Teneil Throssell Ascends to Greatness
What happens when electronic music transcends the nightclub? This is what Teneil Throssell, known professionally as HAAi, explores in Baby, We’re Ascending, her recent LP.“It’s essentially a mixtape style record with many sonic twists and turns,” says the London-based, Australian-born DJ and producer. “I have collaborations on there with a lot of great friends of mine: Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor, Kai-Isaiah Jamal, and Obi Franky.
It’s kind of danceable but not made for the dancefloor.”Throssell herself sings on “Bodies of Water,” an ethereal track that soon descends into rhythmic chaos.
Jamal, a spoken-word poet and trans activist, appears on the meditative and elegiac “Human Sound.” “Part of the story behind the album was a bit of a message about being a hyperactive person, having ADHD, and embracing the chaos of those things,” Throssell tells Out Traveler.
In an interview with Phoenix Mag, Throssell described Baby, We’re Ascending as expressing the “chaos” of her brain, or like rapidly flipping through TV channels.Throssell recently finished a U.S.
