{"product_id":"haai-humanise","title":"HAAi - Humanise","description":"\u003cp\u003eCD - in Limited edition Eco card packaging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHAAi returns with her bold and brilliant second album, HUMANiSE, exploring the sweet spot between machine-led dystopia and emotion-filled utopia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eHUMANiSE reckons with what it is to be human in an increasingly digital world, as AI threatens to\u003cbr\u003eeclipse everything and our screens separate us from each other.\u003cbr\u003eThe result is an ambitious and thrilling epic: embodying a sonic step up, and a distinct evolution from her 2022 debut, Baby, We’re Ascending.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVoices – both real and digitised – play a huge part on HUMANiSE, alongside ideas of community and a sense of belonging.\u003cbr\u003eShe has returned to work with friends including Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, singer Obi Franky, rapper KAM-BU,\u003cbr\u003eartist 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.\u003cbr\u003eHaving spent years behind the decks, HAAi also brings her own voice to the forefront in a powerful shift toward vulnerability and self-expression.\u003cbr\u003eHer vocals, stunningly delicate, give a newfound dimension to her kinetic productions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album’s concept became clear while HAAi was in the studio with Hopkins.\u003cbr\u003eThe pair were playing with a vocal harmonizer plug-in with a function called ‘Humanize’.\u003cbr\u003eFor HAAi, a light went off: “The idea of something completely synthetic trying to\u003cbr\u003emake an actual person sound more human is crazy,” she says.\u003cbr\u003eHAAi 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.\u003cbr\u003eBut, ultimately, she concludes\u003cbr\u003ethat experience and memory – what makes us truly human – cannot be replaced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003eHUMANiSE is a powerful, emotionally\u003cbr\u003echarged leap forward: a celebration of community, self-expression and humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable via Mute on double crystal clear vinyl and limited edition CD.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MUTE","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Card CD","offer_id":53208038736199,"sku":"TRI-66369","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Crystal Clear Vinyl","offer_id":53208048894279,"sku":"TRI-66370","price":42.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/fc64b3610e3b297d08d44edc0d6a7f41_ec9e60f8-a3f3-444c-8464-2c2c304fd2ad.jpg?v=1769383140","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/haai-humanise","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}