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| birth_name = Damien Roach<ref>{{cite news |title=Watch: patten 'Say' – The Wire |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/watch-patten-say |access-date=25 June 2023 |work=The Wire Magazine |date=March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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| origin = [[London]], England
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| genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Experimental music|experimental]]
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| years_active = 2006–present
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| label = 555-5555, [[Warp Records]], No Pain in Pop, Kaleidoscope
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'''patten''' is a London-based producer renowned for hi-tech immersive AV shows and multi-platform approach, tracing a boundary-irreverent path through outlets ranging from design as 555-5555, to installation, film, software programming, music, live performance, and publishing. patten started performing at underground venues and releasing music on limited edition CDRs and minidiscs in 2006. Over the years there have been numerous live line ups and stylistic approaches, including [[computer music]], all-acoustic ensemble compositions, immersive [[audiovisual]] shows, DJ sets, and full bass, drums, and guitar band formations. The most recent recordings and live shows reach the outer edges of techno, hip hop, ambient, club music, grime, pop and industrial.<ref name="fox-charlie-the-quietus">{{cite web|url = http://thequietus.com/articles/07075-patten-glaqjo-xaacsso-review/ | date = 29 September 2011 | accessdate = 4 February 2014 | last = Fox | first = Charlie | publisher = [[The Quietus]] | title = patten GLAQJO XAACSSO | quote = but patten (always lower case, apparently) seems like the proper inheritor of Aphex's crazed, childlike approach to music-making}}</ref><ref name="justyna-wichowska-160grams">{{cite web|url = http://www.160grams.com/music/encounters-patten/ | date = 26 June 2014 | accessdate = 4 August 2017 | last = Wichowska | first = Justyna | publisher = 160grams | title = Encounters: patten | quote = ‘One of the key ideas embedded in the whole project in all of its different forms – visible forms, audible forms, spatial forms – is that there is the third person involved in the production of what the work is, and that’s the person on the other side of it – the audience member, listener, video watcher, yourself,’ [...] ‘One of the key aims is to produce materials that are open enough for those people to really become engaged with it in a creative way. So the production of something doesn’t really end with the record, or with the video, or with whatever else it might be. It’s really once this thing finds its way out into the world, that’s when something really begins.’ The work that occurs is two-directional: patten invites the audience to co-create the project, and considers the reception and any thoughts or action that result from that reception an inherent part of it.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074950/http://www.160grams.com/music/encounters-patten|archive-date=March 4, 2016|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name="hari-ashurst-pitchfork">{{cite web|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16008-patten-glaqjo-xaacsso/ | date = 7 November 2011 | accessdate = 25 December 2013 | last = Ashurst | first = Hari | publisher = [[Pitchfork Media]] | title = patten GLAQJO XAACSSO | quote = GLAQJO XAACSSO feels like it could exist in a parallel universe}}</ref>
'''Patten''' (stylised in lowercase) is the pseudonym of [[London]]-based [[electronic music|electronic]] [[experimental music]]ian and [[audiovisual art]]ist '''Damien Roach'''.<ref name="fox-charlie-the-quietus">{{cite web|url = http://thequietus.com/articles/07075-patten-glaqjo-xaacsso-review/ | date = 29 September 2011 | access-date = 4 February 2014 | last = Fox | first = Charlie | website= [[The Quietus]] | title = patten GLAQJO XAACSSO | quote = but patten (always lower case, apparently) seems like the proper inheritor of Aphex's crazed, childlike approach to music-making}}</ref><ref name="justyna-wichowska-160grams">{{cite web|url = http://www.160grams.com/music/encounters-patten/ | date = 26 June 2014 | access-date = 4 August 2017 | last = Wichowska | first = Justyna | website= 160grams | title = Encounters: patten | quote = 'One of the key ideas embedded in the whole project in all of its different forms – visible forms, audible forms, spatial forms – is that there is the third person involved in the production of what the work is, and that's the person on the other side of it – the audience member, listener, video watcher, yourself,' [...] 'One of the key aims is to produce materials that are open enough for those people to really become engaged with it in a creative way. So the production of something doesn’t really end with the record, or with the video, or with whatever else it might be. It's really once this thing finds its way out into the world, that's when something really begins.' The work that occurs is two-directional: patten invites the audience to co-create the project, and considers the reception and any thoughts or action that result from that reception an inherent part of it.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074950/http://www.160grams.com/music/encounters-patten|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="hari-ashurst-pitchfork">{{cite web|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16008-patten-glaqjo-xaacsso/ | date = 7 November 2011 | access-date = 25 December 2013 | last = Ashurst | first = Hari | website= [[Pitchfork Media]] | title = patten GLAQJO XAACSSO | quote = GLAQJO XAACSSO feels like it could exist in a parallel universe}}</ref>


==Music==
==2006-11: Early History, GLAQJO XAACSSO==


Patten began as an electronic music project by Roach under the pseudonym ''D''. While running a [[record label]] called Kaleidoscope, he had released music on [[CD-R]]s since 2006.<ref>name="bulut-selim-the-fade"{{cite web|url = https://www.thefader.com/2013/12/05/dollars-to-pounds-patten-interview/ | date = 5 December 2013 | access-date = 25 December 2013 | last = Bulut | first = Selim | website= [[The Fader]] | title = Dollars to Pounds: Interview with patten | quote = Following the release of his debut album, the tongue-twistingly titled GLAQJO XAACSSO, for No Pain in Pop in 2011, patten has found a very appropriate home in Warp Recordings, who released his EOLIAN INSTATE EP last week (November 25th) ... curating releases for his great label, Kaleidoscope}}</ref><ref name="fact-mag">{{cite web|url = http://www.factmag.com/2013/11/19/patten-signs-to-warp-announces-eolian-instate-ep/ | date = 19 November 2013 | access-date = 25 December 2013 | website= [[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] | title = patten signs to Warp, announces EOLIAN INSTATE EP | quote = The camera-shy producer remains principally known for 2011 LP GLAQJO XAACSSO ... he's mostly spent the last year captaining his Kaleidoscope label ... patten's first release for Warp will be EOLIAN INSTATE, a limited edition five-track EP. The record will arrive on picture disc 12″ in a run of 500 copies at the tail-end of the month.}}</ref>
The first patten performances took place across London at alternative music venues like East London rock club [[The Spitz]], Hackney Road's 291 Gallery and South London's Utrophia project space. Recordings were circulated among friends and at shows on minidisc and home-burnt CDR in limited editions.


