MEMORYHOUSE took form as a collaborative project meant to serve as an artistic outlet for composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion. The new album is called "The Slideshow Effect" and its title speaks to what hasn't changed for MEMORYHOUSE: their continuing interest in the synthesis of the aural and the visual. It refers to the photographic/cinematic technique of zooming and panning to animate still images, often used in documentary film making to give movement to archival photographs. The 10-track album, produced by Abeele, with assistance from friend, collaborator, and occasional MEMORYHOUSE bassist Barzin Hassani Rad, finds MEMORYHOUSE heading toward a new clarity in composition as well as sound; a more organic direction for artists who ... read more