Haunted By Waters
"...when the occasional gem comes along, it's reason to rejoice...the instrumental sound is impressive...intelligent, humane, artistic songwriting is the key to Haunted By Waters." - BAM Magazine
"...multi-textured, pop/world beat. A kinder, mellower Height for the `90s: incubation over revolution, musical instruction over wigged-out improvisation..." - Option Magazine
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 didgeridoo, 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 many 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 also composed 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. "As a singer I am interested in exploring the depth and breadth of human experience through the medium of the voice. My musical journey began in Ireland where I grew up. Ireland is full of music. Everywhere you go you hear it. Even the lakes, the valleys, the trees and the wind sing loudly in Ireland. There is often a mournful and haunting quality to these sounds which you can hear in Irish music, along with the more lilting and joyful music which you can hear in jigs and reels of people playing music...in kitchens, in pubs, everywhere!" Cait McWhir
Synthesist/guitarist/singer Gerry Basserman is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music worked in San Francisco producing sound tracks for video and multimedia companies in addition to designing products and sounds for many electronic music companies. He worked for EMU systems for 7 years and Opcode Syatems for 6 years. He was a writer for Electronic Musician and he is presently at Propellerhead Software, a creative music and video software company.
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.
Haunted by Waters is:
Cait McWhir — lead vocals, tin whistle, percussion
David Hannibal — electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, didgeridoo, programming
Gerry Bassermann — keyboards, 6 & 12 string guitars, vocals
Tina "Bean" Blaine — drums, percussion, vocals
Greg Stone — Bass
Rhan Wilson — drums, percussion
Cat Taylor — electric violin
Stephen Schultz — baroque flute and processed baroque flute
Haunted by Waters Reunion Performance - Ashavahishta CD release Party at Cloud 9, Berkeley, California. January 2014
Album Details:
Like The Dust
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.
Tracks:
1. The Coming of Lugh 6:33
2. Winds of Love 5:56
3. Hideaway 6:02
4. Like the Dust 6:20
5. Shasta the Wanderer 7:08
6. Drowning in the Waters 7:06
7. M'bayata 4:19
8. Jalne Jalne 7:03
9. Impassioné 6:00
10. Pray 6:56
11. Camille 4:20
Single (Bonus Track)
1. Flame 5:30
Item # CD 1003-2
All songs written produced & arranged by Haunted by Waters.
All songs published by Minerva Music/Haunted by Waters 1995.
David Hannibal - Electric & Classical Guitar, Didgeridoo, Keyboards, Programming
Cait McWhir - Lead Vocals, Tin Whistle, Bodhran, Djembe, Fish'head, Finger Cymbals
Gerry Bassermann - Keyboards, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals, Programming, Conch Shell, Alto Sax, Vir'cello, Drums
Tina Blaine aka.'Bean' - Drums, Backing Vocals, Djembe, Congas, Dumbec, Udu Drums
& special guests
Greg Stone - Bass
Stephen Schultz - Baroque Flute & Processed Baroque Flute (Camille, Hideaway)
Rhan Wilson - Drums, Tabla, Bongos - (Camille, Drowning)
Cat Taylor - Electric Violin (Dust)
Diana Maxwell - Rainstick (Impasssione)
The Coming of Lugh, Impassioné, M'Bayata, Shasta, Drowning, Pray - Hannibal/Bassermann/McWhir/Blaine
Hideaway, Like the Dust, Flame, Jalne Jalne, Camille - Hannibal/McWhir
Winds of Love - Trad: Arranged by Haunted By Waters
Recording and Engineering - Gerry Bassermann & David Hannibal
Produced by - Haunted By Waters
Mixing Engineer - Stephen Hart
Production Assistance - Aldoush Alpanian
Executive Producers - X DOT 25 Music
Production/Mixing - Mesa Recording, Sebastopol, California.
Mastered by - Michael Romanowski at Rocket Lab, San Francisco
a gazillion thanks to -
Diana Maxwell for great managing, Stephen Hart (the wise & wonderful), X DOT 25.
To all of you who contributed time & hard work to our songs: Stephen Schultz, Rhan Wilson, Cat Taylor, Jeff Obee, Jeffree Andrews. Aldoush Alpanian, Kenny at Mesa Studios, Dave at CRI, John Dalton, Candice Pacheco, Steve Boeddeker, Mike Freitas, Mackie Designs, Opcode Systems, Tascam, E-Mu Systems, Roy Finch at Sonos, Michael Marans, Terry Holgate, Magenta Crowe, Frank Giorgini, Matt Isaacson, Jeff Barbour, David's family, Vicki (& Biscuit). And of course we thank the invisible ones. The Great Spirit, the Muses & Ancestors who contributed magic from the other side. To M - you are the continuing inspiration in Cait & David's lives.
Band Photos - Susan Scott
Cover Design / Artwork - Cait McWhir
Lyrics
The Coming of Lugh (Gaelic: Tadhbhas de Lugh)
This song is based on a story in Irish mythology about the great Celtic warrior Lugh Lauve Fauda. He was known as the Ildana, the master of all crafts, and was said to have appeared on a white horse holding the lost Sword of Light. His mission was to deliver Ireland and the tribe of the De Danaans from the evil of the Fomor and Balor the one-eyed, which he accomplished aided only by a small band of warriors from the mythical land of Tir-Na-Nog.