The first official Patten LP ''Glaqjo Xaacsso'' was released in September 2011 through the UK label No Pain in Pop.<ref name="hari-ashurst-pitchfork"/>
In 2011, after a series of increasingly intense live performances ranging from the Tate Modern Turbine Hall to Corsica Studios, patten released the album GLAQJO XAACSSO on London-based label No Pain In Pop.<ref name="hari-ashurst-pitchfork"/> GLAQJO XAACSSO featured 12 tracks of lo-fi shoegaze-inflected electronic music, with heavily processed but still recognizable guitar and vocals featuring widely. The record was put together through writing in liminal states between waking and sleeping, then test-driving material live over the course of a number of months, and finessing in the studio to arrive at final versions. On release, the album was met with widespread acclaim from a broad spectrum of music fans from techno across to the experimental and indie. Interviews and press images from this period extended the exploration into reflecting on the way artists are presented and present themselves to a public of strangers, with obscured faces and non-standard interview approaches. The project’s tradition in creative use of media spaces has continued through until the present, in materials like a playlist of silent tracks available on Spotify, the submission and publishing of identical answers to two different interviews, and a Q&A for Dazed answered entirely in Wikipedia links.
<ref>{{cite web|title=patten interview: "Trying to describe dreams|url=http://www.dummymag.com/features/patten-interview-trying-to-describe-dreams/|publisher=Dazed|date = 29 September 2011 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten interview: "patten Exclusive Mix|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/11160/1/patten-exclusive-mix/|publisher=Dazed|date = 25 Aug 2011 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref>


In November 2013 Roach signed to [[Warp Records]], releasing the ''[[Eolian Instate]]'' EP soon after in an edition of 500 [[12-inch single|12" picture discs]], with artwork by frequent visual collaborator [[Jane Eastlight]] (revealed in 2022 via social media by patten to be another pseudonym).<ref>{{cite web|title=patten signs to Warp Records|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/patten-signs-to-warp-records-140879|website=Line of Best Fit|access-date=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten primes EOLIAN INSTATE for Warp|url=http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2013/11/19/patten-primes-eolian-instate-for-warp/|website=Juno Plus|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Jane Eastlight'|url=https://twitter.com/patttten/status/1521557591561846786/ | date = 3 May 2022 |via=Twitter|access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref>
==2011-13: Kaleidoscope Imprint==
After the success of GLAQJO XAACSSO, patten began to rapidly release music by other underground artists through their Kaleidoscope imprint, drawing wider attention to the work of others. The 2012-13 Limited Dubs cassette and digital series included Sculpture’s ‘Slime Code’, the I’ve Been You Twice’ EP, Karen Gwyer’s debut release, the double album ‘Cracked Lacquer/Vanadium’ by Yearning Kru and ‘Guardian Petted’ by California musician Jocelyn Noir’s ALAK. These were met with various accolades from BBC Radio 1 to Wire Magazine, with many of the artists going on to sign with key independent labels such as Planet Mu, Software and No Pain In Pop. 2015 saw a cassette (Chrome Series) from visual artist Benedict Drew in and a split vinyl release (50/50) including Aldous RH (ex-Egyptian Hip Hop) and Tel Aviv's Vanilla Hammer. Recent releases on the imprint’s 2017 Aether Editions digital-first series have been from The Newcomer, Actual Magic (a moniker of patten), and Japanese producer and DJ, Sapphire Slows.<ref>{{cite web|title=patten interview: "patten’s Kaleidoscope label announce Karen Gwyer EP|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/04/23/pattens-kaleidoscope-imprint-announces-super-limited-karen-gwyer-release/|publisher=Fact Magazine|date = 23 April 2012 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yearning Kru Copper Vale, Planet Mu|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/yearning-kru-copper-vale/|publisher=Fact Magazine|date = 23 April 2012 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sapphire Slows is getting more vocal, and not just in her music|url=
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/09/20/music/sapphire-slows-getting-vocal-not-just-music/|publisher=Japan Times|date = 20 September 2017 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref>


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February 2014 saw the release of the first LP for Warp, entitled ''[[Estoile Naiant]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=patten ESTOILE NAIANT|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/patten/estoile-naiant|website=Warp Records|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten reveals psychedelic new album ESTOILE NAIANT|date=7 January 2014|url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/01/07/patten-reveals-psychedelic-new-album-estoile-naiant/|website=Fact Magazine|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> In addition to the LP, 2014 saw Roach release a number of free remixes of music by other artists on his website, called ''re-edits''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Download patten's RE-EDITS vol 3|date=21 January 2014|url=https://dotheastralplane.com/2014/01/21/download-pattens-re-edits-vol-3/|website=Do The Astral Plane|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten releases RE-EDITS vol 8|url=http://www.dummymag.com/news/download-patten-re-edits-vol.-8/|website=DummyMag|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten offers new RE-EDITS collection for download|date=30 May 2014|url=https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/05/patten-offers-new-re-edits-collection-for-download/|website=XLR8R|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>
==2013-14: ESTOILE NAIANT, RE-EDITS==
In November 2013 the signing of patten to Warp Records was announced, with the EOLIAN INSTATE EP released soon after in a limited edition picture disc, echoing the project’s beginnings and experimentation with formats. Weeks later patten performed a live audiovisual set in front of thousands at Tate Britain as part of the Warp x Tate event in December 2013.
The first LP for Warp, ESTOILE NAIANT was released in February 2014, supported by an extensive live audiovisual tour across Europe, North America and Japan.


