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London-based singer Hatis Noit hails from faraway Shiretoko in Hokkaido, Japan. An amazing self-taught singer, she takes her inspiration from wherever she finds it – from gagaku, a form of Japanese classical music, to opera, Bulgarian and Gregorian chant, avant-garde, and pop vocalists.
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London-based singer Hatis Noit hails from faraway Shiretoko in Hokkaido, Japan. An amazing self-taught singer, she takes her inspiration from wherever she finds it – from gagaku, a form of Japanese classical music, to opera, Bulgarian and Gregorian chant, avant-garde, and pop vocalists.
Hatis Noit found her calling as a singer at the age of 16, while trekking to Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal. On a morning walk during a stay at a women’s temple in Lumbini, she heard someone sing. Following the voice, she found a solitary female monk who was immersed in Buddhist chant. The sound touched her so deeply that she at once realised the intuitive power of the human voice: a primal, instinctive instrument that connects us to the essence of humanity, nature and the universe.
The name Hatis Noit comes from Japanese folklore and means the stem of the lotus flower. The flower of the lotus represents the living world and its root the spiritual world, so Hatis Noit is what connects the two. For Hatis Noit the singer, music represents this underworld, with its ability to move us and take us to the other side: the past, a memory, our subconscious.
After participating in a commemoration ceremony to mark the retreat from the evacuation zone in Fukushima on 31 March 2017, Hatis Noit collaborated with renowned visual artist Nobumichi Asai on a project titled Inori (Prayer), which they presented live at Mutek Japan in Tokyo. On 23 March 2018, their first enigmatic EP, Illogical Dance, was released worldwide on Erased Tapes. The captivating 4-track record features Björk collaborators Matmos and constructs unique songscapes with transcendent vocals that simultaneously deconstruct and recombine Western classical music, Japanese folk and the atmosphere of nature. Having recently moved to London, she has done solo shows and performances at various festivals across Europe, including a special live performance at the 2018 Milan Fashion Week.
Hatis Noit has collaborated with Kevin Richard Martin aka The Bug and the NYX Electronic Drone Choir and can be heard on recordings by her compatriot Masayoshi Fujita as well as Ukrainian pianist and Continuous Music pioneer Lubomyr Melnyk. She was invited by David Lynch to perform at his Manchester International Festival in 2019. This was followed by headline shows across Europe and beyond, culminating in a much-acclaimed, sold-out show with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the Southbank Centre in London. Highlighted as “one to watch in 2020” by The Guardian, Hatis Noit collaborated with cinematographer Vincent Moon for the Elevate in Graz, Austria, and has worked on several bespoke music commissions, including “Fernweh”, her contribution to the Erased Tapes Compilation Music for kō.
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