Haunted
By Waters is a group of bay area musicians and artists who have
created an exciting and powerful blend of music which is truly
-cross cultural. Fusing together sensual Middle Eastern melodies,
Celtic vocals, driving rhythms, & soaring synth sounds, "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, they create a progressive,
entrancing world sound. Add fretless electric bass, textural
and distorted electric guitars, acoustic guitar, synth and sampled
sounds, as well as didgeridu, tin whistle, conch shell, electric
violin, and flute and you have a powerful, evocative sound.
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 Irish 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.
In the late 90's Haunted by Waters members moved on to other projects. Cait and David worked on a new project called Samsara's Edge. As a follow up to Like the Dust. No more concerts or albums from this legendary band!