In the summer of 2014, Roach began to organise musical events at [[Power Lunches]] under the moniker ''555-5555''.<ref name="DummyMag">{{cite web|title=555-5555 at Power Lunches, 27/06/14|url=http://www.dummymag.com/Read/555-5555-at-power-lunches-27-06-14/|website=DummyMag|date = 11 July 2014 | access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="justyna-wichowska-160grams"/> The lineups featured sets from artists such as Logos, Karen Gwyer, Slackk, SFV Acid, [[Darkstar (band)|Darkstar]], Visionist, Fotomachine and [[Max Tundra]].<ref name="DummyMag"/><ref name="justyna-wichowska-160grams"/>
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It was during this period that patten began to release free RE-EDITS EPs, sampling, layering and restructuring fragments of existing music into new textural compositions. Tracks featured were from across musical worlds, fusing Sade, Drexciya, Siouxie and The Banshees, Pixies, Burial and Joy Division, The tracks were underpinned by dancefloor rhythms and the 2014 series were specifically created so as to produce an ‘endless generative mix’ when played on shuffle. Later RE-EDITS series eschewed this method for a more freeform approach, with ‘vol2’ remixing tracks by Death Grips, Rihanna, Tim Hecker, Julianna Barwick and Cypress Hill.<ref>{{cite web|title=patten ESTOILE NAIANT|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/patten/estoile-naiant|publisher=Warp Records|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten reveals psychedelic new album ESTOILE NAIANT|url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/01/07/patten-reveals-psychedelic-new-album-estoile-naiant/|publisher=FACT Magazine|accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Download patten's RE-EDITS vol 3|url=https://dotheastralplane.com/2014/01/21/download-pattens-re-edits-vol-3/|publisher=Do The Astral Plane|accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten releases RE-EDITS vol 8|url=http://www.dummymag.com/news/download-patten-re-edits-vol.-8/|publisher=DummyMag|accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten offers new RE-EDITS collection for download|url=https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/05/patten-offers-new-re-edits-collection-for-download/|publisher=XLR8R|accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref>


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In collaboration with [[Hisham Bharoocha]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet our resident artists|url=http://blog.barbican.org.uk/2015/06/meet-our-resident-artists/|website=Barbican Blog|date = 15 June 2015 | access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> Patten contributed to [[Doug Aitken]]'s "Station to Station" project, recording an EP of new music created from found sound and improvised percussion onsite at the [[Barbican Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch LoneLady and patten create Brutalist Music at the VF Studio|url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-films/watch-lonelady-and-patten-create-brutalist-music-at-the-vf-studio/|website=Vinyl Factory|date = 30 July 2015 | access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref>
==2014-15: 555-5555, Tron, June 30th, Björk Remix==
In 2014, patten threw a series of club nights with live electronic music and DJs at Dalston’s [[Power Lunches]] under the name 555-5555. The events were held in the basement venue with the group’s signature heavy smoke machine and a minimal single video projection as lighting. The lineups featured sets from artists such as Logos, Karen Gwyer, Slackk, SFV Acid, Darkstar, Visionist, Fotomachine and Max Tundra.<ref>{{cite web|title=555-5555 at Power Lunches, 27/06/14|url=http://www.dummymag.com/Read/555-5555-at-power-lunches-27-06-14/|publisher=DummyMag|date = 11 July 2014 | accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="justyna-wichowska-160grams"/> Across late 2015 and early 2016, numerous design works attributed to 555-5555 with it expanding in 2017 into a creative agency including members of patten, and visual collaborator Jane Easlight. 555-5555 work unrestricted across forms, creating anything from graphic design for Disney’s Tron run/R soundtrack,<ref>{{cite web|title=Giorgio Moroder’s 'Tron Run/r Original Soundtrack' Out Now|url=http://www.emusician.com/artists/1333/giorgio-moroders-tron-runr-original-soundtrack-out-now/58319/|publisher=emusician|date = 2 June 2016 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref> to 555-5555 branded apparel, events, software, an NTS radio show, ongoing art direction for Dan Snaith (Caribou)’s Daphni and Jiaolong label, and pointed online videos encouraging their fans to engage in the political process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Listen to patten’s mind-altering new album|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/32810/1/patten-psi-album-stream-interview/|publisher=Dazed|date = 12 September 2016 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref>


Furthermore, Patten has created several remixes for artists like [[Giorgio Moroder]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Giorgio Moroder's 'Tron Run/r Original Soundtrack' Out Now|url=http://www.emusician.com/artists/1333/giorgio-moroders-tron-runr-original-soundtrack-out-now/58319/|website=E Musician|date = 2 June 2016 | access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> and [[Björk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Björk Shares Third Installment of Vulnicura Remixes|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/60247-bjork-shares-third-installment-of-vulnicura-remixes/|website=Pitchfork|date = 1 October 2015 | access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref>
In collaboration with Hisham Akira Bharoocha,<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet our resident artists|url=http://blog.barbican.org.uk/2015/06/meet-our-resident-artists/|publisher=Barbican|date = 15 June 2015 | accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref>
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patten contributed to Doug Aitken's Station to Station project, recording 'June 30th', an EP of new music created from found sound and improvised percussion made in one day at the [[Barbican Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch LoneLady and patten create Brutalist Music at the VF Studio|url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-films/watch-lonelady-and-patten-create-brutalist-music-at-the-vf-studio/|publisher=Vinyl Factory|date = 30 July 2015 | accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref>


In the same year, patten created several remixes for artists like [[Giorgio Moroder]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Giorgio Moroder’s 'Tron Run/r Original Soundtrack' Out Now|url=http://www.emusician.com/artists/1333/giorgio-moroders-tron-runr-original-soundtrack-out-now/58319/|publisher=E Musician|date = 2 June 2016 | accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> and [[Björk]]. Their remix of her song Stonemilker was released as a single-sided 12" clear vinyl single.<ref>{{cite web|title=Björk Shares Third Installment of Vulnicura Remixes|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/60247-bjork-shares-third-installment-of-vulnicura-remixes/|publisher=Pitchfork|date = 1 October 2015 | accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref>
In September 2016, Patten's third album ''Ψ''<ref>{{cite web|title=patten announces new album Ψ – shares razor-sharp 'Sonne'|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/14/patten-new-album-%CF%88-psi-sonne/|website=Fact Magazine|date = 14 July 2016 | access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten Return With New Album Ψ|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/15/patten-return-with-new-album-ii/|website=The Fader|date = 15 July 2016 | access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref> was released with the vocals of a member known as A featuring across the record.


