"...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 Haight for the `90s: incubation over revolution, musical instruction over wigged-out improvisation..." - Option Magazine (5/6/1996, p.111)

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 didgeridu, 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 over 10 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 is currently composing 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.

Synthesist/guitarist/singer Gerry Basserman is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and currently owns and operates Opus Nine, a music and sound design studio in San Francisco which produces sound tracks for video and multimedia companies in addition to designing products and sounds for many electronic music companies. He writes articles for Electronic Musician and he is presently consulting and alpha-testing for all new Opcode products.

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.