HALIENE has released Eclipsed, the powerhouse singer-songwriter’s sophomore album, out now on Black Hole Recordings.Ad 0:00 Click for sound 0:00 / 0:00 If you’ve spent any time listening to electronic dance music over the past decade, HALIENE’s voice is already a familiar presence.
She is the vocalist behind Seven Lions, ILLENIUM and Said The Sky’s melodic dubstep hit ‘Rush Over Me’ and Da Tweekaz’s hardstyle rework of the Evanescence classic ‘Bring Me Back to Life,’ among many other dance anthems.That ability to move fluidly across genres is precisely what makes Eclipsed, her deeply personal sophomore album, feel so natural.
Showcasing her stentorian voice throughout, the 15-track project moves from the trance of ‘Eclipsed By You’ (with Ilan Bluestone) to the liquid drum & bass of ‘Orbit’ (with Koven) and the techno pulse of ‘Voltage’ (with Miyuki).Her lyrics trace love found and lost, and identities surrendered and reclaimed.
“From first to last breath, life is a continual act of yielding to the unknown,” HALIENE said in a statement.“I hope in some way these songs become part of your own story and bring some meaning to your life’s troubles and joys alike.” “I wanted to push against the trend and make music that AI could never ‘dream of,'” she added.
“Music with enough humanity, complexity and unexpected choices that it could never have been generated by a formula, and yet it feels seamless, singable and even danceable.” island’s first total solar eclipse since 1905.Ahead of the album’s release, HALIENE performed it in its entirety live in Ibiza during the island’s first total solar eclipse since 1905.
She’s now primed for upcoming performances at Excision’s Lost Lands Festival and ‘Opus Harmonia,’ Seven Lions’ one-night orchestral collaboration with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall on September 25.Scroll to c...