In May 2017, Patten released ''Requiem'', a four track digital-only EP, launched with a live audiovisual show at London's [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=London Duo patten's New EP Is an Agitated 'Requiem' for the World|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/785exg/pattens-requiem-stream-interview/|website=Vice|date = 12 May 2017 | access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten play live audiovisual show at London's ICA, April 29|url=https://hyponik.com/news/patten-play-live-audiovisual-show-at-londons-ica-april-29/|website=Hyponik|date = 21 April 2017 | access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>
==2016-17: Ψ (Psi) LP & Requiem EP==
On September 16, 2016, their third album Ψ [[Psi (letter)|(Psi)]],<ref>{{cite web|title=patten announces new album Ψ - shares razor-sharp 'Sonne'|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/14/patten-new-album-%CF%88-psi-sonne/|publisher=Fact Magazine|date = 14 July 2016 | accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten Return With New Album Ψ|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/15/patten-return-with-new-album-ii/|publisher=The Fader|date = 15 July 2016 | accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref> was released with the vocals of a member known as A featured heavily across the record. A first appeared publicly in Jane Eastlight’s 2014 ‘Winter Strobing’ video and was later seen performing in patten at the Warp25 concert in Poland (alongside Battles, Autechre, LFO and others) and later Baleapop in France, Fields Moscow and [[Electrowerkz]] London for a [[Alexander McQueen (brand)#McQ|McQ]] launch event. A number of highly distinctive videos were released for album tracks Sonne (Matilda Finn), Epsilon (Werkflow), Dialler (555-5555), along with animation and video for each track made by 555-5555 for their immersive AV show which had at this point expanded to include a full custom video system, lasers, LEDs, smoke machines, live electronic drums and digitally processed vocals. In December 2016, patten released the first in a two part series of live session videos directed by Greg Barnes capturing their live AV show in a cinematic style echoing the sci-fi [[Science fiction]] feel of their performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commute Through Dystopia With patten’s Unnerving New Video|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/09/21/patten-epilson-video/|publisher=The Fader|date = 21 September 2016 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Watch patten face the future in an exclusive video|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/watch-an-exclusive-music-video-with-warp-signed-duo-patten/|publisher=Red Bull|date = 30 November 2016 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref>


September 2019 saw the album ''Flex'' released on Patten's 555-5555 imprint, followed by a run of live audiovisual concerts and DJ sets across Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flex Resident Advisor review|url=https://ra.co/reviews/24454/|website=Resident Advisor|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
In May 2017, following Psi by 6 months patten released Requiem, a four track digital-only EP. Music videos for each of the tracks were made available on release day via YouTube. Requiem saw a further distillation of their sound, with dry sonics and heavily treated hip-hop-inflected vocals coming to the fore. The EP preceded a headline show at London’s ICA, where patten programmed screenings and installations and a 555-5555 pop up store alongside their AV performance. Screenings of art films at the event included [[Turner Prize]] winner [[Mark Leckey]], Muntean/Rosenblum, and others. In late summer, an autumn AV tour across the UK, Europe, and Mexico was announced.


In 2020 three Patten albums appeared in quick succession, starting with the beatless album ''Glow'' released in July during the early days of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|title=patten GLOW Pitchfork album review, by Philip Sherburne|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/patten-glow/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> This was followed in August by ''Glo)))'', a heavy metal-inspired alternative version of the previous album. ''Aegis'', the third album of 2020 was released in October, featuring ten tracks of experimental techno.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Advisor, Third patten album of 2020, Aegis, is out now|url=https://ra.co/news/73667/|website=Resident Advisor|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
In September, they announced their contribution to work on beta testing spectral processing software created by U.S.-based software developers Unfiltered Audio for Plugin Alliance. patten produced a number of presets bundled with the software download alongside electronic composers such as [[Richard Devine]], and [[Arovane|Uwe Zahn]].<ref>{{cite web|title=London Duo patten’s New EP Is an Agitated ‘Requiem’ for the World|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/785exg/pattens-requiem-stream-interview/|publisher=Red Bull|date = 12 May 2017 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Warp duo patten headline a night of leftfield electronics at London's iconic ICA|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/915655/|publisher=Resident Advisor|date = 19 April 2017 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Unfiltered Audio says that SpecOps can help you to achieve ‘full spectrum dominance’|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/unfiltered-audio-says-that-specops-can-help-you-to-achieve-full-spectrum-dominance|publisher=Music Radar|date = 19 September 2017 | accessdate=22 September 2017}}</ref>


[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact magazine]] published a mini-documentary on Patten's history in August 2020.<ref name="patten Artists DIY FACT">{{cite web|title=patten Artists DIY FACT|url=https://www.factmag.com/2020/08/18/artist-diy-patten/|website=Fact Magazine|date=18 August 2020 |access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
An extensive interview with State Magazine came out on October 5th, detailing the Requiem EP and various reflections on the project, personal and political drivers and the creative process. On following day October 6th, Dan Snaith’s Daphni project released a new album, ‘Joli Mai’ with creative direction and design by patten’s 555-5555 creative agency<ref>{{cite web|title=Caribou’s Dan Snaith announces new Daphni album ‘Joli Mai’ | url=https://mixmag.net/read/caribous-dan-snaith-announces-new-daphni-album-joli-mai-news/ | publisher=Mixmag |date = 2 October 2017 | accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref>. In November, The 555-5555 agency created a commissioned line of apparel for Dummy magazine, envisioned as ‘editorial in garment form’ celebrating the magazine’s 76 favorite current record labels. <ref>{{cite web|title=Dummy x 555-5555 | url=https://www.dummymag.com/news/dummy-x-555-5555/ | publisher=Dummy |date = 22 November 2017 | accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref>


Two EPs followed, ''Burner'' in 2021 with the track "Eat Smoke" (featuring [[Antipop Consortium]]'s [[Beans (rapper)]]), and 2022's ''Desire Path'' EP, making [[Bleep (store)|Bleep]]'s Tracks Of The Year with the track "Kiss U".<ref>{{cite web|title=patten Beans Eat Smoke FACT|url=https://www.factmag.com/2021/05/07/patten-beans-eat-smoke/|website=Fact Magazine|date=7 May 2021 |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten Kiss U Bleep Top Tracks of 2022|url=https://twitter.com/bleep/status/1611309223777910784/|via=Twitter|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
A patten Live AV Japan tour in early December presented material from Psi and Requiem in Tokyo and Osaka alongside Sapphire Slows and Mouse on the Keys. <ref>{{cite web|title=Tokyo Dance Music Event reveals full 2017 programme | url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/40509/ | publisher=Resident Advisor| date = 28 November 2017 | accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref>A few weeks later, 'Welcome To Today', an LP of "Blissed-out, melted down, DSP-refracted Motown Xmas hits", recorded by patten under the name Actual Magic and released via their Kaleidoscope imprint on Christmas Eve 2016, was celebrated with a series of music videos released on Christmas Eve December 2017. <ref>{{cite web|title=Actual Magic - Welcome to Today | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFpicUoD5kI&list=PLME5_Y_TZa21gZCJUUqKijweYOmNXJxTp/ | publisher=YouTube |date = 24 December 2017 | accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref>


