Hatis Noit

Enigmatic Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit creates unique arresting song-worlds with transcendent vocal interpretations that at once deconstruct and recombine Western Classical, Japanese folk and nature's own ambience atmosphere.

Hailing from the distant Shiretoko, a small town in Hokkaido, which is the largest island in north Japan, Hatis Noit s accomplished range is astonishingly self-taught, inspired by everything she could find from Gagaku Japanese classical music and operatic styles, Bulgarian and Gregorian chanting, to avant-garde and pop vocalists. The sounds she creates bring to mind the experimental vocal patterns of Meredith Monk.

It was at the age of 16, during a trek in Nepal to the Buddha's birthplace, when she realised singing was her calling. While staying at a women's temple in Lumbini, one morning on a walk Hatis Noit heard someone singing. On further investigation it was a female monk singing Buddhist chants, alone. The sound moved her so intensely she was instantly aware of the visceral power of the human voice; a primal and instinctive instrument that connects us to the very essence of humanity, nature and our universe.