Celebration (band)

Celebration
Singer Katrina Ford, live in Olympia, Washington, in the early 2000s, with Celebration's previous band, Love Life.
Background information
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Friends Records, 4AD
Website	Official website
Members
Katrina Ford Sean Antanaitis David Bergander Tony Drummond Walker Teret Tommy Rouse

Celebration is a psychedelic soul band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.

History

Celebration is composed of singer Katrina Ford, multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander, with a number of additional rotating members: Walker Teret plays bass, sometimes guitar, percussion and backing vocals, Tony Drummond, plays keys, percussion and backing vocals, Tommy Rouse plays guitar and percussion.

In the beginning the band as a three piece’s sound was centered around the unique output provided by all the instruments played by Antanaitis in the studio as well as live. He would play all of the music in the band including organ, Moog bass pedals, guitorgan and electric keys, leaving Ford on vocals and Bergander on drums. Their first two records were produced with David Sitek of TV on the Radio. In addition to producing, Sitek also contributed guitar parts and synths. Other noteworthy members on the albums include Martin Perna and Stewart Bogle who contributed flute and sax into the mix. Their newest record, self produced “Electric Tarot: Hello Paradise”( Friends Records) is the result of home/ hometown recording with additional members. The tarot theme woven into the meanings and content of the music itself.

Members

• Katrina Ford (Vocals, Percussion)
• Sean Antanaitis (Guitar, Guitorgan, Organ, Wurlitzer, Piano, Moog Pedal Bass, electronics)
• David Bergander (Drums, Percussion)

Discography

Albums

• Celebration – (October, 2005)
• The Modern Tribe – (October, 2007)
• Hello Paradise – (December, 2010)

Singles

• Diamonds – (December 5, 2005)
• War – (February 20, 2006)
• New Skin – (May 22, 2006)

Appearances

• David Bergander and Sean Antanaitis appear on the album Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johansson.
• Katrina Ford appears on the album Villainaire by The Dead Science, Maximum Balloon by David Andrew Sitek and on the albums Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, Return to Cookie Mountain and Dear Science, all by TV on the Radio. She appears on the song In The Fall on the 2010 EP In The Fall by Future Islands. She also appears on the song Caged Bird on the 2010 album Where Did the Night Fall by UNKLE.

External links

• Official Website
• Official MySpace Page

References

• allmusic
• City Paper of Baltimore
• 4AD's Celebration page