ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Imogen Heap - Musician
Imogen Heap's aching voice and surprising electronics infuse countless videos and iPods with bone-chilling atmospherics.

Why you should listen

Classically trained composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Imogen Heap finds her muse in unlikely places. She's mined sonic mystery from sources ranging from cardboard tubes to cheap samplers to the data gloves--not to mention her own vocal cords.

A relentless experimenter, Heap's latest song cycle is built around some 900 fan-submitted "sound seeds," or samples of everyday sounds. The first six of these "Heapsongs" have been released via her website, and include the lovely "Propeller Seeds," inspired by a chance meeting at a past TEDGlobal. During 2012's TEDGlobal she recorded a song in various locations around Edinburgh, "anywhere that has a piano and they let me turn up with a microphone." She has also composed the orchestral score for the crowdsourced nature film "Love the Earth."

Heap's last album Ellipse earned her a Grammy and Ivor Novello award. This summer marks the release of Sparks, her fifth and most ambitious album to date. Sparks' songs have taken Imogen all over the world from her North East London home studio to the Himalayas via China. This year Imogen is the guest artist-curator for the iconic London Roundhouse venue’s new music festival, Reverb. The eagerly awaited Sparks world tour will begin at Reverb in August 2014. Meanwhile, Imogen will be celebrating her tenth TED anniversary this year.

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TEDGlobal 2009

Imogen Heap: "Wait It Out"

אימוגן היפ מנגנת את "לחכות"

