一聽音樂網

是一支以Patrick Watson為創作核心的來自蒙特利爾的四人組合。pw小時候在唱詩班的熏陶，加上對古典和爵士鋼琴技法的研習使得Patrick的音樂既具有靈歌深邃的意境，鋼琴演奏對細節的處理和爵士里一點點的即興發揮。 在成立樂隊之前，他曾為攝影師朋友水下靜物作品的拍攝專輯制作背景音樂，也曾為電影短片創作過插曲。2002年在從越南回來之后，Patrick Watson決意成立樂隊，將自己的音樂推向更廣的大眾并于同年推出首張專輯《Just Another Ordinary Day》。該專輯結合古典鋼琴、情境電氣和流行搖滾元素的唯美旋律，為Patrick Watson的音符帶來濃郁的電影感，而他 指間寂寥的琴音，以及綜合Jeff Buckley、Nick Drake、Maximilian Hecker和Antony and the Johnsons等人的魔力嗓音，更為樂隊帶來了強烈的辨識度，在加拿大獨立樂界迅速蔓延的聲勢，讓其接連受邀與John Cale、Amon Tobin、The Dears、Feist和James Brown等共同巡迴演出，并在The Cinematic Orchestra的新專輯中獻聲。 Patrick Watson 成員： Patrick Watson: 鍵盤兼主唱 Simon Angell: 吉他 Mishka Stein: 貝斯 Robbie Kuster: 鼓手 by Marisa Brown Though he was born in California, Canadian singer and pianist Patrick Watson was raised outside Montreal, in Hudson, Quebec, singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music, including electronica and ambient. In 2002, after returning from a trip to Vietnam, he decided to start a four-piece chamber pop group, bringing in bassist Mishka Stein, drummer Robbie Kuster (both of whom he had met at university), and former Gangster Politics guitarist Simon Angell. The group (which was technically a solo project with a backing band) released Just Another Ordinary Day independently and began performing around Canada, including at the 2005 Pop Montreal Festival, a show that led to the formation of Secret City Records, the label that issued Patrick Watson's sophomore album, Close to Paradise (which featured the same band), in the fall of 2006, with a release in the U.S. the following year.