In January 2023, Patten announced Mirage FM, an album made using text-to-audio AI samples, due for release on April 14, 2023, via 555-5555.<ref>{{cite web|title=patten announces the first ever text-to-audio ai album mirage fm|url=https://www.gorillavsbear.net/patten-announces-the-first-ever-text-to-audio-ai-album-mirage-fm/|website=Gorilla vs Bear|date=19 January 2023 |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
==2018-19: 3049, SS2018, 555-5555, CB-MMXVII==
In January 2018 an immersive audiovisual installation titled ‘3049’ launched at Tenderpixel gallery in London <ref>{{cite web|title=patten | url=http://tenderpixel.com/exhibitions/patten | publisher=Tenderpixel date = 7 January 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. ‘3049’ was created to imagine and create ‘non-dystopic collective future visions’, centering around the question ‘how do we make it to 3049?’. The installation featured sound, large scale projections, lasers, smoke machines, dot matrix displays, and sculptures. Additionally, a clubnight, radio show and a substantial publication was produced. The publication housed contributions from practitioners across forecasting, design, art, philosophy, music, science, cinema, and architecture, including Hans Ulrich Obrist, Coby Sey, Laure Prouvost, Johnny Golding, Isabella Maidment, Hisham Bharoocha, Mat Dryhurst, Susan Hiller, Sam Rolfes, Tai Shani, Liam Gillick, and Nkisi. This was available for free at Tenderpixel & as a PDF still accessible online <ref>{{cite web|title=patten: 3049 by 555-5555 | url=https://issuu.com/555-5555/docs/patten-3049 | publisher=Issu date = 31 January 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. An Amsterdam edition of the 3049 installation was presented at Sonic Acts, alongside an in-depth talk and film screening from pattten. Unsound Festival screened the film component of the 3049 project at Baranami Cinema in Krakow on October 8th. In November, ‘Dialler’ from the album Psi was used to soundtrack a promo video for the agency M+A Creative.


==Other projects==
Unreleased new material was performed at Tate Modern in a live AV performance titled ‘SS2018’. Programmed for the BMW Tate Live Exhibition, the show filled the Tate Tanks with smoke and coloured light to create a “hallucinatory environment somewhere between clubnight, installation, neurosci experiment and architectural intervention”. The same event hosted performanes by Silvia Palacios Whitman and Christopher Rauschenberg<ref>{{cite web|title=BMW Tate Live Exhibition Sylvia Palacios Whitman + patten
| url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/bmw-tate-live-exhibition-ten-days-six-nights/whitman-patten | publisher=Tate date = 3 March 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. In what would be the final duo formation shows with vocalist ‘A’ before returing to solo, patten performed a mini-EU tour support of LA-based electronic group The Glitch Mob, with shows in London, Paris and Berlin, again testing new, unreleased material. Under the 555-5555 agency name, they also presented live, realtime visuals for the LA group, scrambling their graphic archives nightly as a ‘555DigitalSeance’ <ref>{{cite web|title=555DigitalSeance | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BhzJDXOHPOy/ | publisher=Instagram date = 20 April 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. 555-5555 expanded operations to include a discussion forum in June 2018. Built as an alternative to standardised forms of social media, this was celebrated with coverage and interviews including The Guardian <ref>{{cite web|title=Pop, passion and enemas: how online forums created a new musical culture | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/29/online-forums-musical-culture-messageboards-social-media-music-essay | publisher=The Guardian date = 29 May 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>, FACT Magazine <ref>{{cite web|title=Why patten have launched an old-school forum for music discussion and discovery
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| url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/05/14/why-patten-started-an-old-school-forum-for-music-discussion-and-discovery/ | publisher=FACT date = 14 May 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>, Clash<ref>{{cite web|title=IKR? Messageboards FTW | url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/ikr-messageboards-ftw | publisher=Clash date = 3 January 2019 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>, Resident Advisor <ref>{{cite web|title=patten want their new online forum, 555-5555, to fill in the 'cracks' left by social media
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| url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/41755 | publisher=Resident Advisor date = 16 May 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>, Dazed <ref>{{cite web|title=How to give back to music in 2019 | url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42863/1/how-to-give-back-to-music-in-2019 | publisher=Dazed date = 11 January 2019 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref> and Mixmag <ref>{{cite web|title=All hail the return of the internet music forum | url=https://mixmag.net/feature/all-hail-the-return-of-the-internet-music-forum | publisher=MixMag date = 6 November 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. The forum was launched with a zero tolerance policy for racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic language or imagery.


In November 2017, the 555-5555 agency created a commissioned line of apparel for [[Dummy magazine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dummy x 555-5555 | url=https://www.dummymag.com/news/dummy-x-555-5555/ | website=Dummy |date = 22 November 2017 | access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>
The audiovisual installation ‘CB-MMXVIII (I’ve been thinking of giving sleeping lessons)’ was commissioned and exhibited by Somerset House in London for the Claire Catterall curated exhibition Good Grief, on the enduring influence of Charles Schulz and Peanuts. In the film featuring a 3D animated Charle Brown, ‘the figure flexes and formd through digital distortions, placing him under strains and stresses, pushing him to his very limits’. The film’s soundtrack reworked Peanuts’ Vince Guaraldi jazz composition theme tune “Linus and Lucy’ to create a glistening, slowly morphing drone <ref>{{cite web|title=That’s Art: patten | url=https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/blog/thats-art-patten | publisher=Somerset House date = 11 December 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>.


