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Simon (Simon) wrote:

“The musically versatile Mike Patton has been talking and, when that happens, a lot comes out. The singer, songwriter, musician and producer has been hard at work on a long list of interesting projects, including the highly anticipated debut of Peeping Tom.
The former Faith No More member’s first of three Peeping Tom albums is scheduled for a May 30 release. The 11-track outing features a massive mix of genres and artists, including: Montreal’s Kid Koala; Odd Nosdam; Doseone and Jel of hip-hop collective Anticon; Dale Crover of The Melvins; Massive Attack; Gorillaz beat box man Dan “The Automator” Nakamura; Rahzel; Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs; Amon Tobin; Bebel Gilberto; Dub Trio; DJ Disk; and Kool Keith.
“It’s very slick it’s a groove record,” Patton told MTV News. “I used programmers and producers from the electronic world and the hip-hop world, in some cases.
“If there’s a sound to [the record], it leans into those worlds. There are simple structures. I’m singing, there’s lyrics to me, it’s a pop record. It’s something I’d want to turn on the radio and hear.”
The biggest guest contributor to the album is Norah Jones, who contributes vocals to the vulgar “Sucker.” “You won’t recognize Norah,” insisted Patton.
“She’s cursing her ass off. It’s insane. She’s like a cruel vamp, and it’s super sexy, hot and, yeah, cruel.”
Among Patton’s other projects are: running his own Ipecac Records label; reconvening with Nakamura to start work on a second Lovage album to follow 2001’s lounge-y Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By; work on another Tomahawk offering; and lending vocals to three songs on the forthcoming Massive Attack album, Weather Underground.
Patton is composing soundtracks for two movies, including Pinion (a film by friend Melanie Lee), and has lent his voice to an in-development PlayStation 3 game called The Darkness. He’s also planning a trip to Italy, where he’ll record an album’s worth of arrangements of ’60s pop tunes with a string orchestra and full choir. While there, he’ll visit composer Eyvind Kang to work on a collaborative classical choir piece.
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Taken from the chart attack website
Posted on Tue, 21 March 2006 at 15:52