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Paatos is a Swedish rock group based in Stockholm.
First formed in 2000 and started out as a rhythm section backing up swedish Folk Rock singer Turid.
The band shows influences from a wide variety of styles and genres. Some call it Post-rock, others Progressive, and Goth is sometimes referred to. Paatos has described their own music as Cinematic Rock, despite their reluctance to categorize or pigeon-hole their musical expression.Paatos line upp 2011:
Petronella Nettermalm, Peter Nylander,
Ulf Rockis Ivarsson (since 2009) and
Ricard Huxflux Nettermalm.
Timeloss was Paatos first studio album and was originally released on Stockholm Records in 2002 to then be re-issued on Inside Out in 2005 with two bonus tracks and a video.
Petronella Nettermalm, vocals, cello
Huxflux Nettermalm, drums, percussion, congas, triangle, water, saw, programming
John Wallén, Steinway grand piano, upright piano, electric piano, synths, Mellotron, harmonium, sampler
Reine Fiske, electric and acoustic guitars
Stefan Dimle, electric bass, double bass; with
David Wilczewski, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
Adrian and Maila Dimle, background sounds
Téa Nettermalm, background sounds
Jonas Wall, saxophone
Micke Sörensen, trumpet
Per Kristensson, trombone.2004 Paatos records their second album Kallocain. They had recently signed with Inside Out who organized a live broadcast on Rockpalast in Köln. This footage was included in part on a luxury edition of Kallocain. The album was mixed by Steve Wilson from Porcupine Tree.
Silence Of Another Kind (referred to as SOAK) was released on Inside Out in 2006. This was followed by extensive touring around Europe to promote their album. Paatos both headlined and opened for Porcupine Tree.
Petronella Nettermalm, vocals, cello
Ricard Huxflux Nettermalm, drums, saw, delay
Stefan Dimle, bass, double bass
John Wallén, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, synthesizer, sampler, harmonium
Peter Nylander, guitars.
While on tour the band recorded several of their shows which resulted in a live album they called Sensors. The recording was first released in 2008 on vinyl on the mellotronen label and later that year on CD in Japan on the Arcàngelo label.
In 2009 Paatos starts writing and recording music for their fifth album, Breathing. This feature their new bass player, Rockis. Their collaboration with Inside Out ends and they sign with Glassville Records in Holland. In conjunction with this release Paatos makes a video of the first song of the album, Gone (2011).
Session:
Ricard Huxflux plays with Memories Of Machines (2011).
Tour dates (more announced soon:
27.10.11 Poppodium Nieuwe Nor Heerlen
28.10.11 Crystal Venue Culumborg
Symfo-Index.
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