| Haunted By Waters is a group of talented bay area musicians and artists who have created an exciting and powerful blend of music, which is truly cross-cultural. They conjure up a gorgeous blend of world-influenced styles in this debut CD. Fusing together driving rhythms, soaring synth sounds, sensuous Celtic & Mid Eastern inspired vocals, woven into a compelling blend of textured guitars, bass, synths, electric violin, didgeridoo & tin whistle. Combined with powerful rhythms and exotic percussion instruments, the result is a mesmerizing sound, which crosses the boundaries of culture and time.
Haunted By Waters produced this album with a vision to bring together elements from different cultures and eras, to create a new dimension in contemporary music- one that celebrates a spirit of unity and diversity. Like the Dust is a unique album which celebrates spirit, unity and diversity.
The music of Haunted By Waters is built on a primal and infectious rhythmic background of Middle Eastern, African, and Celtic rhythms and percussion. Weaving in lush vocals, rich melodies and harmonies, and sensuous electronic textures, Haunted By Waters create a progressive, entrancing world sound. Add fretless electric bass, textural and distorted electric guitars, acoustic guitar, synth and sampled sounds, as well as didgeridoo, tin whistle, conch shell, electric violin, and flute and you have a powerful, evocative sound in the same vein as Loreena McKennitt, Enigma, and Dead Can Dance. At once ancient and futuristic, Haunted By Waters seamlessly combine a galaxy of diverse influences and instrumentation into a cohesive and moving soundscape.
Each individual member of Haunted By Waters is a musician of international caliber on the cutting edge of world music and multimedia technology. Co-founder and guitarist David Hannibal has been working with synthesizer and sampling technology for over 10 years for companies such as E-mu Systems, Oberheim, and Q-up Arts. His sampling work can be heard on recordings by XTC and Fishbone; in prime time television series ; and in major motion pictures (Batman, Bram Stokers Dracula). He is currently composing the soundtrack for a feature film by Roy Finch called "Follow Me Home". Born and raised in Ireland and steeped in the tradition of Celtic folk music and theater, co-founder and vocalist Cait McWhir is a wonderful singer with a stunningly rich and yearning voice, who also adds her talents on percussion and tin whistle to the ensemble.
Synthesist/guitarist/singer Gerry Basserman is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and currently owns and operates Opus Nine, a music and sound design studio in San Francisco which produces sound tracks for video and multimedia companies in addition to designing products and sounds for many electronic music companies. He writes articles for Electronic Musician and he is presently consulting and alpha-testing for all new Opcode products. Percussionist extraordinaire Tina "Bean" Blaine is a founder of the popular multimedia ensemble D'CuCKOO. She has studied with master Senegalese and Congolese drummers, and recorded with Brian Eno and Mickey Hart. With a solid background in keyboards, percussion, and electronic marimba, Bean has composed music for television soundtracks ("The Making of The Abyss" and "Peanuts") and video games (Sega/Genesis). She has also appeared in international TV features.
Style/Genre: World / Ambient / Celtic
Instrumentation: Soaring Female Lead Vocals, Electric/Acoustic/Classical Guitars, Didgeridu, Keyboards, Programming, Bass, Electric Violin, Tin Whistle, Bodhran, Djembe, Fish'head, Finger Cymbals, Conch Shell, Alto Sax, Vir'cello, Drums, Congas, Dumbec, Udu, Baroque Flute & Processed Baroque Flute, Tabla, Bongos, Rainstick.
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