“Qualm” is the new album by Helena Hauff, released on 3 August 2018 via Ninja Tune. The title has a duality that Hauff enjoys – the German word “Qualm” ( kvalm) translates as fumes or smoke, whilst the English meaning refers to an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct. True to form, the record is unapologetically raw and finds her returning to her original modus operandi – jamming on her machines – “trying tocreate something powerful without using too many instruments and layers”.
“Qualm” Tracklist:
1. Barrow Boot Boys
2. Lifestyle Guru
3. btdr-revisited
4. Entropy Created You And Me
5. Fag Butts In The Fire Bucket
6. Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg
7. The Smell Of Suds And Steel
8. Primordial Sludge
9. Qualm
10. No Qualms
11. Panegyric
12. It Was All Fields Around Here When I Was A Kid
Tour Dates:
22 Jun – Pistolera, Mumbai, IN
23 Jun – Auro Kitchen & Bar, Delhi, IN
24 Jun – Tao Terraces, Bangalore, IN
29 Jun – Le Zoo, Geneva, CH
30 Jun – Khidi, Tbilisi, GE
06 Jul – Pohoda Festival, Trenčín, SK
07 Jul – Viva Festival, Puglia, IT
08 Jul – Crossroads Festival, Brussels, BE
12 Jul – Afterlife at Hi, Ibiza, ES
13 Jul – Lux, Lisbon, PT
14 Jul – EXIT Festival, Novi Sad, RS
20 Jul – Rote Sonne, Munich, DE
21 Jul – Blue Dot Festival, Macclesfield, UK
27 Jul – Audioriver, Plock, PL
28 Jul – Circles, Dublin, IE
04 Aug – Robert Johnson, Frankfurt, DE
05 Aug – Dekmantel, Amsterdam, NL
06 Aug – Amnesia, Ibiza, ES
10 Aug – Studio Spaces E1, London, UK
11 Aug – Flow Festival, Helsinki, FN
12 Aug – Houghton Festival, Norwich, UK
17 Aug – Argonauts Festival, Anaklia Seaside, GE
19 Aug – My Life Festival, Sète, FR
23 Aug – Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mézières, FR
24 Aug – Atonal, Berlin, DE
25 Aug – Lost Village, Lincolnshire, UK
31 Aug – Dimensions Festival, Pula, HR
01 Sep – Festival Forte, Coimbra, PT
06 Sep – Meteor Festival, Lehavot HaBashan, IL
10 Sep – Amnesia, Ibiza, ES
22 Sep – Suma Beach, Istanbul, TR