Bio
Grammy Nominated Henta is a singer/songwriter/producer and has been writing songs for about 30 years. Although classically trained on piano, she progressed to writing electronic music in the 1990s.
Music is her true passion and vocation, so much so that in 2006 she left her home town of Guildford in the UK and moved to Seattle to pursue her musical career. She writes uplifting and heartfelt songs from personal experience and influence of others who come into her life.
Henta also teaches children to play the piano and express themselves through music and songwriting and very much enjoys this part of her musical vocation. She currently resides in Seattle and collaborates both nationally and internationally, performing and co-producing with Marcell Marias.
Collaborations and influences:
Henta has been in a number of bands and has collaborated with other musicians and sound engineers on projects in varying styles of music from ballads – pop – rock – dance – meditation. She has composed and released much production library music for Northstar Music and Stock International, many of which often crop up on the Discovery Channel. She was also a finalist in Unisong 1999.
One of her most memorable and interesting projects involved working with Geraint Hughes (www.thepodule.com) who is famous for co-writing some hits from the 70s some of which have since been remixed recently, namely ‘I lost my heart to a Starship Trooper’ and ‘Barbados’. They produced a mixture of covers and original songs, as well as library pieces together from the famous ‘Podule’.
Another of Henta’s other biggest and most recent sources of influence and support has been Marc Francois (www.darkstate.co.uk) who has been her sound engineer for La Mint Collection and co-writer on ‘Wanna Luv You’ from this collection. Also special thanks go to Prof Stu and Wes Phd for ‘La Mint’ inspiration.
Please check out her musical resume above for futher information about her musical achievements.
2008
Henta released her latest album “Daisy Dancing” in March 2008, which is a collection of rhythmic and melodic downtempo, ambient and acoustic heartfelt songs, some of which are collaborations with artists like David Miles Huber, Marcell Marias and Ludington GT. “Daisy Dancing” was mixed and mastered by Laz Harris and CDs are available through this site.
Henta was active with events organised by EMC (www.electronicmusiccollective.com) here in Seattle.
Henta wrote and performed mostly with Marcell Marias playing both LIVE downtempo and dance sets as Henta & Marias
2009
Henta released her new album ‘Laserium for the Soul’ in August 2009, which has been nominated for a Grammy in the ‘best New Age album’ category. This album was written specifically for healing, meditation and for use in spa centres. It focuses on meditation and chakra activation to help promote healing and relaxation and is a blend of electronic sounds, rhythms and Henta’s soothing vocals.
Henta has embarked on a new collaboration with Echo Us on their third album, “Tomorrow Will Tell The Story”. She is adding her vocals to some of the wonderful thought-provoking, haunting and melodic tracks from this album, alongside Ethan’s strong and passionate vocals.
Aspirations:
Henta will continue songwriting, producing, teaching, performing live and being open to new collaborations and musical projects.