Winds of Love
The Winds of Love are blowing at us
They're standing at the crossroads of the valley
Oh you winds of love help me
Will you take me to my homeland
If I wasn't so afraid to go there
I'm so afraid that I would grow
Old in this land of exile
Take me to the land of my beloved
Hideaway
Used to be easy to hide my feelings away from you
Bury my feelings away
Inside….
And do you know how I wanna try
To make it easier to understand
That something's different now
Its gonna be different now
Gotta’ be real about it
Throw caution to the wind this time
You don’t know how hard I've been trying
To turning my back and walkaway
From love, from love
Its natural for me to want to be with you
To be your friend
All the reasons besides
Just a man and a woman
And I can see myself in you
A part of me that's holding on
Do you wanna let go
Let go of the past....
Gotta’ be real about it
Throw caution to the wind this time
You don’t know how hard I've been trying
To turning my back and walkaway
i never wanted to lie to you
And if I separate myself from you
Will you understand why I can't turn my back
And hideaway from love
From love, from love
Gotta’ be real about it
Throw caution to the wind this time
You don’t know how hard I've been trying
To turning my back and walkaway
I never wanted to lie to you
And if I separate myself from you
Will you understand why I can't turn my back
And hideaway from love
From love, from love
Like the Dust
On a train goin' nowhere
It's an empty road ahead
If you wanna get out of the desert
Forests are burning into the night
Green fields are going brown, everywhere
Earth is scorched by the sun
And we're killing the sacred land
We live on
We live on our heart
If you wanna see, wanna feel,
Wanna try and make any change
Before its too late
You've gotta' let
Gotta' let go of the past
Gotta’ change the way we think about our lives
We don't have a choice anymore
We don't have a choice anymore
Anymore....
Drowning ourselves in a sea of confusion
Overloaded senses too many illusions
Everyday living's a poison
That can settle on you like a dust....
If you wanna see, wanna feel,
Wanna try and make any change
Before its too late
You've gotta' let
Gotta' let go of the past
Gotta’ change the way we think about our lives
We don't have a choice anymore
We don't have a choice anymore
Anymore....
Shasta the Wanderer
Don't know how to tell you
Now you're gone
Don't know how to say
What's right or wrong
Could have been different
Who's to say
Why we go so far away?
Ya, Ya , Ya, Ya, Far away
Something you believe in
All our dreams
Nothing ever is the way it seems
Tried to make you change your mind
Easier for us to leave behind
Ya, Ya , Ya, Ya, Far behind
If there is a reason
Let it go
If there is an answer
Let it show
Could have been different
Who's to say
Why we go so far away
Ya, Ya , Ya, Ya, Far away
Drowning in the Waters
You wait
I wait...
Waiting for the love
To reveal itself again
Last night I called your name
Softly to the wind for her to carry
This seems so easy to believe
Or is it only for our souls to dream?
Unfolding moments of your destiny
Another knowing of your soul
Recognition of your heart's desire
Love within is never cold.....
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters of your soul.......
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters of your soul.......
Unspeakable like destiny
Surrender to uncertainty
To let it go
Let it unfold is heaven's way
The path that leads me to this place
Is tangled up in love's desire
To satisfy some of the hunger in my soul
To laugh to love to breathe again
To fall in love with life again
To let it go
Let it unfold
Is heaven's way
Unfolding moments of your destiny
Another knowing of your soul
Recognition of your heart's desire
Love within is never cold.....
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters of your soul.......
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters
Drown me in the waters of your soul.......
Jalne Jalne
inspired by the Macedonian folksong "Se Vradse Vradse Jalno Sonce"
There's something calling out to you
That seeks to pierce the ignorance
Deliverance to understand
The Knowledge that you bring
Infinite a wisdom forced
To seek eventuality
Rebirth all is life and death
I see it circle round
Around, around
Around, around
Around
Pray (inspired by Nelson Mandela)
Now we can begin
The time has come at last
Let go of all the hate
Surrender of the past
Pray for the other
Wait for the change
Love never leaves you
Hope stays the same
Time to come together
We can make the change
If faith never leaves you
The world's not the same
Pray for the other
Help make the change
Life never leaves you
Hope will remain
Someone that you
Know someone you can't see
Someone you will know
Time to set them free
Someone speaks his mind
Someone looks for truth
Someone to believe
So much faith in you
Someone that you
Know someone you can't see
Someone you will know
Time to set them free
Someone speaks his mind
Someone looks for truth
Someone to believe
So much faith in you
Camille
You didn't know why you were the one
The deal you struck with fate
Signed sealed delivered in your hands
Trying hard to forget the one whose sympathy you wrought
Betrayed by the visions from your mind
And all the work you did demanded compromise from men
A woman's genius left out in the cold
And no-one really cared about the soul who lived inside
And freedom stolen from the wings of love
All the worlds afraid of you
So terrified of questioning
Unable to protect the fragile beast
Incarcerated for your power and driven mad by love
Struck wounded fear like statues in your heart
All you ever needed was the recognition you deserved
And not to be betrayed by one who saw
The jealousy
His jaded soul
That brought you to your knees
The passion in your hands that needed clay
Your hands.....
Your hands....
Your eyes......