Hatis Noit, enchanting voice from Hokkaido
If you like Gregorian singing, Buddhist Chants and maybe you have heard of Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses and you like Kate Bush, especially her album The Sensual World, with those Bulgarian singers and of course Bjork, then you might like Hatis Noit’s enchanting voice as well.
Hatis Noit (a pseudonym, referring to the stem of the lotus flower and therefore to the connection of heaven and earth) is from Hokkaido, the snowy north of Japan. You can read her fascinating biography here, apparently she went on a pilgrimage to Nepal and took up singing from a female monk there.
I think Hatis Noit perfectly fits the current edition of Frontaal Naakt, dedicated to the spooky season and adorned with pictures by Toshio Saeki, who blends traditional Japanese horror with eroticism.
If you want to buy Hatis Noits latest EP with the genius title Illogical Dance, which I certainly did, you can download it here for a few bucks. Goes together well with Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq. (PB)





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