Henta

My journey to write this album began in January 2009 and I would love to share part of that journey with you, or more importantly the people who were part of that very special and challenging experience, without whom this would not have been possible.

The following wonderful and special people make up the force behind this album and who continue to be intrinsically linked to me and the music I would like to share with the world.  My aim is to be a sonic nurturer and for people to benefit from the healing vibrations in my music.

Carolyn Shepard

Carolyn is a good friend and neighbour with a wonderful heart.  She is a great Esthetician and runs her own practise called ‘The Face & Body Place’ here in West Seattle.  She was very supportive of my music, especially ‘Daisy Dancing’ which she would play to her clients during their various therapies and suggested that perhaps I make an album especially for spas.  That was the day that the real seed of inspiration was planted and spurred me on to begin writing this album.

Marcell Marias

www.marcellmarias.com

Marcell is a talented musician, artist, engineer, producer, web designer and so much more.  As I was writing the album, he added some great percussion to one of my tracks ‘hello you’ and he also spent many hours in front of the computer with me as we methodically mixed all the songs.  He patiently worked his magic in Photoshop as we carefully designed the artwork for the album.  The imagery was taken from trips we had made to Florida, Colorado, Arizona,  France and here in Washington.  Using his web design skills, he then built me a brand new website which would help launch me into the next stage of my earthly and virtual world.  I am so grateful to him for all his love and support throughout this exciting and challenging experience.

Steve Turnidge

www.arsdivina.com

Steve is a fabulous musician, noted mastering engineer of UltraViolet Studio, digital artist and electronics wizard, as well as being a wonderful mentor to both Marcell and me.   Above and beyond the aforementioned, he is also a good friend who I respect deeply.  One day in June, as we were listening to some of the songs from the album in his studio, he proclaimed that the music was like a ‘Laserium for the Soul’, as if a light bulb had gone off in his head! He explained that the music had spoken to him to and that he wanted to share his moment of inspiration.  Everything about the name felt right and resonated with me instantly, so that was the day the album was named and took on real symbolic energy, as if it had a life of its own.

Laz Harris

www.lazharris.com

Laz is a notorious mastering engineer, musician and a very special friend who intuitively understands my voice and my music.  He mastered  my album ‘Daisy Dancing’ in 2008 but then moved to Singapore.  However, with the power of the internet, we managed to track him down so that he could master ‘Laserium for the Soul’ with a similar mastering treatment that he had used on ‘Daisy Dancing’. With days to spare before the Grammy 2009 submissions, Laz delivered the mastered files to us.

And so the story continues …..

Grammy Nominee Henta, whose latest album ‘Laserium for the Soul’ has made it into the final
5 in the ‘Best New Age Album’ category, thanking Grammy members for voting for her and
giving viewers a little background information about who she is and where she came from …..

My new album ‘Laserium for the Soul’ has just been nominated for a Grammy award in the ‘Best New Age Album’ category.  I am particularly proud of and grateful for this nomination, especially as I am an independent artist.  I would really like to thank all those Grammy members who voted for me and believed in my music.

My intent for this album has always been about sonic nurturing and reaching a broad audience for the purpose of relaxation and healing.

I’m looking forward to sharing this work with more people in a live capacity and perhaps a few more times in surround sound.

Thank you again for your support.  Also, very special thanks to Marcell for all his wonderful help and support and for making me this amazing brand new website!

December 2009

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 Spirit Journal just 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’ now available on itunes!

‘Falling’, co-written by Marcell Marias has just been featured on Womensradio Review Podcast Episode 13

‘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.