POWERHOUSE
SOUND formed in the summer of 2005, originally with LASSE MARHAUG
on electronics and PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE on drums. This incarnation
of the band laid down compositions in an Oslo studio last August,
and Bob Weston is slated to mix that material in Chicago this
July. The album is set to release on Atavistic sometime within
the next year.
Ken Vandermark wrote all the compositions with the idea of building
the music from the perspective of the bass instead of the more
conventional approach of composition construction, "from
the top down", as he puts it. "The three major influences
I considered when putting the music together were the rhythmic
ideas of James Brown, the dub ideas of Lee Perry and the collage
ideas of Public Enemy."
The new line up will continue to work from these original concepts
developed at the band's start. However, with the obvious shifts
in personnel and differences in instrumentation, POWERHOUSE
SOUND is undoubtedly here to test any and all genre "qualifiers"
used within the independent music industry today.
Band Members version 1.0:
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Nate McBride: electric bass, effects
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten: electric bass
Lasse Marhaug: electronics
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
version 2.0(pictured):
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Nate McBride: electric bass, effects
Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten: electric bass
Jeff Parker: guitar, electronics
John Herndon: drums
