Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf (born June 30, 1983) is a musician who was born in St Thomas' Hospital, London, England and grew up in South London. He began recording songs with his violin, voice and car boot sale organs on a four-track tape recorder at the age of eleven.

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June 30 - 1983 - St Thomas' Hospital - London - England - South London - Violin - Voice - Organ - Tape recorder

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He started his musical education with rigorous violin lessons and church choirs some years earlier but it wasn't until he got obsessed with early twentieth-century electronics that a strong ambition to create new and innovative music was developed.

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Church - Choir - Electronics

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Patrick's teenage period was turbulent, he was forced to change schools due to bullying. At the age of fourteen he performed with pop art collective Minty. His writings and recordings caught the attention of Fat Cat Records which donated an Atari computer and a mixing console to Patrick. These tools helped him further in his unique production and programming.

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Pop art - Collective - Minty - Fat Cat Records - Atari - Computer - Mixing console

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Patrick left home at the age of sixteen. He spent some years wild and free around London making money from busking in a string quartet and forming a group called "Maison Crimineaux" which were a noisy trio built on destructive ethics around white noise and pop music. He also continued to record and write his own material. Maison Crimineaux once performed in Paris, a gig that was attended by electronic maestro Kristian Robinson (aka Capitol K) who went on to release Patrick's debut album "Lycanthropy".

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String quartet - Maison Crimineaux - White noise - Pop music - Paris - Kristian Robinson - Capitol K

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During the recordings of Lycanthropy, Patrick studied composition at Trinity College of Music for one year. Lycanthropy was released in the summer of 2003 and met much critical acclaim. He also made some guest appearances as a viola player with Chicks on Speed and The Hidden Cameras. The German based record label Tomlab later released the album for America and Europe.

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Trinity College of Music - 2003 - Chicks on Speed - The Hidden Cameras - German - Record label - Tomlab - America - Europe

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