Women Make Music: Haiku Salut

For:

UK tour 2020

Haiku Salut are an instrumental dream-pop-post-folk-neo-everything trio from the Derbyshire Dales.

Haiku Salut have released four critically acclaimed albums, the most recent was “The General”, an original contemporary score for Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent film classic. This was commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary as part of the BFI’s Comedy Genius season, and the album has furthered the band’s reputation for groundbreaking new music. All four Haiku Salut albums have received four stars or above from The Guardian, The Observer, Mojo, Uncut, Clash, NME and more. Haiku Salut have received significant airplay on BBC6Music.

Haiku Salut are famed for their mute performances, allowing the music to cast its magical spell. The trio often tour with their Lamp Show, in which they are accompanied by a stageful of vintage lamps which are programmed to flash, fade and flicker in time to the music. The band have toured the Lamp Show around the UK, playing in a host of unusual venues – a library, a ballroom, a theatre, a Victorian swimming baths, several churches, and a planetarium at last.

Funded by the PRS Foundation the band will embark on a 10 date tour in 2020. All three members of the band will be new mothers and the funding will contribute towards an additional crew member to help with childcare and help touring run smoothly with families in tow.