HK119 is the debut, eponymous solo album from Finnish multimedia artist and singer-songwriter Heidi Kilpeläinen, performing under her alter ego HK119

HK119

HK119 is the alter ego of Finnish multimedia artist, singer and recording artist Heidi Kilpeläinen, who lives and works in London, UK.-Career:...

. The album was released through One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 on 20 February 2006 in the United Kingdom.

The album was a collection of Kilpeläinen's home-made 8-track (multitrack) digital recordings, she composed especially for her MA degree course in Fine Art from 2003–2004, which she combined with individual home-made music videos for nearly every track on the album. (Each video's 'character' was portrayed with a unique costume, which collectively formed the "character" of HK119

HK119

HK119 is the alter ego of Finnish multimedia artist, singer and recording artist Heidi Kilpeläinen, who lives and works in London, UK.-Career:...

)

It was these videos that initially caught the attention of Icelandic singer Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

, who then featured HK119 in a Q Magazine article, citing her as her favourite artist of new 2004, and ultimately leading HK119 being signed to One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

.

The album cover was shot by established fashion photographer Rachel Warner, while the rest of the artwork for the album (and single releases) featured screencaps from the albums relative videos.

Track listing

1. "Intro" − 1:13
2. "Friend For Dinner" − 2:59
3. "Malfunction" − 2:39
4. "Pick Me Up" − 3:19
5. "Censor Me" - 2:31
6. "In-valid" − 1:24
7. "23:45" − 2:28
8. "Buy Me" − 2:33
9. "Uber Machine Interval" − 0:08
10. "Last Nation" − 2:48
11. "Candelabra" − 2:19
12. "Neurotica" − 2:35
13. "Power Cut" − 3:25
14. "Too Much Interval" − 0:12
15. "Excess" - 2:18
16. "Outro" - 2:50
17. "Taysikuu" - 2:53

(CD also included hidden bonus track "11th ID", an a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

 hidden in the pregap

Pregap

The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents . The pregap is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence...

before track 1 of the disc, which can only be found by manually rewinding/scanning backwards the CD in a stereo system. The track was offered as a remix part for fans to submit a remixed version of the track for a potential future release.)

Singles

• "Pick Me Up" (One Little Indian Records) (2005) (12", 7", CD, DVD)

1. "Pick Me Up"
2. "Pick Me Up (Dean Honer Remix)"
3. "Pick Me Up (HK / Honer Extended)"
4. "Last Nation"

• "Buy Me" (One Little Indian Records) (2006) (Promo single only, Promo CD)

1. "Buy Me (Radio Mix)"
2. "Buy Me (Niyi Mix)"
3. "Buy Me (HK119 Remix)"