GRAMMY NOMINATED! Laserium for the Soul has been nominated for a Grammy in the New Age Category! Also David Miles Huber, a friend and music colleague has been nominated for a Grammy in the Surround Sound Category for his album 'Colabs' and Henta and Marcell Marias both have song collaborations on this album too - exciting news!
Laserium for the Soul CDs now being sold by Ummelina Spas in Seattle and Yakima
November
2009
Check out Henta's latest Real World remix which made it into the hot picks 'The sensual voice of AngelGabriel' from the original song Salala by Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel
Henta is very pleased to be collaborating with Echo Us on their third album, "Tomorrow Will Tell The Story". "Tomorrow" takes off where this Summer's "The Tide Decides" concluded, and brings the Echo Us story into its next chapter.
Henta is adding her vocals to some of the wonderful, thought-provoking, haunting and melodical tracks from this album, alongside Ethan's strong and passionate vocals. To hear short samples of these tracks, please visit their website.
October
2009
Check out Henta's latest remix of Little Axe's 'If I had my way' which made it onto the Hotpicks on Real World Remixed.
"Laserium for the Soul' and 'Daisy Dancing' CDs now available at East West Bookshop, Seattle
New Spiritual Journaljust gave a great CD review of Laserium for the Soul in their October issue
September
2009
EXCITING GRAMMY NEWS! 'Laserium for the Soul' is Grammy Eligible in the New Age Category! 'Vision of Truth' is also Grammy Eligible in Pop Best Female Vocal Performance! if you are a member, please vote for me, thank you!
Hollywood Music in media Awards Nominee with 'Nothing Quite Like' Thanks again Ari for your guitar playing on that song, Marcell for your beats and Laz for making it all sound so cool :-)
'Laserium for the Soul' CD Release Gathering will be Friday September 4th at East West Bookshop
August
2009
'Laserium for the soul' is now available on-line through the Nimbit player on the 'Music' page or on www.myspace.com/hentaellis. CDs will be available from August 18th.
July
2009
Henta has finished writing her new album 'Laserium for the soul' which will be released in August. Her CD Release gathering will be held on September 4th at East West Bookshop, Seattle.
May
2009
Henta is preparing for Total Immersion II, which is a wonderful surround sound concert on June 13th in Seattle where she will be performing some songs from the new album as well as those from her other albums, as well as collaborating with StringStation and Marcell Marias. Please check out her events page for more information.
April
2009
Henta has now finished writing her new album especially for healing, meditation and spa centres which focuses on chakra activation, healing and relaxation. The album is presently being mixed but Henta hopes to be able to release it by July.
February
2009
Henta is writing a new album especially for healing, meditation and spa centres which focuses on chakra activation, healing and relaxation.
Henta continues to focus on teaching children piano with an added provision for recording childrens' simple compositions using a mobile recording unit. Please see the Teaching Page for more information.
Henta and Marias continue to perform live with special emphasis on downtempo gigs to promote healing and relaxation.
November
2008
Grammy 2008 Nominations - Henta's album 'Daisy Dancing' has made it into the overall Grammy Nominations Selections for 'best pop album' 2008 and her song 'so loved' has made it into the 'best female vocal performance' 2008.
"Nothing quite like' has been included in the fourth volume of a Benefits CD in an ongoing CD compilation series that generates money to house, feed, and find homes for wayward pets.
Henta's songs now available for download through Nimbit on her music page. Please support her work by using this site. CDs can still be purchased through CD baby but this facility will also be available through Nimbit in due course.
Henta continues to teach children to play the piano and express themselves through music and songwriting in Seattle. Please contact her for futher information.
September
2008
'Nothing quite like', from Daisy Dancing, received an award in the Pop category of the UK Songwriting Contest 2008 which received over 6,200 entries
August
2008
'So Loved' from Daisy Dancing was placed in the Beat Marketing 'Hear it Here' Vol 36 distributed to 1200 cafes and coffee houses across the United States during September 2008
Henta provided a voice-over for Drum DJ's TimeWarp intro
Henta has been working with Musical Minds Piano Keyboards Club who bring electric piano keyboards to schools and give kids an opportunity to learn to play their favorite tunes and melodies, from radio hits to movie and television theme songs. Check out the link for more details about Musical Minds.
Also
check out new videos and photos on Imagery page
March
2008
Henta's
latest album, "Daisy Dancing" is now available through
CD Baby
please
see music page for all the other download sites
Buy
Henta's last album,
La Mint Collection from
To
view Henta's gig listings, please go her MySpace
page.
Her latest gigs in Seattle will be performed in surround sound.
February
2008
Henta has finally finished "Daisy Dancing",
her 2nd album, after spending just over a year in Seattle and
many hours mixing and mastering with Laz
Harris. Please
keep checking the website for updates on CD release date, which
is scheduled for the beginning of March, followed shortly by a
CD Release Party in Seattle.
July
2007
Henta has recently contributed a track called 'Mercy mercy'
to Karuna
Recordings' debut release coming out this summer, MyGlobal Lounge
is a Mix CD of Ethnic Fusion Lounge Grooves by emerging producers
found on MySpace and mixed by Dj Muad'deep.
This eclectic mix of Eastern and Western soundscapes coming
together harmoniously is a reflection of the artists shared vision
of global
unity. These artists are collecting no licensing fees or royalties
until
their shared goal to raise $20,000.00 USD for the Breakthrough
organization
(a Member of the Clinton Global Initiative) is met or exceeded.
Breakthrough
is a international human rights organization that uses media,
education and
pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.
More details
on: www.myspace.com/mygloballounge.
Henta will be collaborating with Kevin
Sawka, who will be remixing one of her tracks called 'nothing
quite like' which can presently be heard on Soundclick.com.
Here is a little information about Kevin Sawka
who is truly a genius drum'n'bass/breakbeats drummer:
'Seeing
Kevin Sawka on the drums is the only way to believe the hype,
the
assumed exaggerations of his abilities: that he can play the most
complex of
jungle, drum'n'bass and breakbeats utilizing no loops and no extended
samples -only his two hands and two feet. Whereas some artists
claim to be
performing live drum'n'bass, live electronica, etc., it's more
often than
not a drummer playing alongside pre-programmed beats if there's
a drummer at
all; Sawka, however, can perform each and every 808 bass kick,
snare slap,
and compressed highhat tick himself, in real-time.'
2007
Henta is presently working on her second album in Seattle, consisting
of
rhythmical and melodical downtempo, ambient and acoustic heartfelt
songs,
some of which are collaborations with artists like David
Miles Huber, Marcell
Marias and Ludington
GT.
Newsflash:
Hear Henta's collaboration with Seattle's David
Miles Huber, click the play button
below:
Oceanis.
Henta
performed with Seattle’s LudingtonGT at Critical
Mass in Seattle on the 23rd of June from 10pm to 11pm, and
Burning Man 2006, 28th
Aug-4th Sept, more details to follow shortly.
Xan
Phillips
latest Podcast features an extensive interview with Henta, with
many examples of her finest tracks.
La
Mint Collection album is now complete, please contact
me if you wish for further details.
One
of Henta's new collaborations is working with Ludington GT, a
DJ, house artist and producer from Seattle, on some co-writes
and remixes. Click here
to check out his cool tunes.
December
2005 - Henta contributed vocals to the Podsafe for Peace 'If every
day were Christmas' track in support of UNICEF - please check
out the site and support this worthy cause: http://www.podsafeforpeace.org