Madre, Protégenos t-shirts

L/M/S and fitted girly size


email for details:-

sales@duncanpatterson.com

Cork date confirmed

Myself, Mick Moss (Antimatter), and Lisa Cuthbert acoustic session.
July 5th* - An Cruiscin Lan, Douglas St, Cork.





*rescheduled from the 4th

Immaculada

Work has resumed on the 2nd Íon album, Immaculada, which is scheduled for an autumn release. All of the instrumentation is done now, apart from a couple of of snippets here and there. It's actually sounding like an album now and the artwork that I received last week is really fitting. The overall sound is even more organic than the first album, with a strong presence of the mandolin family in there along with some solid percussion playing, with flute and string sections carrying it all along nicely. Still a few more surprises to go down on tape, then I can start mixing the thing and get it ready for release.

Immaculada
Temptation
Adoration
The Silent Stars
Damhsa na gceithre ghaoth
Invidia
Cetetea Cisnadioara
Return To Spirit


It will be released in Europe by Equilibrium Music



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T-shirts

I'll have some Íon t-shirts printed by the end of next week, with the artwork from the Madre, Protegenos album. I'll post pics when I can convince someone to model them for me, plus the ordering info and that.

'Enemies' compilation

Today I received copies of the 'Enemies' compilation album that myself and Darren White (original Anathema frontman) contributed a track to. The concept of the album was to get songs/poems that were written or popular during the 2nd World War, performed by artists from countries on different sides of the frontline in their own mother tongues. Our track was based on poetry from Wilfred Owen which was written during World War 1, themed by a very minimal & sombre rendition of Its A Long Way To Tipperary. It makes a suitable intro to the whole thing.
It's worth getting hold of if you can find it (I dont have any ordering info yet), and the packaging is killer.

To enter the competition to win a copy, click HERE


1. DUNCAN PATTERSON & DARREN WHITE «Its A Long Way To Tipperary/Spring Offensive» (Ireland/U.K).


2.
TRAUM'ER LEBEN “Lili Marleen” (Germany)

3.
LONSAI MAIKOV "Les Soldats Du Marais (Peat Bog Soldiers)" (France)

4.
MOON FAR AWAY “Темная Ночь (The Dark Night)” (USSR)

5.
VON THRONSTAHL “Victotia II” (Germany)

6.
CHANGES “Anthems To Freedom (new version)” (USA)

7.
ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI “La Canzone Del Volontario” (Italy)

8.
ТIТЛО “В Землянке (In The Dug-out)” (USSR)

9.
GOTHIKA “Army march drawn sword police” (Japan)

10.
DISSONANT ELEPHANT “Журавли (The Cranes)” (France/USSR)


Released in May by Indiestate Distribution/MFA, and compiled by Count Ash.

Wave Gotik report/ Irish dates in July

I arrived back from the WGT festival, Leipzig, sometime on Monday. We were lucky to get there at all,as we got stranded in Zurich for a good few hours while we were rescheduled on another flight to Berlin and still had to drive to Leipzig, so it is a blessing that we got there in time to play. As it happens, the gig went really well and Lisa Cuthbert accompanied us for virtually the whole gig this time, as well as taking lead vocals on Beyond The Morning, which was a welcome addition to the setlist. Looking forward to the new íon album and autumn gigs with herself. I've yet to find many pics of the gig but I'll add them here if any more come in. Heres the setlist anyway. Thanks to the people working at the festival for making sure we eventually got there, and for looking after us during our brief stay. Danke!

Eleanor Rigby
Over Your Shoulder
Learpholl
Flowers
The Last Laugh
My White
Beyond the Morning
Going Nowhere / Destiny

Leaving Eden
The Weight Of The World
Empty
Legions
Lost Control


Pics by Bloodlite
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Irish dates in July

I'll be playing some gigs in Ireland during the first weekend of July. It'll be the same format as WGT, together with Mick Moss and Lisa Cuthbert.

July 3rd - Doyles, Dublin
July 5th - An Cruiscin Lan, Douglas St, Cork

Wave Gothik Treffen

Just confirmed this weekend:- I'll be playing an unplugged session at the Wave Gothik Treffen festival, Leipzig, Germany, with Mick Moss (Antimatter) and Lisa Cuthbert. Sunday 31st May.

I can't believe summers almost here..

I'm a bit late with the tour report, but I'm writing here from Poland right now, waiting to be tattooed by the great Dagmara@Tat Studio Gdansk (click to check out the galleries). I was supposed to be in Mexico but had to cancel, due to the swine flu alert. Best wishes to all my amigos/amigas over there, hope it passes swiftly.
Anyway, the tour went really well. Once again we were joined by Lisa Cuthbert who opened for us on most nights of the tour, as well as joining us on stage for select tracks. Contact her for a copy of her new EP through Myspace. Mr Vincent Cavanagh somehow ended up onstage with me in Paris for some improvised versions of Beatles tracks. Totally unexpected and unrehearsed, but the natives didn't seem to mind. The Paris gig was also the launch date of Micks new Antimatter - Live@An Club cd, which you can purchase here. It was nice to catch up with Anneke Van Giersbergen again in Venlo on Easter Sunday. I think thats the first time we had played together since 1996 (?) The Cologne gig was one of the highlights of the tour, the audience were very receptive and seemed to enjoy The Boy Moss's onstage banter immensely. We were supported by Latvias Vic Anselmo, touring Germany with her own band, who joined us onstage for a killer vocal rendition of Learpholl. It was nice to see some old faces again along the way, hope we don't have to wait to long to meet again. Here are some pics and videos from the other dates, I'll update the links when more come in.

APR 10, Paris, FRANCE (Le Klub)

Pics by Liora Dadon


APR 14, Frankfurt, GERMANY (Die Halle)

video of Flowers (featuring Lisa Cuthbert)


APR 16, Krakow, POLAND (Lizard King)

Pics by G. Chorus
video of 'Mr White' (Trouble cover version)


APR 17, Vienna, AUSTRIA (Escape)

Pics by Caroline Traitler @ photopit.com


APR 18, Aarau, SWITZERLAND (Kiff Aarau)

Pics @ www.kiff.ch

Pics from Tat Studio Gdansk