixers represents the more balanced face of the industry, each one female or non binary and selected by Romy herself. Though the POV may be different, the purpose is the same, retool an indie OG for the various dance subsets out there. Jayda G takes the tech-house approach, taking the Innervisions approach of jazzy keys and moody bass whomps, while Planningtorock's "Let It Happen" remix is as close to electroclash as anyone dares to get in 2k21.Though the instrumentation may stray a little too close to Whitey's "Leave Them All Behind" the adventurous use of vocal pitch shift more than makes up for it. Kicking off the flip HAAi's in some sort of MBV meets EDM fever dream, translating the OG into a euphoric call back to Skream's "In For The Kill" remix (on a side note, the isolated vocal in the breakdown here has a distinctly Appalachian flavour - country EDM 2.0?) before local shero Anz pairs breaks and bass oomph with some rather sophisticated keys. 

      Four mixes for four different sets and one neat A Capella to show off those vocals in splendid self isolation. 

      TRACK LISTING

      Lifetime (Jayda G Baleen Mix)
      Lifetime (Planningtorock 'Let It Happen' Remix)
      Lifetime (HAAi’s Green Lamborghini Romix)
      Lifetime (Anz’s Togetherness Remix)
      Lifetime (A Capella)

      HAAi

      Put Your Head Above The Parakeets

        ‘Put Your Head Above The Parakeets’ is a brand new EP from HAAi, her second for Mute.  The EP features four brand new tracks including the pseudo title track ‘Head Above The Parakeets’, which exudes a woozy summery heat while ‘Rotating in Unison’ embraces positivity, written in response to this year’s enforced slowdown. The final two tracks take us back to the club, where HAAi is known for spinning genre-bending and spellbinding DJ sets.




        STAFF COMMENTS

        Matt says: Twisting breakbeat, braindance, brutalist techno and IDM into an utterly postmodern sonic collage, HAAi brings the past into the future wonderfully on this fierce four tracker for Mute.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Head Above The Parakeets
        2. Rotating In Unison
        3. Bon Viveur
        4. Bass Is The Place


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