In June 2018, Roach created an online discussion forum, also named 555-5555.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pop, passion and enemas: how online forums created a new musical culture | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/29/online-forums-musical-culture-messageboards-social-media-music-essay | work=The Guardian |date = 29 May 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why patten have launched an old-school forum for music discussion and discovery
An AV performance at Open Source Art Festival, Poland in September saw further-refined versions of new tracks being roadtested live, the first solo shows since Psi and Requiem. RE-EDITS vol 9 was released as pack of three videos and also as free downloads on Nov 21st with reimaginings of tracks by Tyler, the Creator, Frank Ocean and Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury’s ‘Annhiliation’ soundtrack <ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Ocean and Tyler, The Creator get reworked by patten on RE-EDITS vol 9 | url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/11/22/patten-frank-ocean-moderat-tyler-reworks/ | publisher=FACT date = 22 November 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. In 2018, official remixes for J Colleran and Let’s Eat Grandma were released via Because Music & Transgressive respectively. A longsleeve tee dubbed ‘UniOmYang:)’ was released pledging continued support for the UK to remain in the EU. In December, patten was announced as being selected for SHAPE platform 2019 (Sound Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe) alongside a number of EU-based artists and projects <ref>{{cite web|title= Shape Platform announces 2019 list of artists | url=http://shapeplatform.eu/2018/shape-platform-announces-2019-list-of-artists/ | publisher=Shape date = 3 December 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>.
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| url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/05/14/why-patten-started-an-old-school-forum-for-music-discussion-and-discovery/ | website=Fact |date = 14 May 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IKR? Messageboards FTW | url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/ikr-messageboards-ftw | website=Clash |date = 3 January 2019 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=patten want their new online forum, 555-5555, to fill in the 'cracks' left by social media
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| url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/41755 | website=Resident Advisor| date = 16 May 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How to give back to music in 2019 | url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42863/1/how-to-give-back-to-music-in-2019 | website=Dazed |date = 11 January 2019 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All hail the return of the internet music forum | url=https://mixmag.net/feature/all-hail-the-return-of-the-internet-music-forum | website=MixMag |date = 6 November 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref>
Roach has created several [[Audiovisual art|audiovisual installations]]. In January 2018 a Patten installation titled ''3049'' premiered at [[Tenderpixel]] gallery in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=patten | url=http://tenderpixel.com/exhibitions/patten | website=Tenderpixel |date = 7 January 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> The audiovisual installation "CB-MMXVIII (I’ve been thinking of giving sleeping lessons)" was commissioned and exhibited in December 2018 by [[Somerset House]] in London for the Claire Catterall curated exhibition Good Grief, on the enduring influence of [[Charles Schulz]] and [[Peanuts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=That's Art: patten | url=https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/blog/thats-art-patten | website=Somerset House |date = 11 December 2018 | access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref>


In 2022, Roach was commissioned by [[Flat Time House]] to compose a soundtrack for [[Mark Boyle (artist)|Boyle Family]]'s 1960s film ''Beyond Image''. The soundtrack was exhibited in a group exhibition called "Gone Fishing", alongside works by [[John Latham (artist)|John Latham]], Marlie Mul, and Boyle Family. The soundtrack was performed live by Patten at Peckham Audio in the summer of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gone Fishing|url=https://openlab.fm/nhttps://flattimeho.org.uk/exhibitions/gone-fishing/|publisher=Flat Time House|access-date=10 June 2022}}{{dead link |date=August 2024}}</ref>
In June 2019 Dan Snaith’s Daphni project released a new EP, ‘Sizzling’ with Creative Direction and Design by patten’s 555-5555 creative agency. The campaign reached from vinyl artwork & packaging, to teaser videos and social media graphics <ref>{{cite web|title= Daphni announces new Sizzling EP on vinyl | url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/daphni-announces-new-sizzling-ep-vinyl/ | publisher=The Vinyl Factory date = 6 June 2019 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. Apparel releases from 555-5555 became more regular, with references and iconography spanning critical theory, contemporary politics and stark graphics <ref>{{cite web|title= 555-5555: toxic riff | url=https://everpress.com/555-5555-toxic-riff | publisher=Everpress date = 25 November 2018 | accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref>. After a short hiatus from live appearances, halfway through the year, patten emerged with heavy, club-focused DJ sets in Berlin, Ukraine and London.

Making creative direction and design under the moniker 555-5555 since 2015, Roach has made numerous projects including the visual world behind [[Dan Snaith]]'s Jiaolong label and Daphni releases, the visual identity and design for [[Nathan Fake]]'s ''[[Blizzards (album)|Blizzards]]'' album, and the live visual show for Caribou's ''[[Suddenly (Caribou album)|Suddenly]]'' album tour.<ref name="patten Artists DIY FACT"/><ref>{{cite web|title=behind the screen with damien roach|url=https://openlab.fm/news/in-digital-behind-the-screen-with-damien-roach/|publisher=OpenLab|access-date=20 January 2023}}{{dead link |date=August 2024}}</ref>


==Partial discography==
==Partial discography==
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===Albums===
===Albums===
* ''GLAQJO XAACSSO'', No Pain in Pop, 2011<ref name="discogs" />
* ''GLAQJO XAACSSO'', No Pain in Pop, 2011<ref name="discogs" />
* ''[[ESTOILE NAIANT]]'', Warp, 2014. A limited number included a bonus CD of side A from the patten cassette tape ''Ship of Theseus (vol ii)''.
* ''[[Estoile Naiant]]'', Warp, 2014. A limited number included a bonus CD of side A from the Patten cassette tape ''Ship of Theseus (vol ii)''.
* ''Ψ'', Warp, 2016
* ''Ψ'', Warp, 2016
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* ''Flex'', 555-5555, 2019<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''Glow'', 555-5555, 2020<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''GLO)))'', 555-5555, 2020<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''Aegis'', 555-5555, 2020<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''Mirage FM'', 555-5555, 2023<ref name="discogs" />


===EPs===
===EPs===
* ''[[EOLIAN INSTATE]]'', Warp, 2013. Limited to 500 copies.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''[[Eolian Instate]]'', Warp, 2013. Limited to 500 copies.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Hisham Bharoocha & patten: June 30th'', Vinyl Factory, 2015. Limited to 300 copies.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Hisham Bharoocha & patten: June 30th'', Vinyl Factory, 2015. Limited to 300 copies.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Requiem'', Warp, 2017. .<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Requiem'', Warp, 2017.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Burner'', 555-5555, 2021.<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Desire Path'', 555-5555, 2022. .<ref name="discogs" />


===Cassettes===
===Cassettes===
* ''[[Ship of Theseus]] (Vol II)'', Warp Records, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''[[Ship of Theseus]] (Vol II)'', Warp Records, 2014<ref name="discogs" />


===RE-EDITS===
===Soundtracks (released)===
* ''RE-EDITS vol.3'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''3049 (Original Film Soundtrack)'', 555-5555, 2021<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''RE-EDITS vol.1'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''RE-EDITS vol.8'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''RE-EDITS vol.17'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''RE-EDITS vol.2'', Not on label, 2016<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''RE-EDITS vol.9'', Not on label, 2018<ref name="discogs" />


