Strange Beauty (Deluxe Edition)

by Hemai

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1.	We Could Be Jaded feat. Layfullstop 04:07	buy track
2.	Vertigo feat. Wallace 04:29	buy track
3.	Noa Noa feat. Emilia Anastazja 04:08	buy track
4.	Love Dancer feat. FiFi Robo 06:36	buy track
5.	Awake Indigo feat. Ruby Wood 04:23	buy track
6.	When Day Breaks 03:26	buy track
7.	Bandit's Pockets feat. FiFi Robo 05:10	buy track
8.	Brother's Shuffle feat. Maralisa 05:12	buy track
9.	Relight feat. Laura Roy & Woddy Green 04:21	buy track
10.	Gone Surfing 03:14	buy track
11.	We Could Be Jaded (Instrumental) 04:07	buy track
12.	Vertigo (Instrumental) 04:29	buy track
13.	Noa Noa (Instrumental) 04:08	buy track
14.	Love Dancer (Instrumental) 06:36	buy track
15.	Awake Indigo (Instrumental) 04:22	buy track
16.	Bandit's Pockets (Instrumental) 05:10	buy track
17.	Brother's Shuffle (Instrumental) 05:12	buy track
18.	Relight (Instrumental) 04:21	buy track

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“Fretless bass and splashy synths… Don’t mind if I do!” Lauren Laverne (BBC 6Music)
“This is something special. It’s like Jazz from Mars” Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1)
“Amazing stuff....I really do love that.” Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM)
“Amazing!” Papaoul (Worldwide FM)
“The Birmingham maestro has lit a fire in the UK jazz underground” Clash Magazine

‘Strange Beauty’ is the debut album from producer and multi-instrumentalist Hemai. A collection of stories of the love, spirit and balance of the universe, the hotly tipped 22-year-old experiments with the idea of movement and the present, bringing together some of his favourite sounds from around the world and melding them with his UK roots.

The release follows previous singles “Relight feat. Laura Roy & Woddy Green” which plays with shifts in tempo to accentuate the hidden depths of the track; Japanese Bossa Nova inspired “Noa Noa feat. Emilia Anastazja”; and the mystical and uplifting “Love Dancer feat. FiFi Robo”.

The vivid and visceral world of ‘Strange Beauty’ is unearthed with opener “We Could Be Jaded feat. Layfullstop”. From the first notes of Melbourne-based musician Erica Tucceri’s flute, the electric warmth of the LP is ignited; “the arrangement takes the shape of the horizon”, Hemai explains. Though indicating the beginning of a journey, the track embraces the importance of being grounded in the present, enticing the listener into the experience of Hemai’s ‘Strange Beauty’.

Hemai utilises the elements around him as a driving force throughout the LP. From the imagery of a beautiful sky on “Awake Indigo feat. Ruby Wood” – a song born out of his love for music that makes you dance, featuring the Submotion Orchestra vocalist – to the beach and coastal ideas that inspire the freedom and boundless instrumental tracks “When Day Breaks” and “Gone Fishing”, the release radiates the joy and spirit that only the natural world can provide.

This Deluxe Edition of 'Strange Beauty' is exclusive to Bandcamp and includes an extra 8 Instrumental versions.

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released May 7, 2021

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Hemai UK

Featured on
BBC Introducing’s DJ Jaguar's Hot List 2020 as 'one to watch'.
With a carefully crafted selection of soul-driven, electronic-tinged records under his sleeve, 22-year-old producer & multi-instrumentalist Hemai released his debut EP “Eyes, Closed” in the summer of 2019, now signed to Tru Thoughts the producer works closely alongside musical friends and family.
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