HATY HATY is a collaboration between David Douglas and Blaudzun , two critically acclaimed artists, live performers but above all friends from The Netherlands, who teamed up aiming to deliver a stellar blend of indie and electronic music.
Under the HATY HATY moniker they now offer debut single “High As The Sun”; and at the same time it’s the title of their upcoming album, scheduled to release March 11 th . The track immediately blends the influences of both artists - strong, dubby electronic claps and kicks are smoothly colored by David Douglas’ Space Echo, while the haunting vocals by Blaudzun bind the track into a round, somewhat cinematic cut. Carried by a sonic bass-guitar loop and dreamscape pads on top, the track brings a decent balance between Blaudzun’s indie, and Douglas’ more electronica style – both not giving in on vision or quality compared to solo work.
Blaudzun is mostly known in Europe as an established indie artist with
several chart successes, awards, a golden album and many appearances at
festivals like Hurricane/Southside, SXSW, Pinkpop, Lowlands, Bråvalla,
Pukkelpop and Rock Werchter. He has been long time friends
with producer and electronic artist David Douglas, who released his debut album
' Moon
Observations' on Atomnation in 2014. This record received
rave reviews and features among the board including XLR8R, Pitchfork, Spin and
The Line Of Best Fit. It’s no secret that also Douglas impressed Europe on
stage with his captivating live sets.
Spontaneous combustion
The two Dutchies teamed up in February 2015 to write and record new music. David Douglas: “It’s been a long time wish to work together, due to our own recording and touring schedules it never happened untill this year. We locked ourselves up in different studios and hotel rooms to just record without any expectations. Some of the music evolved from basic beats and melodies into complete arrangements including vocal lines and lyrics in just a few hours.” Blaudzun: “Ofcourse we did a lot of tweaking, mixing and added lots of stuff afterwards. But the first period of tracking was just a rush, a kind of flow of letting out all the ideas that were hidden in our brains and hearts. It felt like a spontaneous combustion of both our musical ideas and backgrounds.” According to Douglas it was all about being in one recording room together at the same time, creating sounds, capturing melodies and mixing instantly without thinking too much about it in advance. Douglas: “We didn’t want HATY HATY to be the typical e-mail-facetime kind of studio collaboration where two individual musicians are working on their own in different places and combining sounds and ideas afterwards.”
Haty
The name HATY HATY is derrived from the Indonesian word ‘Hati’ meaning heart and is often used as ‘Hati Hati’ when wishing someone luck or courage in difficult times or when crossing chaotic city streets. “It translates best as ‘watch your heart’ or ‘take care’. Besides that we liked the idea of referring this project to the ancient Norwegian mythology of the wolf-like creature Hati who is responsible for chasing down the moon and eating it.”, Blaudzun says.
