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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