===Selected Remixes===
===Re-edits===
* ''My Love Is The Best'', ALAK, Not On Label, 2011<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits vol. 3'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" /><!-- found under Releases->Miscellaneous in cited source -->
* ''Re-edits vol. 1'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits vol. 8'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits vol. 17'', Not on label, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits vol. 2'', Not on label, 2016<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits vol. 9'', 555-5555, 2018<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits: 54D3'', 555-5555, 2020<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Re-edits: XM45'', 555-5555, 2020<ref name="discogs" />{{not in citation given |date=August 2024}}

===Selected remixes===
* ''My Love Is The Best'', Alak, Not On Label, 2011<ref name="discogs" /><!-- found under Credits->Remix in cited source -->
* ''Hey Sparrow'', Peaking Lights, Remixes, Weird World, 2011<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Hey Sparrow'', Peaking Lights, Remixes, Weird World, 2011<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Two AM'', Hauschka, Salon Des Amateurs Remixes, FatCat, 2012<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Two AM'', Hauschka, Salon Des Amateurs Remixes, FatCat, 2012<ref name="discogs" />
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===CD-Rs===
===CD-Rs===
* ''Lacuna'', Not on label, 2006<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/776592-patten-2 | date = 7 November 2011 | accessdate = 9 March 2014 | publisher = [[Discogs]] | title = patten Discography}}</ref>
* ''Lacuna'', Not on label, 2006<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/776592-patten-2 | date = 7 November 2011 | access-date = 9 March 2014 | website= [[Discogs]] | title = patten Discography}}{{unreliable source |date=August 2024}}</ref>
* ''There were Horizons'', Kaleidoscope, 2007<ref name="discogs" />
* ''There were Horizons'', Kaleidoscope, 2007<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Sketching the Tesseract'', Kaleidoscope, 2008<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Sketching the Tesseract'', Kaleidoscope, 2008<ref name="discogs" />
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* ''Ship of Theseus (Vol II): Side A'', Warp Records, 2014<ref name="discogs" />
* ''Ship of Theseus (Vol II): Side A'', Warp Records, 2014<ref name="discogs" />


===Early Downloads===
===Early downloads===
* '''09 tst2'', Not on label, 2009<ref name="discogs" />
* '''09 tst2'', Not on label, 2009<ref name="discogs" />
* '''09 tst'', Not on label, 2009<ref name="discogs" />
* '''09 tst'', Not on label, 2009<ref name="discogs" />

===Other known aliases===
* ''Actual Magic: Welcome to Today'', Kaleidoscope, 2016<ref name="discogs" />


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Patten
Birth nameDamien Roach[1]
OriginLondon, England
GenresElectronic, experimental
Years active2006–present
Labels555-5555, Warp Records, No Pain in Pop, Kaleidoscope
Websitewww.patttten.com

Patten (stylised in lowercase) is the pseudonym of London-based electronic experimental musician and audiovisual artist Damien Roach.[2][3][4]

Music

[edit]

Patten began as an electronic music project by Roach under the pseudonym D. While running a record label called Kaleidoscope, he had released music on CD-Rs since 2006.[5][6]

The first official Patten LP Glaqjo Xaacsso was released in September 2011 through the UK label No Pain in Pop.[4]

In November 2013 Roach signed to Warp Records, releasing the Eolian Instate EP soon after in an edition of 500 12" picture discs, with artwork by frequent visual collaborator Jane Eastlight (revealed in 2022 via social media by patten to be another pseudonym).[7][8][9]

February 2014 saw the release of the first LP for Warp, entitled Estoile Naiant.[10][11] In addition to the LP, 2014 saw Roach release a number of free remixes of music by other artists on his website, called re-edits.[12][13][14]

In the summer of 2014, Roach began to organise musical events at Power Lunches under the moniker 555-5555.[15][3] The lineups featured sets from artists such as Logos, Karen Gwyer, Slackk, SFV Acid, Darkstar, Visionist, Fotomachine and Max Tundra.[15][3]

In collaboration with Hisham Bharoocha,[16] Patten contributed to Doug Aitken's "Station to Station" project, recording an EP of new music created from found sound and improvised percussion onsite at the Barbican Centre.[17]

Furthermore, Patten has created several remixes for artists like Giorgio Moroder[18] and Björk.[19]

In September 2016, Patten's third album Ψ[20][21] was released with the vocals of a member known as A featuring across the record.

In May 2017, Patten released Requiem, a four track digital-only EP, launched with a live audiovisual show at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.[22][23]

September 2019 saw the album Flex released on Patten's 555-5555 imprint, followed by a run of live audiovisual concerts and DJ sets across Europe.[24]

In 2020 three Patten albums appeared in quick succession, starting with the beatless album Glow released in July during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.[25] This was followed in August by Glo))), a heavy metal-inspired alternative version of the previous album. Aegis, the third album of 2020 was released in October, featuring ten tracks of experimental techno.[26]

Fact magazine published a mini-documentary on Patten's history in August 2020.[27]

Two EPs followed, Burner in 2021 with the track "Eat Smoke" (featuring Antipop Consortium's Beans (rapper)), and 2022's Desire Path EP, making Bleep's Tracks Of The Year with the track "Kiss U".[28][29]

In January 2023, Patten announced Mirage FM, an album made using text-to-audio AI samples, due for release on April 14, 2023, via 555-5555.[30]

Other projects

[edit]

In November 2017, the 555-5555 agency created a commissioned line of apparel for Dummy magazine.[31]

In June 2018, Roach created an online discussion forum, also named 555-5555.[32][33][34][35][36][37]

Roach has created several audiovisual installations. In January 2018 a Patten installation titled 3049 premiered at Tenderpixel gallery in London.[38] The audiovisual installation "CB-MMXVIII (I’ve been thinking of giving sleeping lessons)" was commissioned and exhibited in December 2018 by Somerset House in London for the Claire Catterall curated exhibition Good Grief, on the enduring influence of Charles Schulz and Peanuts.[39]

In 2022, Roach was commissioned by Flat Time House to compose a soundtrack for Boyle Family's 1960s film Beyond Image. The soundtrack was exhibited in a group exhibition called "Gone Fishing", alongside works by John Latham, Marlie Mul, and Boyle Family. The soundtrack was performed live by Patten at Peckham Audio in the summer of 2022.[40]

