#4886, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Hatis Noit

New Sounds | May 22, 2024

The Japanese singer/composer/producer Hatis Noit, is originally from the northernmost island of Hokkaido. Her name, hatis noit ハチスノイト, means the stem of the lotus flower and is intended to serve as a connection between the living world (represented by the lotus flower) and the spirit world (the lotus root). Further, Hatis Noit feels that singing is not unlike Tai chi, and is a way to connect the physical world to the spiritual world and nature.

Now based in London and using vocal techniques she’s adapted from around the world, Hatis Noit makes music by using electronics to layer and occasionally process her voice. She sings in a pure, Renaissance vocal style, in the keening tradition of the Balkans, in the style of Japanese gagaku or court music, and in a classical operatic mode… sometimes all in the same song. The Japanese singer and electronic musician Hatis Noit creates these choirs of sound all by herself, using a looping station, live, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik

Program #4886, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Hatis Noit (First aired 5/22/2024)

ARTIST: Hatis Noit
WORK: Jomon [1:00]
RECORDING: Aura
SOURCE: Erased Tapes
INFO: hatisnoit.bandcamp.com/album/aura

ARTIST: Hatis Noit
WORK: Aura [6:43]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Aura https://hatisnoit.bandcamp.com/album/aura

ARTIST: Hatis Noit
WORK: Himbrimi [4:11]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Aura https://hatisnoit.bandcamp.com/album/aura

ARTIST: Hatis Noit
WORK: Angelus Novus [2:33]
RECORDING: Aura
SOURCE: Erased Tapes
INFO: hatisnoit.bandcamp.com/album/aura

ARTIST: Hatis Noit
WORK: Inori [12:23]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2024
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on Aura https://hatisnoit.bandcamp.com/album/aura

ARTIST: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble
WORK: Panda Chant II [1:40]
RECORDING: Do You Be
SOURCE: ECM 1336
INFO: ecmrecords.com

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