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==History== ==History==
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==Musical style== ==Musical style==

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American international fusion band

House of Waters
OriginBrooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
LabelsGroundUP Music
Members
  • Max ZT
  • Moto Fukushima
  • Ignacio Rivas Bixio
Websitehouseofwaters.com

House of Waters is an American international fusion band. Created c. 2008, it is composed of hammered dulcimer player Max ZT, six-stringed bassist Moto Fukushima, and percussionist Ignacio Rivas Bixio.

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 c. 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.

Musical style

The band's style incorporates elements of world music, jazz, progressive rock, classical, Senegalese music, and South American music.

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.

Music critics have noted the band's unique instrumentation, repurposing the hammered dulcimer, traditionally known as an Appalachian folk music instrument. They have also noted the band's genre fusion, melodic cooperation and chemistry, and relaxed, fluid style. "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". 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.

Band members

Discography

  • Elsewhere (2009)
  • Peace the Coats (2009)
  • Revolution (2016)
  • House of Waters (2016)
  • Rising (2019)
  • Le Voyage Dans La Lune (2022)
  • Ménilmontant (2022)

The band composed the score for the ESPN program E:60.

References

  1. ^ Pillai, Karan (24 January 2020). "Max ZT on the relevance of the hammered dulcimer and the essence of cross-genre fusion". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ Kushner, Daniel J. (27 June 2018). "Jazz Fest 2018, Day 5: Daniel reviews Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, House of Waters, and Partikel". City Newspaper. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ "House Of Waters - Daytrotter Session". Paste. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ^ "House of Waters, Moto Fukushima on Six-string Bass". Bass Musician Magazine. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Review: Snarky Puppy + House of Waters at The Sage Gateshead". The Bubble. 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. "House of Waters". Artist of the Month. Salt Peanuts. Vol. 6. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. "Bio". House of Waters. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  8. ^ Farbey, Roger (14 November 2016). "Album Review: House Of Waters: House Of Waters". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ Worsley, Jim (28 July 2019). "Album Review: House Of Waters: Rising". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  10. Johnson, Kevin (24 February 2019). "House of Waters Releases "Rising"". No Treble. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  11. ^ Caldas, Tyler (8 February 2019). "House of Waters - 'Rising'". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  12. Scheiman, Dan (22 February 2018). "House of Waters @ Space". On Stage Review. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  13. ^ Delarue (16 May 2013). "House of Waters Bring Their Gorgeous Psychedelic Textures to the Rockwood". New York Music Daily. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  14. Collins, Mike (29 May 2018). "New British Jazz Generation Blasts Bath With Spiritual Baptism". Jazzwise. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  15. ^ Funkmayor, Jake (17 April 2020). "House of Waters' Rising Nominated for Best Independent Instrumental Album". Funk City. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  16. Kringel, Dawoud (6 July 2012). "CD review: House of Waters…an astonishing display of virtuosity and musical beauty". Doobeedoobeedoo. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  17. Lézy, Aleksandr (4 July 2017). "House of Waters". Chromatique (in French). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  18. Musbach, Julie (12 July 2019). "House Of Waters to Perform at Elm Street Concert Series". Broadway World. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

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