PATRICK WATSON RELEASES “SILENCIO” MUSIC VIDEO, FILMED IN A MONTMARTE PAINTERS STUDIO
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NEW SONG INSPIRED BY LOSING HIS VOICE AND THE POWER OF SILENCE, FEATURING FRENCH SINGER-SONGWRITER NOVEMBER ULTRA
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Patrick Watson - the singer/songwriter, film composer and pianist based in Montreal, Canada - has released the music video for his newest song “Silencio,” featuring rising French singer-songwriter November Ultra. The song was inspired by an experience had by Watson - an Award-winning artist that has released several beloved albums of explorative cinematic pop over the past two decades - in which he couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months. “Silencio” explores some of the impressions that came to him during this time: does he talk too much, the anxiety that comes with reliving a conversation, learning to be a better listener and the power of silence.
The video features richly textured film footage of Watson and November Ultra recording the song, which was completed in a painter’s studio in Paris (Studio Alterio of artist Ruben Alterio), overlooking Montmartre. Watson commented on the character of the studio, and how it helped to inspire the song with “an enormous window and so much old Parisian charm and ghosts.”
It was made by photographer Nick Helderman and videographer Sam Woy and edited by Watson and Woy.
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Around the release of the song, Watson and November Ultra met to perform the song on the streets of Paris with Blogothèque for a live stream concert. They performed the song together on France Inter “Côté Club” as well, the French radio program where the two artists first met, when they were both booked as guests on the program.
“Silencio” will be part of a larger album project that Watson has been finishing, inspired by his missing voice, with more details to be announced soon.
‘I think you like me better since I lost my voice,’ Watson sings, over a mysterious and ethereal orchestration of arpeggiating guitars, softly touched drums, piano and burbling synths. He wrote the song with longtime collaborator, co-writer and bandmate Mishka Stein and November Ultra. “Silencio” is sung in both Spanish and English, with November Ultra starting the song with her otherworldly and delicate vocals. Watson describes the process of making it as “magical.” “Her wonderful wit and beautifully soft caring tone were very inspiring. The song just kind of wrote itself, AS THOUGH IT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD BEEN HAVING OUR WHOLE LIVES. It was lovely,” he says.
MORE ABOUT PATRICK WATSON
Patrick Watson composes, performs, and records his albums with his long-time bandmate and collaborator Mishka Stein. The recipients of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, in addition to multiple JUNO and Polaris nominations, and gold and platinum records in Canada, Watson and his band have toured on all continents, on occasion playing with full orchestras to bring their rich music to life. Their latest tours saw the band playing some of their largest venues to date, including the Barbican (London), L’Olympia (Paris), Coliseu (Lisbon), El Plaza Condesa (Mexico City), and more. Raised and still living in Montreal, Watson has composed several scores for both film and television, including a trailer for The Walking Dead.
TOUR DATES:
Patrick Watson and the FILMHarmonic Orchestra:
November 28, 29, 30 - Place Des Arts - Maison Symphonique - Montreal, Canada