Patten (stylised in lowercase) is the pseudonym of

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ian and

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ist Damien Roach.

Music

Patten began as an electronic music project by Roach under the pseudonym ''D''. While running a

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called Kaleidoscope, he had released music on

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s since 2006. The first official Patten LP ''Glaqjo Xaacsso'' was released in September 2011 through the UK label No Pain in Pop. In November 2013 Roach signed to

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, releasing the '' Eolian Instate'' EP soon after in an edition of 500 12" picture discs, with artwork by frequent visual collaborator Jane Eastlight (revealed in 2022 via social media by patten to be another pseudonym). February 2014 saw the release of the first LP for Warp, entitled '' Estoile Naiant''. In addition to the LP, 2014 saw Roach release a number of free remixes of music by other artists on his website, called ''re-edits''. In the summer of 2014, Roach began to organise musical events at

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under the moniker ''555-5555''. The lineups featured sets from artists such as Logos, Karen Gwyer, Slackk, SFV Acid, Darkstar, Visionist, Fotomachine and

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. In collaboration with

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, Patten contributed to

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's "Station to Station" project, recording an EP of new music created from found sound and improvised percussion onsite at the

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. Furthermore, Patten has created several remixes for artists like

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and

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. In September 2016, Patten's third album ''Ψ'' was released with the vocals of a member known as A featuring across the record. In May 2017, Patten released ''Requiem'', a four track digital-only EP, launched with a live audiovisual show at London's

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. September 2019 saw the album ''Flex'' released on Patten's 555-5555 imprint, followed by a run of live audiovisual concerts and DJ sets across Europe. In 2020 three Patten albums appeared in quick succession, starting with the beatless album ''Glow'' released in July during the early days of the

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. This was followed in August by ''Glo)))'', a heavy metal-inspired alternative version of the previous album. ''Aegis'', the third album of 2020 was released in October, featuring ten tracks of experimental techno.

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published a mini-documentary on Patten's history in August 2020. Two EPs followed, ''Burner'' in 2021 with the track "Eat Smoke" (featuring

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), and 2022's ''Desire Path'' EP, making

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's Tracks Of The Year with the track "Kiss U". In January 2023, Patten announced Mirage FM, an album made using text-to-audio AI samples, due for release on April 14, 2023, via 555-5555.

Other projects

In November 2017, the 555-5555 agency created a commissioned line of apparel for Dummy magazine. In June 2018, Roach created an online discussion forum, also named 555-5555. Roach has created several audiovisual installations. In January 2018 a Patten installation titled ''3049'' premiered at Tenderpixel gallery in London. The audiovisual installation "CB-MMXVIII (I’ve been thinking of giving sleeping lessons)" was commissioned and exhibited in December 2018 by

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in London for the Claire Catterall curated exhibition Good Grief, on the enduring influence of

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and

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. In 2022, Roach was commissioned by

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to compose a soundtrack for

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's 1960s film ''Beyond Image''. The soundtrack was exhibited in a group exhibition called "Gone Fishing", alongside works by John Latham, Marlie Mul, and Boyle Family. The soundtrack was performed live by Patten at Peckham Audio in the summer of 2022. Making creative direction and design under the moniker 555-5555 since 2015, Roach has made numerous projects including the visual world behind

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's Jiaolong label and Daphni releases, the visual identity and design for

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's ''

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'' album, and the live visual show for Caribou's '' Suddenly'' album tour.

Partial discography

Albums

* ''GLAQJO XAACSSO'', No Pain in Pop, 2011 * '' Estoile Naiant'', Warp, 2014. A limited number included a bonus CD of side A from the Patten cassette tape ''Ship of Theseus (vol ii)''. * ''Ψ'', Warp, 2016 * ''Flex'', 555-5555, 2019 * ''Glow'', 555-5555, 2020 * ''GLO)))'', 555-5555, 2020 * ''Aegis'', 555-5555, 2020 * ''Mirage FM'', 555-5555, 2023

EPs

* '' Eolian Instate'', Warp, 2013. Limited to 500 copies. * ''Hisham Bharoocha & patten: June 30th'', Vinyl Factory, 2015. Limited to 300 copies. * ''Requiem'', Warp, 2017. * ''Burner'', 555-5555, 2021. * ''Desire Path'', 555-5555, 2022. .

Cassettes

* ''

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(Vol II)'', Warp Records, 2014

Soundtracks (released)

* ''3049 (Original Film Soundtrack)'', 555-5555, 2021

Re-edits

* ''Re-edits vol. 3'', Not on label, 2014 * ''Re-edits vol. 1'', Not on label, 2014 * ''Re-edits vol. 8'', Not on label, 2014 * ''Re-edits vol. 17'', Not on label, 2014 * ''Re-edits vol. 2'', Not on label, 2016 * ''Re-edits vol. 9'', 555-5555, 2018 * ''Re-edits: 54D3'', 555-5555, 2020 * ''Re-edits: XM45'', 555-5555, 2020

Selected remixes

* ''My Love Is The Best'', Alak, Not On Label, 2011 * ''Hey Sparrow'', Peaking Lights, Remixes, Weird World, 2011 * ''Two AM'', Hauschka, Salon Des Amateurs Remixes, FatCat, 2012 * ''Keep It Low'', The Hundred In The Hands, Keep It Low, Warp, 2012 * ''Most Of Missing'', Orphan, Re:, Kaleidoscope, 2013 * ''Remember'', Jon Hassell, Remixes 12", All Saints, 2014 * ''Mandan'', Harold Budd, ARemixes 12", All Saints, 2014 * ''Silent Ascent'', Downliners Sekt, Silent Ascent Remixes, Infiné, 2014 * ''Exxus'', Glass Animals, ZABA, Wolf Tone, 2014 * ''Purplehands'', Kwes., ilpix., Warp, 2014 * ''Metal Fatigue'', Jon Hassell, City: Works Of Fiction, All Saints, 2014 * ''Stonemilker'', Björk, One Little Indian, 2015 * ''Delta Antliae'', Georgio Moroder and Raney Shokne, Tron Run/r (OST), Sumthing Else Music Works, 2016 * ''Falling Into Me'', Let's Eat Grandma, Transgressive, 2018 * ''bEra'', J Colleran, Because Music, 2018

CD-Rs

* ''Lacuna'', Not on label, 2006 * ''There were Horizons'', Kaleidoscope, 2007 * ''Sketching the Tesseract'', Kaleidoscope, 2008 * ''EDITS'', No Pain In Pop, 2011 * ''Ship of Theseus (Vol II): Side A'', Warp Records, 2014

Early downloads

* 09 tst2'', Not on label, 2009 * 09 tst'', Not on label, 2009

Other known aliases

* ''Actual Magic: Welcome to Today'', Kaleidoscope, 2016

References

External links

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