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Artist: Woven Hand
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Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Fields of the Nephilim, Mark Lanegan

Formal Connection With:

16 Horsepower, The Denver Gentlemen, Danielson Famile
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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Blush Music", "Consider the Birds", "Mosaic

Biography

David Eugene Edwards, the enigmatic frontman and visionary for 16 Horsepower, began recording under the Woven Hand moniker while Horsepower was on hiatus in 2001. (The name "Woven Hand" references two hands clasped in prayer, an image that points to the consistent theme of Christianity in Edwards' music.) Building on the same stylistic threads that informed 16 Horsepower -- e.g., incendiary gospel, hallowed folk, and mordant tones infused with a high, dark theatricality worthy of Nick Cave -- Edwards began working on the material at home in Denver, where he recorded, produced, and played on most of the album by himself. Later, he pulled in guitarist Steve Taylor (also of 16 Horsepower) to help flesh out the compositions. The self-titled project was initially released on the German label Glitterhouse; it was then issued in the U.S. on Sounds Familyre in early 2003. Along with a parcel of Edwards' original compositions, the album also included a knee-buckling take on Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone." That same year, Edwards set to work on Blush Music, a set of compositions created for a modern dance company in Belgium. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
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Woven Hand

David Eugene Edwards live 2004
Background information
Origin Denver, Colorado, United States
Genres alternative country, folk rock, folk noir
Years active 2001-present
Labels Glitterhouse Records, Sounds Familyre
Associated acts 16 Horsepower, Lilium
Website www.wovenhand.com
Members
David Eugene Edwards
Ordy Garrison
Pascal Humbert
Peter Van Laerhoven
Former members
Daniel McMahon
Paul Fonfara
Shane Trost

Woven Hand (also spelled as Wovenhand) is a band from Denver, Colorado led by former 16 Horsepower lead singer David Eugene Edwards. Woven Hand's music combines elements of alternative country, post-rock, punk, industrial music, folk rock, old-time music and native American music, among others. Allmusic describes their music dark, gloomy, dreamy, organic and atmospheric.[1]

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History

The band began in 2001 as a solo project for Edwards while his primary group, 16 Horsepower, were taking a temporary hiatus. The band's first live shows were performed by Edwards and multi-instrumentalist Daniel McMahon; the debut, self-titled Woven Hand album was released in 2002 on Glitterhouse Records. Performances following this record were executed by Edwards, McMahon, drummer Ordy Garrison and cellist Paul Fonfara. 2003 saw a release of Blush Music, the score to a dance performance mostly composed of reworked material from the first record. Touring behind this album saw Shane Trost replacing Fonfara.

In 2004, Consider the Birds was released on the Sounds Familyre label, who has also released the previous Woven Hand releases domestically. Edwards performed the bulk of the instrumentation in the studio; he and Garrison toured behind the record as a two-piece.

2005 saw both the demise of 16 Horsepower and the Woven Hand debut of guitarist Peter van Laerhoven, a Belgian guitarist - McMahon and Trost were now inactive with the group. 2006's Mosaic album featured more input from Garrison and van Laerhoven, but still read like an Edwards solo album for the most part. Touring behind the record saw the inclusion of Pascal Humbert, 16 Horsepower's founding and long-time bassist. Nonetheless, Edwards also played solo tours at this time billed as Woven Hand.

2008's Ten Stones, conversely, was the first record from the group written and performed collaboratively; the project had thus evolved into a proper band, albeit with Edwards firmly at its head.

Discography

Albums

References

  1. ^ Wovenhand. Allmusic

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