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HAAi returns with her bold and brilliant second album,
HUMANiSE, exploring the sweet spot between machine-led
dystopia and emotion-filled utopia. Available on limited edition
crystal clear double vinyl packaged in a gatefold sleeve and
limited edition CD.
In all of her work, Teneil has always sought to conquer new
frontiers in electronic music, and on the new album, she’s
drilling deeper into the grid. HUMANiSE reckons with what it
is to be human in an increasingly digital world, as AI threatens
to eclipse everything and our screens separate us from each
other. The result is an ambitious and thrilling epic: embodying
a sonic step up, and a distinct evolution from her 2022 debut,
Baby, We’re Ascending.
Voices – both real and digitised – play a huge part on
HUMANiSE, alongside ideas of community and a sense of
belonging. She has returned to work with friends including Jon
Hopkins, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, singer Obi Franky, rapper
KAM-BU, artist Kaiden Ford, and poet James Massiah, as
well as two choirs: Trans Voices with choir leader ILĀ and a
gospel choir led by Wendi Rose. Having spent years behind
the decks, HAAi also brings her own voice to the forefront in
a powerful shift toward vulnerability and self-expression. Her
vocals, stunningly delicate, give a newfound dimension to her
kinetic productions.
The album’s concept became clear while HAAi was in the
studio with Hopkins. The pair were playing with a vocal
harmonizer plug-in with a function called ‘Humanize’. For
HAAi, a light went off: “The idea of something completely
synthetic trying to make an actual person sound more human
is crazy,” she says. HAAi blurs these extremes throughout
the album: digitising voices, layering them to hazy effect, and
even using an AI text-to-speech to generate her voice. But,
ultimately, she concludes that experience and memory – what
makes us truly human – cannot be replaced.
From the euphoric opener “Satellite,” to BBC Radio 6 Music
A-listed track “Can’t Stand To Lose,” and genre-smashing
cuts like “Shapeshift,” the album is filled with exhilarating
sonic twists and deeply personal lyrics. HUMANiSE is a
powerful, emotionally charged leap forward: a celebration of
community, self-expression and humanity.
...OUT 10 OCTOBER 2025!
PLEASE NOTE:
>>>If you would like your pre-orders (with different release dates) shipped separately—please order them separately.
If not, we will happily ship all your items, when the last title is released!
xo-tLc
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