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

History

House of Waters released its first album in 2009. The band 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.

Music critics have noted the band's unique instrumentation, 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

• Max ZT – hammered dulcimer
• Moto Fukushima – six-stringed bassist
• Ignacio Rivas Bixio – percussion (2016–present)
• Luke Notary – percussion (founding–2016)

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. ^ "House of Waters, Moto Fukushima on Six-string Bass". Bass Musician Magazine. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
2. ^ "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.
3. "House of Waters". Artist of the Month. Salt Peanuts. Vol. 6, no. April 2017. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Farbey, Roger (14 November 2016). "Album Review: House Of Waters: House Of Waters". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
6. ^ Worsley, Jim (28 July 2019). "Album Review: House Of Waters: Rising". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
7. Johnson, Kevin (24 February 2019). "House of Waters Releases "Rising"". No Treble. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
8. "House Of Waters - Daytrotter Session". Paste. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
9. ^ Caldas, Tyler (8 February 2019). "House of Waters - 'Rising'". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
10. Scheiman, Dan (22 February 2018). "House of Waters @ Space". On Stage Review. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
11. ^ Delarue (16 May 2013). "House of Waters Bring Their Gorgeous Psychedelic Textures to the Rockwood". New York Music Daily. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
12. 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.
13. ^ Funkmayor, Jake (17 April 2020). "House of Waters' Rising Nominated for Best Independent Instrumental Album". Funk City. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
14. Kringel, Dawoud (6 July 2012). "CD review: House of Waters…an astonishing display of virtuosity and musical beauty". Doobeedoobeedoo. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
15. Lézy, Aleksandr (4 July 2017). "House of Waters". Chromatique (in French). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
16. Musbach, Julie (12 July 2019). "House Of Waters to Perform at Elm Street Concert Series". Broadway World. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

• Official website

• American world music groups
• American musical trios
• World fusion groups