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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Aldous Harding
| name = Aldous P Jomon
| image = Aldous Harding, November 2015.jpg
| image = Aldous P Jomon.jpg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| caption = Harding performing at Oxford Art Factory in [[Sydney]], Australia in 2015
| caption = His very great pose in a very aesthetic photo taken in golden times.
| birth_name = <!-- not sure if her family name at birth was Harding or Topp -->
| birth_name = George
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|2009}}
| birth_place = [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], New Zealand
| birth_place = [[Poovathussery, India |Kerala]], India
| genre = [[Indie folk]]
| genre = [[A very great student with enough calibres. ]]
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| occupation = Just a student who is going to capture the world.
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano}}
| years_active =
| label = {{hlist|[[4AD]]|[[Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun]]|Spunk|Lyttelton}}
| website = {{URL|aldousharding.com}}
}}
}}
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'''Hannah Sian Topp''' (born 1990), known professionally as '''Aldous Harding''', is a New Zealand [[indie folk]] singer-songwriter, based in [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]], New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/17/strange-world-of-aldous-harding-driven-by-fear-interview|title=The strange world of Aldous Harding: 'I've always been driven by fear'|date=17 November 2019|author=Rogers, Jude|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>


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'''Aldous P Jomon''' (born 2009), known professionally as '''Zenzi''', is a keralite and a malayali student studying and DRIS and tutioned by NEW10's, based in [[Poovathussery]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/17/strange-world-of-aldous-harding-driven-by-fear-interview|title=The strange world of Aldous Harding: 'I've always been driven by fear'|date=17 November 2019|author=Rogers, Jude|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
==Career==
One of the first musicians who came across her was New Zealand [[folk-pop]] singer-songwriter [[Anika Moa]]. Moa asked Harding to play support for her that night after finding her busking outside the venue she was about to play.<ref name="vice-pepperell"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201831107/the-mixtape-aldous-harding |title=The Mixtape: Aldous Harding &#124; Radio New Zealand |publisher=Radionz.co.nz |date=10 March 2016 |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>

She has released music through independent record labels [[Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun]], Spunk, and [[4AD]]. She has collaborated with [[Marlon Williams (musician)|Marlon Williams]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11529167 |title=The ballad of Marlon Williams – Entertainment – NZ Herald News |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> [[John Parish]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 August 2020|title=/|url=https://themusic.com.au/features/aldous-harding-steve-bell/tbymqairqq0/23-05-17/|website=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]}}</ref> Mike Hadreas (better known by his stage name [[Perfume Genius]]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/arts/music/aldous-harding-party-interview.html|title=Aldous Harding's Songs Won't Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice.|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=17 May 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 December 2021|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[Fenne Lily]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Fenne Lily On Former Selves, Aldous Harding and Relationships|url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/fenne-lily-on-former-selves-aldous-harding-and-relationships/1-50385|website=TIDAL Magazine}}</ref>

4AD announced Harding as a new signing in early 2017 just prior to the release of her second studio album, ''[[Party (Aldous Harding album)|Party]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://4ad.com/news/10/2/2017/newto4adhorizonvideo|title=The official website for independent record label 4AD.|website=[[4AD]]|language=en|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> ''Party'' was nominated for [[Independent Music Companies Association|IMPALA]]'s European Album of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=//impalamusic.org/content/22-acts-running-best-european-independent-album |title=22 acts in the running for best European independent album |date=6 March 2018 |access-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054152/http://impalamusic.org/content/22-acts-running-best-european-independent-album |archive-date=9 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The song "The Barrel", from her third studio album ''[[Designer (album)|Designer]]'' (Flying Nun, 4AD, 2019), won the 2019 [[APRA Awards (New Zealand)|APRA Silver Scroll award]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/116273428/aldous-harding-takes-top-gong-at-2019-silver-scroll-awards |title=Aldous Harding takes top gong at 2019 Silver Scroll Awards |date=2 October 2019 |work=Stuff |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/lorde-wins-silver-scroll |date=28 September 2017 |title=Lorde wins Silver Scroll|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref> In 2022, she released her fourth studio album, ''[[Warm Chris]]''. It became her first number one album in her home country, and also featured two of her first charting singles there, with "Tick Tock" peaking at No. 31, and "Ennui" peaking at No. 40 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart.

