The live ensemble is: David on vocals and 8-string bass/electric guitar, Jonah on electric piano and organ, Ryan on 4-string bass, and Roberto on drums.
Influences
Too many to name--some are obvious in that everyone would like to claim them as influences (Led Zep, Beatles, etc.)--others are obscure enough that we'd rather they remain a secret...oh, but let's definitely not put down authors, painters, and other assorted non-musicians who would probably end up being misspelled anyway...
Sounds Like
No one really--but how about these perversions: "Pink Sabbath," "Doorphine," or "Radio Queens of the Stone Head"? Watch a video and see for yourself (make sure music player is stopped first):
LA-based Heavy Water Experiments passionately resists the tendency of modern bands to revive sounds of bygone eras. While admittedly taking influence from 60s and 70s genres such as psychedelic and progressive rock, this is a group who strives to break new ground according to an avant-garde or art rock sensibility. One of the ways HWE achieves this is through unique instrumentation, such as the use of an 8-string bass along with a regular 4-string bass, keyboards, and drums. However, the band never relies on this approach as a marketing gimmick since it also incorporates electric and acoustic guitars in the usual way.
The sound of the band is eclectic and can range from a dark, heavy quality to a mellower, acoustic-oriented vibe. Certain tracks might seem to fit well in the stoner rock category, for example, while others could be deemed indie rock or some other current genre. In the past, the band has used marriage characterizations such as "Pink Sabbath," "Doorphine," and "Radio Queens of the Stone Head." These are intended to underscore the notion that HWE neither sounds like one particular band nor like any specific combination of bands. Accordingly, HWE has been compared to a vast number of past-to-present artists, and yet there has never been a tendency toward one or even a few in particular.
So far, HWE has enjoyed a laudable degree of progress while still remaining independent. To date, the band has toured the US and the UK (twice) as well as performing a handful of shows in Holland and Belgium. Locally, the band has played a wide range of venues from Spaceland, The House of Blues, and The Viper Room to more acoustic-oriented venues like The Hotel Cafe, which culminated in being chosen as one of Amoeba Records' local picks. The bandís debut release has received over 50 enthusiastic reviews internationally, and the album has been accumulating steady international momentum through underground radio airplay and live interviews from DJís in the US, UK, Europe, and Australia. Tracks from the album have also appeared on popular American TV shows such as Friday Night Lights, and the bandís promo poster appeared on various sets for an entire season of The OC. The band has also self-organized two underground music festivals in the neighboring Mojave Desert with many notable LA bands performing.
The band is fronted by singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, and producer David Melbye, an LA native whose past bands/projects include Ludivine, Fuzz Beloved, and Zanzibar. His creative/artistic partner Roberto Salguero, originally from El Salvador, plays drums and percussion. Recent additions to the live ensemble include: Jonah McLean on electric piano/organ and Ryan Cox on bass.
Check out the new tasters off the EP titled "Fix Me" and the album titled "E-Li" by E-Li. You can download the tracks off the EP "Fix Me" at www.downloadmusic.ie/e-li
The move to San Francisco created some slow down in our stuff - and the drummer still being in San Jose has proved a bit difficult, but I think we're truckin along! haha
No more girl singer? I figured all the other members would cruise in and out -that's just how you guys roll ;)
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What's shakin? Got a little fundraiser show happening this Wed night, November the 4th @ The Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica, Ca (1026 wilshire Blvd). We'll be jammin in support of our good friends and their new musical "Success". We are excited to be also be a part of the musical itself and are lending some tunes and ideas to the show which will be performing live next year. We hit the stage at 10 pm sharp!! $5 cover- all acoustic show Come jam out with us, sarah goff, Paul Hassch, and The Brian Buckly Band and show your support for local musicians and artists. Got to get over the hump OSOM
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Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?
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