Duncan Patterson
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Duncan Patterson is a Liverpool
born musician
, (of Irish
nationality) best known for his work as a member of Anathema
(1991–1998) and Antimatter
(1998–2005).
sound (along with bands like Paradise Lost
and My Dying Bride
), as well as triggering Anathema's shift towards a softer, deeper style. After releasing four albums with Antimatter, spanning several genres (ambient
, electronica
, acoustic
), he has now started another full time project called Íon, a mix of acoustic and traditional music
. In between recording and touring his own projects, he has enjoyed chart success with the Irish
alternative rock
band The Aftermath
, playing on three Top 20 singles
, as well as appearing on their debut album
, Friendlier Up Here
alongside The Waterboys' Steve Wickham
. Patterson also wrote and performed the music on the German
rapper Bushido
's single, "Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück
", which charted at #14 in Germany. He is also the founder of Strangelight Records, a small independent record label
.
Patterson's music was used in Hisham Zreiq
's film
s, music that was composed for Íon was used in the award-winning film The sons of Eilaboun
, and music that was composed for Antimatter was used in the film, Just Another Day. Patterson has signed a deal with the UK
label
, Music In Stone, to release a collection of traditional Irish, medieval, and original instrumental compositions titled 'Herencia'. Joining him will be the Argentinian flautist
, Augusto Reinhold. Another 2011 recording is planned, with a new project titled 'Alternative 4', with their debut album, 'The Brink' released by Avantgarde Music
in 2011.
(Prophecy/The End, 2002)
Antimatter - Live@K13 (Strangelight, 2003)
Antimatter - Lights Out
(Strangelight/Prophecy/The End, 2003)
Antimatter - Unreleased 1998-2003 (Internet release, 2003)
V/A - The Lotus Eaters (Black Lotus, 2004)
Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
(Prophecy/The End, 2005)
Antimatter - Alternative Matter boxset (Prophecy, 2010)
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
born musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, (of Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
nationality) best known for his work as a member of Anathema
Anathema (band)
Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
(1991–1998) and Antimatter
Antimatter (band)
Antimatter, a UK Melancholic Rock band, is currently the project of long time member Mick Moss. The project was formed in 1997 by Duncan Patterson and Moss. The pair released three albums together - Saviour, Lights Out and Planetary Confinement. Shortly after the completion of Planetary...
(1998–2005).
Career
Patterson has been a driving force behind Anathema's success in defining the death/doomDeath/doom
Death/doom, sometimes writes as death-doom or deathdoom, is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal...
sound (along with bands like Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
and My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...
), as well as triggering Anathema's shift towards a softer, deeper style. After releasing four albums with Antimatter, spanning several genres (ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
), he has now started another full time project called Íon, a mix of acoustic and traditional music
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
. In between recording and touring his own projects, he has enjoyed chart success with the Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band The Aftermath
The Aftermath (Irish band)
The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny and Michael Cronin , both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray...
, playing on three Top 20 singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, as well as appearing on their debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Friendlier Up Here
Friendlier Up Here
Friendlier Up Here is the debut studio album by the Irish mod/pop rock quartet, The Aftermath. It was released on 25 April 2008.The album featured three singles which had previously entered the Irish Singles Chart, all inside the Top 20; "One is Fun/Are You Not?" spent two weeks in the chart and...
alongside The Waterboys' Steve Wickham
Steve Wickham
Steve Wickham is an Irish musician described by Mike Scott as "the world's greatest rock fiddle player" and by New Musical Express as a "fiddling legend." Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home, Wickham has appeared on recordings by Elvis Costello, the Hothouse Flowers, Sinéad...
. Patterson also wrote and performed the music on the German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
rapper Bushido
Bushido (rapper)
Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...
's single, "Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück
Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück
Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück is the fourth solo album by Bushido.The title alludes to his first solo album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline.- Information :...
", which charted at #14 in Germany. He is also the founder of Strangelight Records, a small independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
.
Patterson's music was used in Hisham Zreiq
Hisham Zreiq
Hisham Zreiq , also spelled Zrake, is an award-winning Palestinian Christian Independent film maker, poet and visual artist. He began working in computer art in 1994, and in 1996 started exhibiting his work in galleries and museums....
's film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, music that was composed for Íon was used in the award-winning film The sons of Eilaboun
The Sons of Eilaboun
The Sons of Eilaboun is a 2007 documentary film by Palestinian artist and film maker Hisham Zreiq , that tells the story of the Nakba in Eilaboun and Eilabun massacre, which was committed by the Israeli army during Operation Hiram in October 1948...
, and music that was composed for Antimatter was used in the film, Just Another Day. Patterson has signed a deal with the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, Music In Stone, to release a collection of traditional Irish, medieval, and original instrumental compositions titled 'Herencia'. Joining him will be the Argentinian flautist
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, Augusto Reinhold. Another 2011 recording is planned, with a new project titled 'Alternative 4', with their debut album, 'The Brink' released by Avantgarde Music
Avantgarde Music
Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and doom metal artists. The label has a sub-label called Wounded Love Records, which has released albums by Dolorian and Taake....
in 2011.
Alternative 4
- Alternative 4 - False Light 7" (Avantgarde 2011)
- Alternative 4 - The Brink (Avantgarde 2011)
Anathema
- Anathema - They Die/Crestfallen 7" (Witchhunt, 1991)
- V/A - Volume 4 (Peaceville, 1992)
- Anathema - The CrestfallenThe CrestfallenThe Crestfallen is an EP by the British doom metal band Anathema. It was the first official release in Anathema's discography. In 2001, it was re-issued together with Pentecost III on one disc.-Track listing:# "...And I Lust" – 5:47...
