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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Patrick Watson|image = Patrick Watson (2008).jpg|caption = Patrick Watson|background = solo_singer|origin = Montreal , Quebec |instrument = Vocals , piano , guitar , organ (music)|organ , accordion |label = Secret City Records |website = http://www.patrickwatson.net/ Official website Patrick Watson (born 1979) is a Canada|Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal , Quebec . It also refers to the eponymous band formed by Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop music|pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright ,cite news | title = Songs that coalesce from spaces, places| publisher = Toronto Star | date = 2006-12-21 | url = http://www.thestar.com/article/163196 | accessdate = 2007-02-11 | first=Ben | last=RaynerAndrew Bird , Nick Drake , Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.
Early history
Born in California and raised in Hudson, Quebec , Watson attended Lower Canada College . While living in Hudson, Quebec, Watson worked as a pool and hot tub water analyst at Piscines et Spas Hudson. He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska band called Gangster Politics.
Solo career
After leaving Gangster Politics, he released a debut solo album entitled Waterproof9 in 2001.
Watson co-wrote and performed on several songs on The Cinematic Orchestra 's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track "To Build a Home". His "Missing You" remix of Champion (Canadian musician)|Champion 's "Guy Doune", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album (Champion album)|The Remix Album , reached #1 on CBC Radio 3 's The R3-30|R3-30 chart in early 2007.
In 2008, Watson composed the entire soundtrack for the French-Canadian film, '' C'est pas moi, je le jure& #33; (film)|C'est pas moi, je le jure! . The soundtrack features collaborations by Elie Dupuis and the star of the movie, who was 12 years old at the time.
Watson has toured with several artists, including John Cale , The Cinematic Orchestra , Cold War Kids , Amon Tobin , The Dears , Feist (singer)|Feist and James Brown . He was Starbucks "Pick of the week" free download in September 2009.
Eponymous band
After creating music and releasing albums in various styles, Watson formed a group with guitarist Simon Angell, percussionist Robbie Kuster, and bassist Mishka Stein. The band has performed with artists like James Brown , The Dears , Philip Glass and The Stills .
In an interview, Watson said regarding his band: blockquote|"So we as a band are called Patrick Watson. How it started was that originally, some years ago, we were asked to do some music to accompany a book of photography. Having built a CD to go with all these images we thought it would be fun to do it live and it worked really well and people freaked. We didn't really think we were gonna be a band at that point but over a period of five or six years we got to a point where it became very difficult to change the name. It was difficult to find a name that suited us especially as we had such an eclectic music style. The second album was a kind of middle point, and now here we are at this third album which is much more song orientated." http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/patrick-watson_0807.htm The song "The Great Escape" was featured on episode 16 of the third season of '' Grey's Anatomy , which aired on February 15, 2007, on a Tropicana Products|Tropicana Canada commercial, in the movie One Week (2008 film)|One Week starring Joshua Jackson and in the 2008 movie Maman est chez le coiffeur|Maman est chez le Coiffeur . http://www.cinoche.com/actualites/elie-dupuis-interprete-the-great-escape-de-patrick-watson/index.html The song was also used for the finale of the television show ReGenesis .
The band received a nomination for Juno Award for New Artist of the Year|New Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007|2007 Juno Awards .cite web |title=Artist summary: Patrick Watson |url= http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/? artist_name=patrick+watson& submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher= Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |accessdate=April 17, 2012
On July 10, 2007, Close to Paradise made the shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize|2007 Polaris Music Prize .cite news|url= http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/07/10/polaris-shortlist.html? ref=rss|title=Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list |accessdate=July 10, 2007 | work=CBC News | date=July 10, 2007cite web|url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html|title=Feist, Fire get Polaris noms|accessdate=July 11, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071011225300/ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html |archivedate = October 11, 2007cite news|url= http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees|title=Arcade Fire, Feist and The Dears Among Polaris Nominees|last=Love|first=Noah|date=2007-07-10|publisher= Chart (magazine) |accessdate=2008-11-20 It was announced as the winning album on September 24. Their 2009 album Wooden Arms was a finalist for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize|2009 prize .
The band is well known for using unusual objects to make sounds in their music; for example, Watson "played" a bicycle in the studio for the song "Beijing". http://www.straight.com/article-219107/watson-keeps-dreams-alive and percussionist Robbie Kuster used two spoons to create a tremolo picking effect on an acoustic guitar in the opening of "Man Like You".
Watson is also credited with the invention of the musical atomic clock, currently held at the University of Iowa .fact|date=April 2012 After several years of touring internationally, the group returned to Montreal in 2011 to record their fourth studio album, Adventures in Your Own Backyard , which was released internationally in April 2012. The album marks a subtle shift in the band's style to a simpler and less experimental sound, described by one critic as "a dreamy bath of chamber-pop and fancy cabaret, less clacky without the kitchen-utensil or bike-wheel percussion of Wooden Arms and slightly more grounded than Close to Paradise ".cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Brad |url= http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/disc-of-the-week-patrick-watson/article2401293/ |title=Disc of the week: Patrick Watson |date=April 13, 2012 |accessdate=April 16, 2012 |newspaper= The Globe and Mail Prior to the album's release, the band performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas ,cite web |title=SX Schedule: Patrick Watson |url= http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_MS17327 |year=2012 |publisher= South by Southwest|SXSW |accessdate=April 12, 2012 where they were named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 25 "can't-miss acts" of the festival.cite web |title=SXSW 2012: 25 Can't-Miss Acts |last=Eisen |first=Benjy |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sxsw-2012-25-cant-miss-acts-20120308 |work= Rolling Stone |date=March 8, 2012 |accessdate=April 12, 2012
The band is touring in support of the new album from April to July.
Discography
Solo
Waterproof9 (2001)
Band
Just Another Ordinary Day (2003)
Close to Paradise (2006)
Wooden Arms (2009)
Adventures in Your Own Backyard (2012)
References
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External links
Commons category
http://www.patrickwatson.net/ Official website
Persondata | NAME = Watson, Patrick | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian singer-songwriter | DATE OF BIRTH = 1979 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Patrick Category:1979 births Category:Canadian pop singers Category:Canadian male singers Category:Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Polaris Music Prize winners Category:Musicians from Montreal
