{"product_id":"hatis-noit-aura","title":"Hatis Noit - Aura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Words cannot describe everything we feel. How can one accurately verbalise the sensation we feel when we’re a newborn and our mother holds us in her arms, and we feel her skin on our cheek. We clearly feel her warmth and humidity, some feeling of love from her, but it’s tough to verbalise it perfectly. Music is a language that can translate that sensation, feeling, the memory of love.” — Hatis Noit \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere isn’t a more unique entry into a musical journey than that of Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit, who\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etoday announces her much anticipated debut album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAura \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewill be released June 24 on Erased Tapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHer musical awakening took place at the tender age of sixteen during a trek to Buddha's birthplace in\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNepal. One morning when staying at a women’s temple she came across a female monk singing Buddhist\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003echants whose otherworldly sounds moved her so intensely that she was instantly aware of the visceral\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epower of the human voice; a primal and instinctive instrument that connects us to the very essence of\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehumanity, nature and our universe. From that moment she knew singing was her calling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe album title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAura \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewas inspired by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin who used this term to describe the fundamental essence of art, which he believed is strongest in its original form, only happening once. Hatis agrees with this particular aspect as she realised, “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eduring the pandemic, I really struggled. As a singer, I’m not very good at working on the computer. I much prefer doing live performances in physical spaces. Being with people, sharing the same space with them and feeling the atmosphere and energy of that moment, inspires me every time. To me art is that — that shared moment.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe gravitas of the pandemic caused Noit to look inwards and reflect. This resulted in the album becoming a remedy for what was going on in the world and ultimately to remember the joys and richness of life. Hatis adds to this sentiment, “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewe cannot live forever, do everything or be everywhere. But that makes our lives unique and invaluable. I wanted to be focused on our limitations and show how precious life is.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese folklore, meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003erepresents the living world, while its root represents the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ethe two. For Hatis, music represents the same netherworld with its ability to move and transport us to the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eother side; the past, a memory, our subconscious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThrough the opening piece ‘Aura’, which shares its title with the album, she evokes a haunting memory of getting lost in a forest in her birthplace Shiretoko, Hokkaido. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I felt as if I was close to my death, I could feel myself dissolving into and becoming a part of nature rather than just being an individual. This sense of awe and peace found there is always the place where I start making music from,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eshe remembers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYears of perfecting her craft via live performances led her to the creation of this debut album which\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003efollows on from the introductory 2018 EP, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIllogical Dance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAn autodidact with an impressive range, Noit is\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003einspired by Gagaku — Japanese classical music — folk music, operatic styles, Bulgarian and Gregorian\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003echanting, as well as avant-garde and pop vocalists to create her inimitable style. Hatis creates wordless\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emusic, unique song worlds with transcendent vocal interpretations of epic proportions — most evident on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e ‘Jomon’ where she channels the fierce, dynamic energy and power of prehistoric culture during Japan’s Jomon period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAstonishingly all songs on this record were created using her voice only. The single exception being ‘Inori’ for which she took a field\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e recording of the ocean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eonly one kilometre away from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Hatis Noit had been invited there for a memorial ceremony which marked the re-opening of the area for local people to return to their homes. The emotive and compassionate song is dedicated to the lives lost due to 2011’s tsunami, but equally to the many beautiful memories people have of their hometown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe album was recorded in Berlin where Noit laid down her vocals in just eight hours, before the pandemic forced her and producer Robert Raths to stay local and mix it in East London, which led to working with a new collaborator: engineer Marta Salogni. Between lockdowns it was decided to take the recordings and reamplify them in a local church to bring them closer to that moment of live performance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“It was almost like a miracle when Robert came up with the idea. 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