Patrick Watson
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Patrick Watson (* 1979 in California , USA ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and has been the front man of the band named after him since 2003 , whose indie rock music has influences from cabaret pop , jazz , psychedelic and classical music . For this reason he is often compared to Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley .
biography
Watson was born in California but grew up in Hudson, Québec , where he attended Lower Canada College . He trained as a classical pianist at Vanier College in Montreal and founded the ska band Gangster Politics with friends from high school . He later left the group and made his debut in 2001 with the purely instrumental solo album Waterproof9 , the result of a musical-visual collaboration with photographer friend Brigitte Henry , whose underwater portraits Waterproof / Portraits sous l'eau formed the basis.
After further solo attempts, Watson formed a four-piece band consisting of Simon Angell ( guitar , banjo ), Mishka Stein ( bass ) and Robbie Kuster ( drums ) as lead singer , pianist and keyboardist . In the studio and on tour, Patrick Watson has worked with John Cale , The Cinematic Orchestra , Amon Tobin , The Dears , Philip Glass , The Stills , Feist and James Brown , among others .
In 2003 the band recorded their first album Just Another Ordinary Day . Her big breakthrough came with the album Close to Paradise , released in 2006 on Secret City Records , which won the Polaris Music Prize on September 24, 2007 . In addition, Watson was nominated for the Canadian Juno Award as New Artist of the Year 2007, but lost to Tomi Swick . The track The Great Escape was used for an episode of the third season of the American television series Grey's Anatomy .
For published in May 2007 album Ma Fleur by The Cinematic Orchestra Patrick Watson wrote four tracks for which he also vocals took ( To Build a Home , Music Box , Into You and That Home ). His Missing You remix of Guy Doune , a track by the electro musician Champion , had chart successes in Canada.
Brett Novak (filmmaker) and Kilian Martin (skater) used the song Fireweed from the album Wooden Arms as the soundtrack for the video Kilian Martin: A Skate Regeneration .
In April 2012 the release of the fifth album Adventures in your own Backyard followed , which was followed by a tour in Europe and North America.
Discography
- Waterproof9 (2001, solo album)
- Just Another Ordinary Day (2003)
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Close to Paradise (2006, CA:
gold) -
Wooden Arms (2009, CA:gold)
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Adventures in Your Own Backyard (2012, CA:gold)
- Love Songs for Robots (2015)
- The 9th Life of Louis Drax (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; 2016)
- Wave (2019)
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The Great Escape (2019, Single, CA:gold)
swell
- ↑ a b Canada album charts Top 20 from May 20, 2015
- ↑ Chart sources: CH
- ^ Songs that coalesce from spaces, places . In: Toronto Star (December 21, 2006): Watson himself mentions the French composers Erik Satie and Claude Debussy as classical influences .
- ^ Songs that coalesce from spaces, places . In: Toronto Star (December 21, 2006)
- ↑ Patrick Watson wins the Polaris Music Prize . ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: www.intro.de , Newsticker (September 25, 2007)
- ↑ Available on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgFdn4lfrE (also in HD quality).
- ↑ Information about the new album 2012 as well as the world tour http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/21-02-12/patrick-watsons-adventures-continue-with-tour-and-new-album/
- ↑ Awards for Music Sales: CA
Web links
- Official website
- MySpace page
- Profile at laut.de
- Profile at Secret City Records
- Music video for The Great Escape . Animations by Alex Produkt and Kathleen Weldon
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| SURNAME | Watson, Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California , United States |