Album Notes

New album: 'Minding The Gap' out now...

Powderdust began in 1999 as an electro-dubduo and has since moved towards the pop-genre.

The music travels between electro-pop and rock and Powderdust has approached their debut album with the last 10 years of remix-culture in mind. Their inspiration spans from Kruder & Dorfmeister to Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin and Brahms, and along the way some of the members have taken part in both World Music and Danish rock.

Powderdust often reveal dark and strong currents over the melodious and engaging songs, where even the slightest spark can create an explosion.

Certainly, this can be contributed to the groups many different approaches to music. Strong musical and compositional intuition flows from all members, of which the Danish/Irish singer Anne K is probably best known for her different projects, especially the highly innovative ensemble Pornorama. She provides the majority of the lyrics which are greatly inspired by her own upbringing as a Catholic - and the conflicts it brings to her existence in modern society. A conflict that arose from a turbulent adolescence that sent her to the Sinai-desert among beduins to look for her faith in life.

To begin with, the remaining band members construed the lyrics in different ways and later on, as they were made aware of Anne's past, the more spiritual undertones became present. But an important issue for the band has always been, that the lyrics are not expressed solely in spiritual terms but can be met at different levels.

Powderdust's additional members Lars Meiling, Niels Grnlykke, Jakob Poll and Per Christensen have among others worked with Moi Caprice and the orchestre Veneno who won a Danish World Award in 2004. In the first few years Powderdust created their music in the morning hours every wedensday, and the result was a series of calm and rather laid-back compositions. But when a local reviewer - after hearing the first demo, recorded at Bedtime Studio - noticed how this influenced the music, the band changed rehersals to the evening hours. Following this shift, the band released a couple of EP's, which eventually also recieved better treatment...

The dust has settled and in March 2006 Powderdust are ready to send tiny vibrant explosions out across the homeland...