Artist description It's just one person (me) actually. "Subtle influences of Slowdive and Bark Psychosis's most hypnotically minimal moments, Mojave 3's acoustic romance, the guitar wash of bands like Grimble Grumble, and the electro-ambience of Locust and Silvania permeate throughout".

Music Style dreampop/shoegaze/ambient

Musical Influences slowdive, silvania, locust, mojave 3, grimble grumble, bark psychosis, my bloody valentine, field mice, trembling blue stars, blind mr. jones

Similar Artists slowdive, grimble grumble, bark psychosis, mojave 3, auburn lull

Artist History Started in my bedroom in early 1996 when I was 16.In the beginning my compositions were very abstract and experimental, as is exhibited to some extent on "souvenir from a dream". I have never really been in a band, and so the waterfall effect has always been my musical alter ego. My most productive years were from 1996-1998. I only recorded one song in 1999 ("nocturnal rhapsody"), and in 2000 I didn'trecord anything, due to coming out to Hawaii for college. 1998 saw the recording of a one-offelectro-ambient EP entitled "parallel thoughts".While the reaction received was positive, it isn't really representative of my sound, it was justsort of something I wanted to explore. I am debating whether to release this as a DAM like "souvenir from a dream". Late december 2000 to early January 2001 saw my first recording session in nearly 2 years. During this time I recorded 4 demos for an upcoming ep/album (haven't decided yet) entitled "pacific". These songs have marked a turn in style for me, sounding rather close to early Mojave 3and Bark Psychosis, with much more emphasis on simple acoustic parts and vocals/lyrics. I hope to finish writing and recording the "pacific" LPthis summer.

Group Members John Kupchik--vocals, guitars, bass guitar, drumprogrammes, synths, samples

Albums parallel thoughts ep, souvenir from a dream LP

Press Reviews go to www.opuszine.com and type in "the waterfalleffect".

Location honolulu, hawaii - USA

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