House of Waters
{{Short description|American international fusion band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Peggy |title=House of Waters makes big splash in Lovelock |url=https://insidenorthernnevada.com/PrintArticle.aspx?aid=41147&uid=9481dc67-acec-4ac2-9a39-793992f71eb9 |access-date=November 7, 2022 |work=Inside Northern Nevada |publisher=Nevada News Group |date=May 2, 2019}}
| genre = {{hlist|International|fusion|progressive rock|jazz|Afrobeat|pan-Asian|psychedelic}}
| years_active = {{Circa|2008}}–present
| label = GroundUP Music
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| website = {{URL|houseofwaters.com}}
| current_members = Max ZT
Moto Fukushima
Juan Chiavassa
Richie Barshay
| past_members = Luke Notary
Ignacio Rivas Bixio
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House of Waters is an American international fusion band. Created {{Circa|2008}}, it is composed of hammered dulcimer player Max ZT, six-stringed bassist Moto Fukushima, and have worked with a variety of different drummers and percussionists over the years.
Its style draws from its members' musical backgrounds, incorporating elements of world music, jazz, progressive rock, classical, Senegalese music, and South American music. It has received critical praise for its unique instrumentation, melodic chemistry, and relaxed and fluid sound.
History
House of Waters was created {{Circa|2008}} as a five-piece band, which sometime after reduced to a trio. Its name evokes a sense of fluidity, described by Paste as "the stability and consistency of a well-built home with the clarity and fluidity of water."
The band released its first album in 2009. It joined the label GroundUP Music, begun by Michael League of Snarky Puppy, in 2016. It began touring internationally in 2017.{{cite news |title=Review: Snarky Puppy + House of Waters at The Sage Gateshead |url=https://www.thebubble.org.uk/culture/music/review-snarky-puppy-house-waters-sage-gateshead/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=The Bubble |date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026205228/https://www.thebubble.org.uk/culture/music/review-snarky-puppy-house-waters-sage-gateshead/ |archive-date=October 26, 2020}} For their 2023 release - On Becoming - the band was nominated for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 66th annual Grammy Awards.[https://www.grammy.com/artists/house-of-waters/54213]
Musical style
The band's style incorporates elements of world music, jazz, progressive rock, classical, Senegalese music, and South American music.{{cite news |title=House of Waters |department=Artist of the Month |url=https://saltpeanutssite.wordpress.com/portfolio/vol-6-coming-soon/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Salt Peanuts |volume=6 |date=April 11, 2017 |language=en}}
It incorporates elements from its members' backgrounds. Zbiral-Teller has a background in traditional Irish music, and was trained under Sankoum, Fode, and Boubacar Cissoko in Senegal, and under Shivkumar Sharma in India. Fukushima was trained in jazz, classical, and South American music.{{Cite web |title=Bio |url=https://houseofwaters.com/bio |access-date=October 18, 2022 |publisher=House of Waters}}
Music critics have noted the band's unique instrumentation, repurposing the hammered dulcimer, traditionally known as an Appalachian folk music instrument.{{cite news |last1=Kushner |first1=Daniel J. |title=Jazz Fest 2018, Day 5: Daniel reviews Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, House of Waters, and Partikel |url=https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/MusicBlog/archives/2018/06/27/jazz-fest-2018-day-4-daniel-reviews-bela-fleck-and-the-flecktones-house-of-waters-and-partikel |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=City Newspaper |date=June 27, 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kevin |title=House of Waters Releases "Rising" |url=https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/02/24/house-of-waters-releases-rising/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=No Treble |date=February 24, 2019}} They have also noted the band's genre fusion,{{cite news |title=House Of Waters - Daytrotter Session |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/music/house-of-waters/feb-15-2018-daytrotter-studios-davenport-ia |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Paste |date=February 15, 2018 |language=en}} melodic cooperation and chemistry, and relaxed, fluid style.{{cite news |title=House of Waters, Moto Fukushima on Six-string Bass |url=https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2016/11/house-waters-moto-fukushima-six-string-bass/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Bass Musician Magazine |date=November 11, 2016}} "There is an open air to the sound design that flirts with embellishments that are vibrantly full of life. It feels beautifully unobtrusive without being rendered disengaging," wrote Tyler Caldas in a review for Everything Is Noise. Dan Scheiman of OnStage Reviews noted that "the real plunge into the rock, dance, and metal genres happens when they let loose live".