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אימוגן היפ מנגנת את הגרסה המופשטת והעצמתית של "לחכות", מהאלבום החדש שלה, "אליפסה".
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♫ Where do we go from here? ♫
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♫ לאן נלך מכאן? ♫
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♫ How do we carryלשאת on? ♫
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♫ איך נמשיך הלאה? ♫
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♫ I can't get beyondמעבר the questionsשאלות
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♫ אני לא מסוגלת להגיע מעבר לשאלות ♫
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Clamberingמטפסים for the scrapsשאריות
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♫ מקרטעת בעבור השאריות ♫
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♫ in the shatterלְנַפֵּץ of us, collapsedהתמוטט
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♫ בתוך ההרס שלנו, קורסת ♫
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♫ It cutsחתכים me with everyכֹּל could have been ♫
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♫ אני נפצעת עם כל 'מה שיכל היה להיות' ♫
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Painכְּאֵב on painכְּאֵב on playלְשַׂחֵק, repeatingחוזר
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♫ כאב על כאב מתנגן וחוזר ♫
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♫ With the backupגיבוי, makeshiftתַחֲלִיף life in waitingהַמתָנָה
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♫ עם החיים החלופיים, ארעיים בהמתנה ♫
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Everybodyכולם saysאומר
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♫ כולם אומרים ♫
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♫ time healsמרפא everything ♫
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♫ 'הזמן מרפא הכל' ♫
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♫ What of the wretchedאוּמלָל hollowחָלוּל? ♫
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♫ מה בנוגע לחלל העלוב? ♫
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♫ The endlessאינסופי in betweenבֵּין? ♫
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♫ האינסופיות שבאמצע? ♫
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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♫ האם אנחנו רק מתכוונים לחכות? ♫
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♫ There is nothing to see here now ♫
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♫ כבר אין מה לראות כאן ♫
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Turningחֲרִיטָה the signסִימָן around ♫
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♫ הופכים את השלט ♫
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♫ We're closedסָגוּר to the Earthכדור הארץ 'til"אל furtherנוסף noticeהודעה
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♫ אנחנו סגורים בפני העולם עד להודעה נוספת ♫
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♫ A crumblingהִתפּוֹרְרוּת clicheקְלִישֵׁה caseמקרה
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♫ קלישאה מתפוררת ♫
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crumpledמקומטת and puffyנָפוּחַ facedפנים
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♫ פנים מקומטים ונפוחים ♫
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caughtנתפס deadמֵת in the stareלבהות of a thousandאלף milesstomach
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♫ נתפסו מתים במרחק של אלף מייל ♫
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♫ All I want, only one streetרְחוֹב levelרָמָה miracleנֵס
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♫ כל שאני רוצה, רק נס פשוט ♫
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♫ I'll be an out and out bornנוֹלָד again ♫
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♫ אני אעלם ואיוולד מחדש ♫
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♫ from noneאף אחד more cynicalצִינִי
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♫ מעתה ואילך יותר צינית ♫
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Everybodyכולם saysאומר
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♫ כולם אומרים ♫
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♫ that time healsמרפא everything ♫
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♫ 'הזמן מרפא הכל' ♫
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♫ But what of the wretchedאוּמלָל hollowחָלוּל? ♫
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♫ מה בנוגע לחלל האומלל? ♫
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♫ The endlessאינסופי in betweenבֵּין? ♫
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♫ האינסופיות שבאמצע? ♫
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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♫ האם אנחנו רק מתכוונים לחכות? ♫
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♫ And sitלָשֶׁבֶת here coldקַר? ♫
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♫ ולשבת כאן קרים? ♫
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♫ We will be long goneנעלם by then ♫
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♫ עד אז נמות כבר מזמן♫
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♫ In lacklusterמרושע
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♫ בתוך ההיעדר ♫
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♫ In dustאָבָק we layלְהַנִיחַ around oldישן magazinesכתבי עת
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♫ בתוך אבק אנו שוכבים מסביב למגזינים ישנים ♫
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Fluorescentפלורסנט lightingתְאוּרָה setsסטים the sceneסְצֵינָה
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♫ נורות פלורוסנט יוצרות את האווירה ♫
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♫ for all we could and should be beingלהיות
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♫ בעבור כל מה שיכולנו והיינו אמורים להיות ♫
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♫ in the one life that we'veיש לנו got ♫
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♫ בחיים היחידים שיש לנו ♫
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Everybodyכולם saysאומר
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♫ כולם אומרים ♫
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♫ time healsמרפא everything ♫
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♫ 'הזמן מרפא הכל' ♫
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♫ And what of the wretchedאוּמלָל hollowחָלוּל? ♫
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♫ מה בנוגע לחלל האומלל? ♫
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♫ The endlessאינסופי in betweenבֵּין? ♫
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♫ האינסופיות שבאמצע? ♫
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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♫ האם אנחנו רק מתכוונים לחכות? ♫
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♫ Just going to sweatלְהָזִיעַ it out? ♫
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♫ רק מתכוונים להזיע את זה החוצה? ♫
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♫ Just going to sweatלְהָזִיעַ it out? ♫
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♫ רק מתכוונים להזיע את זה החוצה? ♫
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♫ Wait it out ♫
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♫ לחכות ♫
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(Applauseתְשׁוּאוֹת)
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(מחיאות כפיים)
Translated by Zohar Shevach
Reviewed by Sigal Tifferet

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Imogen Heap - Musician
Imogen Heap's aching voice and surprising electronics infuse countless videos and iPods with bone-chilling atmospherics.

Why you should listen

Classically trained composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Imogen Heap finds her muse in unlikely places. She's mined sonic mystery from sources ranging from cardboard tubes to cheap samplers to the data gloves--not to mention her own vocal cords.

A relentless experimenter, Heap's latest song cycle is built around some 900 fan-submitted "sound seeds," or samples of everyday sounds. The first six of these "Heapsongs" have been released via her website, and include the lovely "Propeller Seeds," inspired by a chance meeting at a past TEDGlobal. During 2012's TEDGlobal she recorded a song in various locations around Edinburgh, "anywhere that has a piano and they let me turn up with a microphone." She has also composed the orchestral score for the crowdsourced nature film "Love the Earth."

Heap's last album Ellipse earned her a Grammy and Ivor Novello award. This summer marks the release of Sparks, her fifth and most ambitious album to date. Sparks' songs have taken Imogen all over the world from her North East London home studio to the Himalayas via China. This year Imogen is the guest artist-curator for the iconic London Roundhouse venue’s new music festival, Reverb. The eagerly awaited Sparks world tour will begin at Reverb in August 2014. Meanwhile, Imogen will be celebrating her tenth TED anniversary this year.

More profile about the speaker
Imogen Heap | Speaker | TED.com