Triptychs
Powers is a founding member of Triptychs, an electroacoustic duo formed with fellow bassist John Whitefoot in 2014. The project explores the sonic possibilities of the mundane and oft-overlooked via the digital and analog manipulation of acoustic sounds into long-form ambient compositions.
Shearwater
Since 2015, Powers has toured as the bass guitarist in Shearwater, an indie rock band based out of Austin, TX, performing on multiple tours throughout Europe and North America.
AV Club: Shearwater Plays Lodger
Shearwater: Live on KEXP
CV
2021
Death of the Spirit, dance film choreographed and performed by Joy- Marie Thompson: score composer and performer
2020
Linkt, dance film with choreography and performances by Joy-Marie Thompson and Sherah Shipman: score composer and performer
Eko Chamber Collective performance, with Brian Riordan, Brittany Trotter, Paul Thompson, Ankwenique Kinsel, and Herman Pearl, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh: upright bass
2019
Live improvisational performance with Herman Pearl and Kelsey Robinson, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh: electric upright bass and electronics
sym., choreography by Staycee Pearl of PearlArts Studios, visuals by Barbara Weissberger, and live improvised score with Herman Pearl and Bonnie Jones, premier April 2019, co-sound designer and performer: electric upright bass and electronics
sym., pearlPRESENTS Dance Festival, with PearlArts Studios, Barbara Weissberger, and Herman Pearl, co-sound designer and performer: electric upright bass and electronics
Solo performance, Pittsburgh, PA: electric upright bass and electronics
Solo performance, Pittsburgh, PA: fretless bass guitar and electronics
Fail-Safe #2, live workshop performance curated by Angela Washko and Scott Andrew with support from Carnegie Mellon University: electric upright bass and electronics
2018
Wick (for French Horn, Water Glasses, and Electronics), for How Things Are Made: composer
Touring musician, Lucy Dacus, Historians North American tour: bass guitar
“Addictions” on CBS This Morning
sym. workshop performance, with Herman Pearl and PearlArts Studios, dance with live sound, co-sound designer and performer, Pittsburgh, PA: electric upright bass, electronics
Live performance series, Shearwater in collaboration with Ed Rodriguez (Deerhoof), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Travis Laplante, and Eliot Krimsky, The Berlin Trilogy, WNYC’s New Sounds Series, New York City: fretless bass guitar, synthesizer
Live performance, Triptychs, Pittsburgh, PA: fretless bass guitar, programmable music box, electronics
Session musician, Tiny Rhymes ep, release TBA: bass guitar
sym. incubator performance, with Herman Pearl, Slowdanger, and PearlArts Studios, dance with live sound, co-sound designer and performer: electric upright bass, electronics
Solo performance, Pittsburgh, PA: fretless bass guitar, electronics
2017
Live performance, Triptychs, Pittsburgh, PA: fretless bass guitar, programmable music box, electronics
HTAM S2E11, with How Things Are Made, live performance piece: electric upright bass, electronics
Sound of sym. 1 & 2, with Bonnie Jones & Herman Pearl, co-sound designer and performer: electric upright bass, bowed gong, electronics
The Sky Is a Blank Screen, Shearwater: fretless bass guitar
2016
“Danaïd,” Triptychs, composer and performer: programmable music box, keyboard, guitar
Touring musician, Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow world tour: fretless bass guitar
Guest lecturer, From Titian To Bacon: The Use of Homage In Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer,” Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Shearwater Plays Lodger, Shearwater, live performance album: fretless bass guitar
2015
Touring musician, Positive No, Glossa US tour: bass guitar
2014
Vicious Design, Dead Fame, studio ep: fretless bass guitar
“The Baalist,” Triptychs, composer and performer: bass guitar, Korg Monotron, percussion
“Dolphins,” Triptychs composer and performer: bass guitar, wine glasses, guitar
2012
Frontiers, Dead Fame, studio ep: fretless bass guitar
Sadie Powers 