Deltaflood expects debut album to released in spring
Malcolm Gorrill
Northern News Services
Inuvik (Feb 16/01) - A flood will wash over the Delta region this spring and, perhaps, the rest of the North.
"We plan on flooding Nunavut, and then we'll wash over Yukon," said Doug Villeneuve.
But there is no need to take cover or fear for your life. You just have to listen.
Villeneuve, Pete Smith and Laurie MacNabb are Deltaflood. The Inuvik band expects to release its first album in the spring.
The trio spent the last month at the Spiritwalker Productions recording studio in Yellowknife, although some post-production still needs to be done.
The band is planning a CD release party, and will promote it as much as possible, MacNabb said.
"We're going to do everything we can to make sure everybody hears what we have," said MacNabb, bass player and vocalist.
"I've been wanting to do this forever," said Smith, who plays drums and provides vocals.
He added many people will be surprised if they expect the album to sound like the top 40 music Deltaflood usually plays at functions.
"This is by far different from what we do," he said.
So, what music does Deltaflood play?
"We're a hard-rock band, there's no doubt about that. Our sound is kind of a mixture of things," Villeneuve said, who plays guitar and sings backup during live shows.
The band had been considering recording for some time and were finally able to do so after acquiring a grant last year from the NWT Arts Council.
Villeneuve and Smith have played together, off and on, for 11 years, and are self- taught. MacNabb joined them in 1997, and Deltaflood officially became a three-member band in January 1999.
The members still fondly recall the six days they spent in the recording studio.
"We got to see what it's like to work in sort of a state of the art production studio. It was a new experience," MacNabb said.
Smith said members threw in some special effects, like smashing glasses.
"It was amazing, actually, what a producer can do, and fit all these things together."
The producer was Norm Glowach.
Smith admitted the recording session wasn't all fun and games. "It's a lot of work and it's very exhausting."
