Sound Experimentations: Our Chat With Vorhees
Dana Wachs has a panoramic perspective, coming to music from every possible angle. Starting cello at just nine years old (of her own volition) and taking rigorous lessons from acclaimed member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Trading in her cello for a bass guitar when she stumbled upon Herbie Hancock’s Rock school on PBS. Joining the Dischord band the Holy Rollers, and picking up sound engineering on the road. Cultivating her engineering skills at the Black Cat in DC and over the course of 20 years touring all over the globe with brilliant musicians like St. Vincent and Deerhunter. At last, she shares her musical voice on the EP Black Horse Pike, out February 24th on Styles Upon Styles.
The album is an experimental five-song meditation on memories and sound. She plays Brooklyn at Union Pool on February 25th with I.U.D., and Faten Kanaan. I talked with her about how she arrived at this album, and what is has like growing up in rural New Jersey.