Hælos (frequently stylized as HÆLOS, and sometimes as Haelos or HAELOS) are a British trip hop band from London.

Hælos
Haelos @Montreux Jazz festival, 12.07.2016
Background information
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Genres
LabelsMatador
Infectious
Members
  • Lotti Benardout
  • Dom Goldsmith
  • Daniel Vildosola
Past members
  • Arthur Delaney [1]
Websitehaelos.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hælos's first single, "Dust" was released in 2014, and the group followed in 2015 with the singles "Pray" and "Earth Not Above".[2] After signing to Matador Records in 2015, they released the Earth Not Above EP, which was followed in early 2016 with a full-length entitled Full Circle. Full Circle reached number 5 on the US Billboard electronic charts and number 20 on the Heatseekers chart.[3] Their music has been described as "dark euphoria".[4]

In January 2019, alongside the release of Kyoto, the band announced their second album, titled Any Random Kindness,[5] would be released on 10 May the same year.[6]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Full Circle (2016)
  • Any Random Kindness (2019)[7]
  • SOMNUM (2023)

Extended plays

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  • Earth Not Above (2015)
  • I'm There (2020)
  • Somnum (2021)

Singles

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  • "Dust", 2014
  • "Pray", 2015
  • "Earth Not Above", 2015
  • "Buried in the Sand", 2018
  • "Kyoto", 2019
  • "Boy / Girl", 2019
  • "End of World Party (Edit)", 2019
  • "Last Days", 2023

References

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  1. ^ Arthur Delaney on Instagram: “After 7 of the best years its time for me to leave @haelos. Ive got my own new music project in development, a new record label to launch…”
  2. ^ "Hælos – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Artist Search for "hælos"". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ "HÆLOS – Full Performance (Live on KEXP)". YouTube. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Any Random Kindness – Hælos – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ Leas, Ryan (23 January 2019). "HÆLOS – "Kyoto" Video". Stereogum.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Hælos – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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