HiM started as a home-recorded solo project of drummer Doug Scharin. Since the first records in the mid 90s, the evolution of the band has been extraordinary.

For Peoples, the latest and seventh HiM album, Antibalas founder Martin Pera and trumpet player Jordan Mclean joined in the fun, as well as Need New Body bass player Griffin Rodriguez, singer Christian Dautresme, Doug Scharin, Adam Pierce, and Josh Larue. The band stayed in Japan after their tour for some recording sessions in Tokyo, then put the tracks into the capable hands of Peter katis for mixdown. The resulting mayhem brings burning African song structures alongside Sun Ra-esque vocal parts, pushed by an unparalleled rhythm section... and covered by a soothing pop umbrella... an music of its own, by any stretch.