==Personal life==
Harding comes from a musical family in [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]]. Her mother is [[Folk music|folk]] singer Lorina Harding.<ref name="vice-pepperell">{{cite web|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Aldous Harding's Mild Obsession With the Devil Results in Some Truly Sublime Music|url=https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ezjdda/aldous-hardings-mild-obsession-with-the-devil-results-in-some-truly-sublime-music|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]}}</ref>

{{As of|2020|post=,}} she is based in [[Cardiff]], Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator [[H. Hawkline]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/18/aldous-harding-review-concorde-2-brighton-designer|title=Aldous Harding review – conundrums you can dance to |date=18 May 2019|author=Empire, Kitty|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Lauren|last1=Murphy|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Aldous Harding: 'I think a bit of mystery is good'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/aldous-harding-i-think-a-bit-of-mystery-is-good-1.3939660|date=10 July 2019|website=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Aldous+Harding|title=Discography Aldous Harding|website=charts.nz|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-charts-pink-scores-her-sixth-number-one-album-in-australia-20190505|title=Australian Charts: Pink scores her sixth number one album in Australia|website=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=5 May 2019|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Aldous+Harding|title=Discographie Aldous Harding|website=lescharts.com|language=fr|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Aldous Harding''
|
* Released: 9 April 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://flyingout.co.nz/products/aldous-harding-aldous-harding |title=Aldous Harding – Flying Out |publisher=Flying Out |access-date=14 March 2017 |archive-date=24 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224081719/http://flyingout.co.nz/products/aldous-harding-aldous-harding |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lytteltonrecords.co.nz/aldous-harding-debut-album-out-now/ |title=Aldous Harding debut album out now! |publisher=Lyttelton Records |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719031519/http://lytteltonrecords.co.nz/aldous-harding-debut-album-out-now/ |archive-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
* Label: Lyttelton Records (URA462)
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Music download|digital]]
| 35 || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Party (Aldous Harding album)|Party]]''
|
* Released: 19 May 2017<ref>{{cite news|first1=Kitty|last1=Empire|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Aldous Harding: Party review – New Zealander's hypnotic second album|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/21/aldous-harding-party-review|newspaper=The Observer|date=21 May 2017|issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Aldous Harding – Party|url=https://diymag.com/2017/05/19/aldous-harding-party-album-review|website=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]}}</ref>
* Label: [[Flying Nun Records]] (FN575CD)
* Formats: CD, LP, digital
| 6 || — || 149
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Designer (album)|Designer]]''
|
* Released: 26 April 2019<ref>{{cite news|first1=Alexis|last1=Petridis|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Alexis Petridis's album of the week: Aldous Harding: Designer review – cryptic charm and shimmering pop|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/25/aldous-harding-designer-review-psychedelic-pop-4ad-album|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 April 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Will|last1=Hermes|access-date=11 August 2020|title=Review: The Fetching Surrealism of Aldous Harding's 'Designer'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-aldous-harding-designer-825097/|date=25 April 2019}}</ref>
* Label: [[4AD]] (FN587CD)
* Formats: CD, LP, digital
| 5 || 53 || 101
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Warm Chris]]''
|
* Released: 25 March 2022
* Label: [[4AD]] (4AD-0391)
* Formats: CD, LP, digital
| 1<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5312|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=4 April 2022|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> || 31<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2022-04-04|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=4 April 2022|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> || —
|}

===Other charted songs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ<br />Hot]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5312|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=4 April 2022|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Ennui"
| rowspan="2"| 2022
| 40
| rowspan="2"| ''Warm Chris''
|-
! scope="row"| "Tick Tock"
| 31
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://aldousharding.com|aldousharding.com}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0003259630}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|id=9388800}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/14/aldous-harding-rising-folk-star-whose-live-shows-pack-a-punch |title=Aldous Harding: the New Zealand folk singer who'll put a spell on you &#124; Music |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=14 March 2017}}
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/aldousharding Aldous Harding Subreddit]
* [https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/collections/aldous-harding Aldous Harding Flying Nun Records page]


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Revision as of 12:47, 17 April 2024

Aldous P Jomon
His very great pose in a very aesthetic photo taken in golden times.
His very great pose in a very aesthetic photo taken in golden times.
Background information
Birth nameGeorge
Born2009 (age 14–15)
Kerala, India
GenresA very great student with enough calibres.
Occupation(s)Just a student who is going to capture the world.

Aldous P Jomon (born 2009), known professionally as Zenzi, is a keralite and a malayali student studying and DRIS and tutioned by NEW10's, based in Poovathussery, India[1]

  1. ^ Rogers, Jude (17 November 2019). "The strange world of Aldous Harding: 'I've always been driven by fear'". The Guardian.
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