Photo credit: New Vision Originals
“… her solo work — which includes psychedelic electronica, massive breakbeat sounds, anthemic synth-kissed songs and remarkably fun D.J. sets — continues to cement her reputation as a stand-alone talent.” - The New York Times, May 2025
London-based, Australian-born producer, songwriter and DJ, HAAi (aka Teneil Throssell) has today shared a unique film by New Vision Originals. The filmed performance unfolds inside a meticulously crafted installation of a ‘90s office: a time capsule lined with ring binders, Rolodexes, fax machines, reams of A4 paper, and landline telephones - reimagined within the cavernous shell of London’s Drumsheds. HAAi and her collaborators, Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Obi Franky, KAM-BU, TRANS VOICES, and poet Kaiden Ford, inhabit this surreal workspace, weaving in and out of filing cabinets as the conceptual world of the album unfolds in real time.
Watch the film HERE.
HUMANiSE (live album performance, from Drumsheds) is released on the eve of her eagerly anticipated second studio album, HUMANiSE, out on Mute on October 10, 2025. A series of in-store performances launch on the same day. Catch HAAi live at Brighton, Resident on October 10th, Rough Trade Bristol on October 11th and at Rough Trade East in London on October 12th.
The new album, an immense evolution from her acclaimed debut, 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.
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. HUMANiSE 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. The result is an ambitious and thrilling epic: embodying a sonic step up, exploring the sweet spot between machine-led dystopia and emotion-filled utopia.
“Throughout the album, I kept thinking about a machine with a human heart,” she says. Vocals are front and center, stunningly delicate and giving a newfound dimension to her kinetic productions. “It took a long time to get there, it’s such a vulnerable thing to do,” she continues, “but for this album, it was important for me to allow this ‘human heart’ to be front and center.”
The human heart has another focus on the album: unity and community. HAAi explains, “Even though HUMANiSE is about how the world is starting to change beyond our control, it’s important to keep a sense of togetherness and hope.” These ideas of community and a sense of belonging is of utmost importance, and she has returned to work with friends including Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip, singer Obi Franky, rapper KAM-BU, artist Kaiden Ford, poet James Massiah, who guests on “All That Falls Apart”, and two choirs: TRANS VOICES with choir leader ILĀ and a gospel choir led by Wendi Rose. But this is no clique, the community she surrounds herself with is inclusive, with ample space for the listener on a journey where you are suspended in dreamlike euphoria, drawing the most human part of you to the surface, the part where nothing matters more than family, friends and togetherness.After a busy summer – recent DJ sets include Coachella, Movement, Glastonbury (her Glastonbury B2B with Romy that went out on BBC Radio 1 featured the premiere of Romy’s remix of ‘Stitches’), Making Time, Body Movements, helming UNiSON, her community-focused night in London, a drop in on Glamcult TV to record this intimate version of “Can’t Stand To Lose” plus a remix of Chloé Caillet & Luke Alessi’s “The One ft. Jocelyn Brown,” HAAi won’t be taking her foot off the pedal this autumn. As well as the in-store performances and a newly announced surprise set in Glasgow at the SECC with Fred Again.., HAAi’s DJ dates continue. Full dates are listed below.
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