{"product_id":"haai-humanise-1","title":"Haai - Humanise","description":"\u003cp\u003e10\/10\/25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHAAi returns with her bold and brilliant second album, \u003cem\u003eHUMANiSE\u003c\/em\u003e, exploring the sweet spot between machine-led dystopia and emotion-filled utopia.   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. \u003cem\u003eHUMANiSE\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an ambitious and thrilling epic: embodying a sonic step up, and a distinct evolution from her 2022 debut, \u003cem\u003eBaby, We’re Ascending\u003c\/em\u003e.  Voices – both real and digitised – play a huge part on \u003cem\u003eHUMANiSE\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eHumanize\u003c\/em\u003e. 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. \u003cem\u003eHUMANiSE\u003c\/em\u003e  is a powerful, emotionally charged leap forward: a celebration of community, self-expression and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56186441761151,"sku":"STUMM520","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/2825\/4773\/files\/Haai-Humanise.webp?v=1760025189","url":"https:\/\/vinilo.co.uk\/products\/haai-humanise-1","provider":"Vinilo Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}