Immaculada digipak now available from www.duncanpatterson.com

Posted by Duncan Patterson | | Posted On Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:55 AM

You can now order the Immaculada album directly from here. £12 including P&P anywhere, or the euro/dollar equivalant. Use the Paypal button below, or mail sales@duncanpatterson.com for any queries.






Also check out the video clip for 'Adoration' which is taken from the album. Directed by Tim Fromont-Placenti, and featuring the lovely Vic Anselmo, Earl Meneses, and me good auld self.



Pre-order Immaculada

Posted by Duncan Patterson | Labels: , , | Posted On Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 9:57 PM

The new Íon album “Immaculada” is now available to order from Equilibrium Music. Just click on the link below.
Click here to order!

More album info and some MP3 links here.

IMMACULADA - album release date and news

Posted by Duncan Patterson | | Posted On Friday, March 26, 2010 at 5:22 PM



ÍON (Ireland)
Immaculada, Digipak CD - May 10th, 2010


Four years past since "Madre, Protégenos", Duncan Patterson returns, leading the entity known as Íon. On “Immaculada”, the lone travelling musician has again collected instrumental and vocal souvenirs from his numerous destinations to illustrate the memoirs of his quest.
“Immaculada” was written in a period I was travelling back and forth between Ireland and Greece. The album documents personal experiences of that time, set to introspective and reflective ballads.
Hypnotic and alluring, the album balances both the freshness of Irish landscapes and the warmth of Mediterranean sunbathed seashores, as its haunting Celtic vibe thrives and builds upon tribal rhythmic patterns. Much like its predecessor, the straightforward and minimalistic overall tone of the album is misleading, as its layered complexity and resonant harmonies reveal themselves at each listen, one mystery at a time, and one step closer to the end of this spiritual quest.
Íon has gathered around it an enormous amount of talent, both in the many musicians that have taken part in “Immaculada” and in the group of singers that bring words to life, this time lead by the Irish Lisa Cuthbert. Her heartfelt performances are occasionally accompanied by her sister Aoife Cuthbert, with Mark Kelson (of The Eternal) and gothic/alternative muse Vic Anselmo, providing additional outstanding contributions to the album, among other voices from Argentina, Mexico, Romania or Brazil.
Mostly recorded in the Portuguese countryside and in Dublin city, the intricate instrumental backbone is mainly constructed out of traditional instruments. With the mandolin family taking center stage, the tracks have been arranged to incorporate ethnic instrumentation (flutes, uillean pipes) which contrast with the sparse orchestration supplied by cello, violin, acoustic guitars, keyboard pads and piano, supported by the earthbound pulse of the percussion.

“Immaculada” is a collection of slow motion mysterious ballads, balancing light and shade, salvation and loss, beautifully crafted by gifted artists scattered over the world. Available next May 2010 in deluxe Digipak CD on Equilibrium Music.

Duncan Patterson en Santiago: nueva fecha

Posted by Duncan Patterson | | Posted On Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:43 AM

Duncan Patterson en Santiago: nueva fecha

Duncan Patterson, ex miembro de Anathema y actual integrante de agrupaciones como Antimatter, e Íon, ha reagendado su presentación en nuestro país para el 3 de abril, a las 19 horas, en la Batuta. Esto luego de que el show primeramente programado para marzo tuviera que posponerse debido a la situación que se generó a raíz del terremoto que afectara la zona centro sur de Chile.

El músico mostrará las diversas facetas musicales de su carrera, desde sus inicios con Anathema, donde participó en grandes álbumes como Alternative IV; su paso por Antimatter, banda de atmósferas melancólicas, hasta llegar a su nuevo proyecto personal Íon, una propuesta más folk y experimental, sin dejar de lado la oscuridad y belleza que siempre ha caracterizado su música.

La banda encargada de abrir el show será la nacional Budasses, agrupación de sonidos Doom Stoner.

Las entradas se encuentran a la venta a través del sistema Feriaticket, a $7.000 preventa más cargo por servicio y $10.000 el día del evento.


Taken from: http://rocknvivo.com/2010/03/08/duncan-patterson-en-santiago-nueva-fecha/

New Year

Posted by Duncan Patterson | | Posted On Monday, January 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM

2009 was a busy productive year on many fronts with recording and mixing the second Íon album 'Immaculada', touring as much of Europe as possible with Mick Moss and Lisa Cuthbert, remixing tracks and compiling the forthcoming Antimatter box set 'Alternative Matter'. Immaculada is now finished and ready for action. Mastered in Lille, France by Jerome Trachet , artwork by Carmen Gonzalez, and will be released by Equilibrium Music. There will be a video for the track 'Adoration', featuring Vic Anselmo and directed by Tim 'Tecate Light' Fromont, to accompany the album release. I will post the release date as soon as I have news. Someone kindly deleted my music page from Facebook so heres the new link. The Alternative Matter material is near to completion. Old demos, live tracks, re-recordings, various remixes, unreleased tracks, and video footage documenting the period that I was part of the project up till 2005. It will also mark 10 years since the release of the first album 'Saviour', and will be released by Prophecy Productions later in the year. I also have a classical release in the pipeline but more about that as it happens, so 2010 is looking to be another productive year as far as musical output goes. There´ll be no European tourdates in the near future as I am taking 5 months out in South America to recharge and look for treasure and inspiration. However, I will be playing in Buenos Aires later this month along with some local musicians :-




Best wishes and good luck for 2010!

Immaculada progress

Posted by Duncan Patterson | Labels: , | Posted On Friday, October 30, 2009 at 11:38 AM

Things have been busy on the album front this week as it gets near to completion. Guest vocalists Vic Anselmo, Viola of All My Faith Lost, Argentinian singer Laura Santos, and a Romanian Orthodox choir have all been busy in the studio. While Lisa Cuthbert is recording as we speak. Lisa recently added a live version of Anathema's 'Fragile Dreams' to her Myspace page and will again be accompanying Mick Moss and myself on the forthcoming tour in Nov/December. Click here to listen.




Vic Anselmo



Viola


Lisa Cuthbert

Winter tourdates

Posted by Duncan Patterson | Labels: , , | Posted On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 3:04 PM

It feels strange posting about winter while sat here in sunny Lisboa but its not that far away. October already like. Got the remaining dates for this year for the acoustic sessions with Mick Moss, playing songs of Antimatter, Íon, and the older Anathema stuff that I wrote. This will be the last chance, at least for a good while, to see/hear shows in this format so its worth making the effort to attend if you're into the music and that. I will be in South America and Mexico for the first half of 2010 at least, possibly longer, so the Moss/Patterson Experience will not be active. In the meantime there is the Alternative Matter compilation boxset to look forward to in 2010, which will contain old demos, unreleased recordings, remixes, video footage documenting the time we were working together in Antimatter from 1998 till 2004.


November
26th - Copenhagen, DENMARK (Drop-Inn)
27th - Oslo, NORWAY (Buckleys)
28th - Trondheim, NORWAY (Lundgrens)

December
1st - Helsinki, FINLAND (Semifinal)
2nd - Tampere, FINLAND (Vastavirta)
3rd - Turku, FINLAND (KLUBI)


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