HAAi announces debut album 'Baby, We’re Ascending,' releases new single “Bodies Of Water”
Photo credit: Imogene Barron
Electronic producer HAAi has announced their highly anticipated debut album today.
Baby, We’re Ascending will see a May 27 release via Mute. The 13-track album features collaborations with Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor, Moxie, Obi Franky, and Kai-Isaiah Jamal. When it comes to working on the record, HAAI chose a slew of female and non-binary talent to aid them, including designer Raissa Pardini, mixing engineer Marta Salogni (Björk, Romy), engineer/producer Francine Perry, string arranger Quinta, and creative director and long-time collaborator Imogene Barron.
The first single from the record titled “Bodies Of Water” can be heard below. HAAi said this about the forthcoming album:
“Getting this album out of my head and computer is quite the cathartic experience.
Baby, We’re Ascending is a hyperactive journey, that feels like a real reflection of who I am.
I’m so proud of every second of it.
Of all the experimentation as well as the collaborators.
It was made with great love and care.
I hope you enjoy.”
Pre-orders for Baby, We’re Ascending can be made here. HAAi will have a string of DJ sets in the coming months in Australia and Europe. Tour dates can be seen below.
HAAi tour dates
February 25 – Canberra, Australia – One22
February 26 – Melbourne, Australia – Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain
March 4 – Melbourne, Australia – Sub Club
March 6 – Sydney, Australia – Lost Sundays
March 11 – Brisbane, Australia – Dysnomia
March 12 – Melbourne, Australia – Pitch Music & Arts
March 18 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – The Telegraph
March 19 – Istanbul, Turkey – Sonar Festival
March 25 – Lyon, France – Le Sucre
March 26 – Brighton, England – Patterns
April 16 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Terminal V Festival
April 22 – Paris, France – Rex Club
April 29 – Milan, Italy – Magazinni Generali
April 30 – Leeds, England – Garden Party
May 13 – Barcelona, Spain – Nitsa
May 14 – Munich, Germany – Blitz
May 21 – Oxford, England – The Bullingdon
June 2 – Bristol, England – Love Saves The Day
June 3 – Malta – Annie Mac Presents Lost & Found
June 4 – Glasgow, Scotland – Riverside Festival
June 9 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
June 11 – Manchester, England – Parklife Festival
July 2 – Herefordshire, England – El Dorado Festival
July 6 – Pag, Croatia – Hideout Festival
July 14 – Tisno, Croatia – Love International
August 12 – Cornwall, England – Boardmasters Festival
August 15 – Malta – Glitch Festival
August 17 – Paredes De Coura, Portugal – Festival Paredes De Coura
August 20 – London, England – Field Day
August 27 – Lincoln, England – Lost Village
September 7 – Vlorë, Albania – ION Festival
Baby, We’re Ascending tracklisting
1. Channels
2. Pigeon Barron
3. Bodies Of Water
4. Human Sound (feat. Kai-Isaiah Jamal & 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 (feat. Jon Hopkins)
12. Orca
13. Tardigrade
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