Some things come together immediately. Others… take a little time. HÆLOS – known
individually as Arthur Delaney, Dom Goldsmith and Lotti Benardout – fall into the latter
bracket. But the way the music comes out sounding, you know it couldn’t have happened any other way. Each one of their vividly cinematic tracks seems to map the long journey from desperation to relief, stress to sanctuary – the basic dynamic of all urban life. If London tends to be a meandering, alienating hometown, there is a looming sense to HÆLOS’ music of a band – of three people – having found each other. Eventually.

Calling to mind the same deserted dawn high streets stalked by the music of Massive
Attack, Portishead and the rest of those electronic artists who spent the 90s finding
the pain after the rave, each track HÆLOS make sounds like a ritual; a way to cope. In a
world that has forgotten about the chillout room, those rituals and coping strategies
are more vital than ever.