Kaada & Patton Discography of CDs

Kaada & Patton music CDs Mike Patton and fellow Ipecac resident Kaada's collaboration Romances dwells in the twilight zone where spooky and seductive meet. Both artists' work reveals a love of cinematic music: Kaada is an award-winning film music composer in his native Norway, and Patton has paid homage to great horror scores on Fantômas' Director's Cut. Romances is just as filmic as that album -- actually, the affection for the spooky, evocative and arranged is the biggest romance going on here -- but it is less noisy and intense, and more obviously melodic and playful than Director's Cut. "Invocation"'s creepily whimsical melody and choral voices, for example, recall Danny Elfman's work more than Fantômas' grislier sound. Patton's fondness for over-the-top theatricality tends to dominate Romances, particularly on the eight-minute "Aubade," where his vocals span ghostly choral passages, Tasmanian devil-like grunts and growls and ululating that sounds like ...

Kaada & Patton discography Kaada/Patton is a side project for two prolific musicians, Norwegian soundtrack composer Mike Kaada and former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton. Their band draws on a joint love of film music, with Patton building on his experiences with his band Fantômas, who paid an inimitable tribute to horror film scores with their DIRECTOR'S CUT album. But Kaada/Patton is a sedate affair compared to Patton's noisier excursions, and this 2005 performance finds them delivering some gently crafted melodies at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Additional rehearsal footage provides a fascinating glimpse at the working methods of these two unique musicians. This cinematic 52 minute concert was shot film-noir style during a legendary set at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in the summer of 2005. Mike Patton and (John Erik) Kaada are at the top of their game. Their adept band features Erland Dahlen, Oyvind Storesund, Geir Sundstol, Borge Fjordheim, ...