Making creative direction and design under the moniker 555-5555 since 2015, Roach has made numerous projects including the visual world behind Dan Snaith's Jiaolong label and Daphni releases, the visual identity and design for Nathan Fake's Blizzards album, and the live visual show for Caribou's Suddenly album tour.[27][41]

Partial discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]
  • GLAQJO XAACSSO, No Pain in Pop, 2011[42]
  • Estoile Naiant, Warp, 2014. A limited number included a bonus CD of side A from the Patten cassette tape Ship of Theseus (vol ii).
  • Ψ, Warp, 2016
  • Flex, 555-5555, 2019[42]
  • Glow, 555-5555, 2020[42]
  • GLO))), 555-5555, 2020[42]
  • Aegis, 555-5555, 2020[42]
  • Mirage FM, 555-5555, 2023[42]

EPs

[edit]
  • Eolian Instate, Warp, 2013. Limited to 500 copies.[42]
  • Hisham Bharoocha & patten: June 30th, Vinyl Factory, 2015. Limited to 300 copies.[42]
  • Requiem, Warp, 2017.[42]
  • Burner, 555-5555, 2021.[42]
  • Desire Path, 555-5555, 2022. .[42]

Cassettes

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Soundtracks (released)

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  • 3049 (Original Film Soundtrack), 555-5555, 2021[42]

Re-edits

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  • Re-edits vol. 3, Not on label, 2014[42]
  • Re-edits vol. 1, Not on label, 2014[42]
  • Re-edits vol. 8, Not on label, 2014[42]
  • Re-edits vol. 17, Not on label, 2014[42]
  • Re-edits vol. 2, Not on label, 2016[42]
  • Re-edits vol. 9, 555-5555, 2018[42]
  • Re-edits: 54D3, 555-5555, 2020[42]
  • Re-edits: XM45, 555-5555, 2020[42][failed verification]

Selected remixes

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  • My Love Is The Best, Alak, Not On Label, 2011[42]
  • Hey Sparrow, Peaking Lights, Remixes, Weird World, 2011[42]
  • Two AM, Hauschka, Salon Des Amateurs Remixes, FatCat, 2012[42]
  • Keep It Low, The Hundred In The Hands, Keep It Low, Warp, 2012[42]
  • Most Of Missing, Orphan, Re:, Kaleidoscope, 2013[42]
  • Remember, Jon Hassell, Remixes 12", All Saints, 2014[42]
  • Mandan, Harold Budd, ARemixes 12", All Saints, 2014[42]
  • Silent Ascent, Downliners Sekt, Silent Ascent Remixes, Infiné, 2014[42]
  • Exxus, Glass Animals, ZABA, Wolf Tone, 2014[42]
  • Purplehands, Kwes., ilpix., Warp, 2014[42]
  • Metal Fatigue, Jon Hassell, City: Works Of Fiction, All Saints, 2014[42]
  • Stonemilker, Björk, One Little Indian, 2015[42]
  • Delta Antliae, Georgio Moroder and Raney Shokne, Tron Run/r (OST), Sumthing Else Music Works, 2016[42]
  • Falling Into Me, Let's Eat Grandma, Transgressive, 2018[42]
  • bEra, J Colleran, Because Music, 2018[42]

CD-Rs

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  • Lacuna, Not on label, 2006[42]
  • There were Horizons, Kaleidoscope, 2007[42]
  • Sketching the Tesseract, Kaleidoscope, 2008[42]
  • EDITS, No Pain In Pop, 2011[42]
  • Ship of Theseus (Vol II): Side A, Warp Records, 2014[42]

Early downloads

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  • '09 tst2, Not on label, 2009[42]
  • '09 tst, Not on label, 2009[42]

Other known aliases

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  • Actual Magic: Welcome to Today, Kaleidoscope, 2016[42]

References

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  1. ^ "Watch: patten 'Say' – The Wire". The Wire Magazine. March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Fox, Charlie (29 September 2011). "patten GLAQJO XAACSSO". The Quietus. Retrieved 4 February 2014. but patten (always lower case, apparently) seems like the proper inheritor of Aphex's crazed, childlike approach to music-making
  3. ^ a b c Wichowska, Justyna (26 June 2014). "Encounters: patten". 160grams. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017. 'One of the key ideas embedded in the whole project in all of its different forms – visible forms, audible forms, spatial forms – is that there is the third person involved in the production of what the work is, and that's the person on the other side of it – the audience member, listener, video watcher, yourself,' [...] 'One of the key aims is to produce materials that are open enough for those people to really become engaged with it in a creative way. So the production of something doesn't really end with the record, or with the video, or with whatever else it might be. It's really once this thing finds its way out into the world, that's when something really begins.' The work that occurs is two-directional: patten invites the audience to co-create the project, and considers the reception and any thoughts or action that result from that reception an inherent part of it.
  4. ^ a b Ashurst, Hari (7 November 2011). "patten GLAQJO XAACSSO". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 December 2013. GLAQJO XAACSSO feels like it could exist in a parallel universe
  5. ^ name="bulut-selim-the-fade"Bulut, Selim (5 December 2013). "Dollars to Pounds: Interview with patten". The Fader. Retrieved 25 December 2013. Following the release of his debut album, the tongue-twistingly titled GLAQJO XAACSSO, for No Pain in Pop in 2011, patten has found a very appropriate home in Warp Recordings, who released his EOLIAN INSTATE EP last week (November 25th) ... curating releases for his great label, Kaleidoscope
  6. ^ "patten signs to Warp, announces EOLIAN INSTATE EP". Fact. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013. The camera-shy producer remains principally known for 2011 LP GLAQJO XAACSSO ... he's mostly spent the last year captaining his Kaleidoscope label ... patten's first release for Warp will be EOLIAN INSTATE, a limited edition five-track EP. The record will arrive on picture disc 12″ in a run of 500 copies at the tail-end of the month.
  7. ^ "patten signs to Warp Records". Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ^ "patten primes EOLIAN INSTATE for Warp". Juno Plus. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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  18. ^ "Giorgio Moroder's 'Tron Run/r Original Soundtrack' Out Now". E Musician. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Björk Shares Third Installment of Vulnicura Remixes". Pitchfork. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. ^ "patten announces new album Ψ – shares razor-sharp 'Sonne'". Fact Magazine. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  21. ^ "patten Return With New Album Ψ". The Fader. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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