{{cite news |last1=Scheiman |first1=Dan |title=House of Waters @ Space |url=https://onstagereview.com/house-of-waters-space-evanston-il/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=On Stage Review |date=February 22, 2018}} The New York Music Daily wrote that "there is no other group in the world who sound remotely like them;" Mike Collins in Jazzwise called that description "rather over-heated" while still praising the group.{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Mike |title=New British Jazz Generation Blasts Bath With Spiritual Baptism |url=http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/14953-new-british-jazz-generation-blasts-bath-with-spiritual-baptism |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Jazzwise |date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810125644/http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/14953-new-british-jazz-generation-blasts-bath-with-spiritual-baptism |archive-date=August 10, 2018}}
Band members
- Max Zbiral-Teller{{spnd}}hammered dulcimer{{cite news |last1=Pillai |first1=Karan |title=Max ZT on the relevance of the hammered dulcimer and the essence of cross-genre fusion |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2020/jan/24/max-zt-on-the-relevance-of-the-hammered-dulcimer-and-the-essence-of-cross-genre-fusion-21710.html |access-date=October 18, 2022 |work=Indian Express |date=January 24, 2020 |language=en}}
- Moto Fukushima{{spnd}}six-stringed bassist
- Juan Chiavassa - drums (2021–present)
- Richie Barshay - drums (2021–present)
- Ignacio Rivas Bixio{{spnd}}percussion (2016–2021){{cite news |last1=Funkmayor |first1=Jake |title=House of Waters' Rising Nominated for Best Independent Instrumental Album |url=https://funkcity.net/2020/04/16/house-of-waters-rising-nominated-for-best-independent-instrumental-album/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Funk City |date=April 17, 2020}}
- Luke Notary{{spnd}}percussion (founding–2016)
Discography
- Elsewhere (2009)
- Peace the Coats (2009)
- Revolution (2016){{cite news |author=Delarue |title=House of Waters Bring Their Gorgeous Psychedelic Textures to the Rockwood |url=https://newyorkmusicdaily.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/house/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=New York Music Daily |date=May 16, 2013 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Kringel |first1=Dawoud |title=CD review: House of Waters…an astonishing display of virtuosity and musical beauty. |url=https://doobeedoobeedoo.info/2012/07/06/cd-review-house-of-waters-an-astonishing-display-of-virtuosity-and-musical-beauty/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Doobeedoobeedoo |date=July 6, 2012}}
- House of Waters (2016){{cite news |last1=Farbey |first1=Roger |title=Album Review: House Of Waters: House Of Waters |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/house-of-waters-house-of-waters-groundup-review-by-roger-farbey |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=All About Jazz |date=November 14, 2016 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Lézy |first1=Aleksandr |title=House of Waters |url=http://www.chromatique.net:80/chroniques/item/16345-house-of-waters |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Chromatique |date=July 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906211640/http://www.chromatique.net:80/chroniques/item/16345-house-of-waters |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |language=fr}}
- Rising (2019){{cite news |last1=Worsley |first1=Jim |title=Album Review: House Of Waters: Rising |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/rising-house-of-waters-groundup-review-by-jim-worsley |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=All About Jazz |date=July 28, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Caldas |first1=Tyler |title=House of Waters - 'Rising' |url=https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/house-of-waters-rising/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Everything Is Noise |date=February 8, 2019}}
- Le Voyage Dans La Lune (2022)
- Ménilmontant (2022)
- Ballet Mécanique (2022)
- Where I Wander (2022)
- On Becoming (2023)
The band composed the score for the ESPN program E:60.{{cite news |last1=Musbach |first1=Julie |title=House Of Waters to Perform at Elm Street Concert Series |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/atlanta/article/House-Of-Waters-to-Perform-at-Elm-Street-Concert-Series-20190712 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |work=Broadway World |date=July 12, 2019 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|houseofwaters.com}}
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Category:American world music groups
Category:American musical trios