(Peaceville, 1992) - Anathema - SerenadesSerenades (album)Serenades is the debut full-length album of the British rock band Anathema. It was released in February 1993 through Peaceville Records.-Track listing :# "Lovelorn Rhapsody" – 6:12# "Sweet Tears" – 4:06# "J'ai Fait Une Promesse" – 2:32...
(Peaceville, 1993) - Anathema - We Are The Bible 7" (Peaceville, 1994)
- V/A - In The Name Of Satan (Gun/Drakkar, 1994)
- Anathema - Pentecost IIIPentecost IIIPentecost III is an EP by the British doom metal band Anathema. It was recorded in 1994 but, due to a merging between labels Peaceville Records and Music For Nations, was not released until 1995. By this time, Darren White had been ousted from the band, whose remaining members were already working...
(Peaceville, 1995) - Anathema - The Silent EnigmaThe Silent EnigmaThe Silent Enigma is a studio album by the British rock band Anathema, released on October 23, 1995 through Peaceville Records.The Silent Enigma represents a turning point in Anathema's career; it is the first album to feature guitarist Vincent Cavanagh singing lead vocals, replacing Darren White),...
(Peaceville/MFN, 1995) - Anathema - Eternity (Peaceville/MFN, 1996)
- V/A - Under The Sign Of The Sacred Star (Peaceville, 1996)
- V/A - Slatanic Slaughter II (Black Sun, 1996)
- Anathema - A Vision Of A Dying Embrace VHS (Peaceville/MFN, 1997)
- V/A - X (Peaceville, 1997)
- Anathema - Alternative Future EP (Peaceville/MFN, 1998)
- Anathema - Alternative 4Alternative 4 (album)Alternative 4 is an album by the British band Anathema. It was released on June 22, 1998 through Peaceville Records. Like Eternity, Alternative 4 is sung with clean vocals. Various reviews categorised this album as experimental, depressing and atmospheric.The title of the album is derived from...
(Peaceville/MFN, 1998) - Anathema - Resonance (Peaceville, 2001)
- Anathema - Resonance 2 (Peaceville, 2002)
- Anathema - A Vision Of A Dying Embrace DVD (Peaceville, 2002)
- Anathema - Hindsight (KScope, 2008)
Antimatter
Antimatter - SaviourSaviour (album)
Saviour is the debut album by the UK band, Antimatter, released in 2001.-Track listing:# Saviour# Holocaust# Over Your Shoulder# Psalms# God is Coming# Angelic# Flowers# The Last Laugh# Going Nowhere# Over Your Shoulder *...
(Prophecy/The End, 2002)
Antimatter - Live@K13 (Strangelight, 2003)
Antimatter - Lights Out
Lights Out (antimatter)
Lights Out is the second album by the UK band, Antimatter, released in 2003.-Track listing:# Lights Out# Everything You Know Is Wrong# The Art Of A Soft Landing# Expire# In Stone# Reality Clash# Dream# Terminal-Credits:...
(Strangelight/Prophecy/The End, 2003)
Antimatter - Unreleased 1998-2003 (Internet release, 2003)
V/A - The Lotus Eaters (Black Lotus, 2004)
Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
Planetary Confinement
Planetary Confinement is the third album by the UK band Antimatter, released in 2005.-Track listing:# Planetary Confinement - 1:33# The Weight Of The World - 4:45# Line Of Fire - 6:28# Epitaph - 4:11# Mr White - 4:07...
(Prophecy/The End, 2005)
Antimatter - Alternative Matter boxset (Prophecy, 2010)
Íon
- Íon - Madre, Protégenos (Equilibrium, 2006)
- Íon - Immaculada (Equilibrium, 2010/Restricted Release 2011)
Others
- Gashead 2000 - demos (1991)
- The Illuminoids - unreleased tracks (1995)
- Deathcap - Ibiza Love Missile single (2005)
- W.E.B - Don't Wake Futility (Sleazy Rider, 2005)
- Breaklose - Always Late Enough (Strangelight, 2006)
- The AftermathThe Aftermath (Irish band)The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny and Michael Cronin , both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray...
- One Is Fun single (LiveTransmission, 2006) - The AftermathThe Aftermath (Irish band)The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny and Michael Cronin , both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray...
- Hollywood Remake single (LiveTransmission, 2006) - Bull Doza - Celebration (2006)
- Bushido - Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurückVon der Skyline zum Bordstein zurückVon der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück is the fourth solo album by Bushido.The title alludes to his first solo album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline.- Information :...
(ersguterjunge/Sony BMG, 2006) - The AftermathThe Aftermath (Irish band)The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny and Michael Cronin , both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray...
- All I Want Is for You to Be Happy (LiveTransmission, 2007) - The AftermathThe Aftermath (Irish band)The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny and Michael Cronin , both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray...
- Friendlier Up HereFriendlier Up HereFriendlier Up Here is the debut studio album by the Irish mod/pop rock quartet, The Aftermath. It was released on 25 April 2008.The album featured three singles which had previously entered the Irish Singles Chart, all inside the Top 20; "One is Fun/Are You Not?" spent two weeks in the chart and...
(LiveTransmission, 2008) - The Eternal - Kartika (Firebox, 2009)
- V/A - Enemies (Indiestate 2009)
- PhasePhase (band)Phase is the leading act from Larissa Greece and was the first to have worldwide distribution in retailers such as iTunes from that particular region; they also made a digital single for Microsoft’s Playlist Seven program in Feb 2010 and they’ve shared the stage with Danny Cavanagh, Anneke van...
- In Consequence (BackStage / InsightOut, 2010) - Corde Oblique - A Hail Of Bitter Almonds (2011)