Mike Patton and fellow Ipecac resident Kaada's collaboration Romances dwell… Read Full Bio ↴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 an unusually tuneful bleating goat.
Like nearly all of Patton's collaborations, the album makes the most of his voice, and he's shown over and over again that he can adapt his singing to almost any setting (and vice versa). The torchy "Seule" and "Pitie Pour Mes Larmes" feature some of the most straightforward crooning he's done in a while, but within the album's context, lyrics like "You came to take my heart from me" have more to do with grand guignol than lingering glances and meaningful sighs, and the song's richly layered harmonies once again emphasize the album's mingling of sensual and eerie.
Kaada's part of the collaboration shows up in Romances' lush, playful sound and eclectic influences: "L'Absent," in another incarnation, could be a jaunty French folk melody, while "Viens, Les Gazons Sont Verts" mixes spaghetti western theme music with exotica. And, though it sounds pretty different than Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time's fusion of electronica and '60s soul, "Pensees Des Morts" -- a playfully eerie mutation of rattling percussion and an oddly buoyant melody -- will appeal to fans of Kaada's collage aesthetic.
Eastern European music, cabaret, lounge and classic horror movie-music instruments like organs, theremin and harp all get their due and go a long way towards Romances' journey from sentimental to creepy and back again. The album is immensely entertaining, not just for Patton and Kaada fans, but for anyone looking for a soundtrack to their own romantically macabre thoughts.
San Francisco, California, USA
2003
Mike Patton
Kaada
www.ipecac.com
www.kaada.no
"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 an unusually tuneful bleating goat.
Like nearly all of Patton's collaborations, the album makes the most of his voice, and he's shown over and over again that he can adapt his singing to almost any setting (and vice versa). The torchy "Seule" and "Pitie Pour Mes Larmes" feature some of the most straightforward crooning he's done in a while, but within the album's context, lyrics like "You came to take my heart from me" have more to do with grand guignol than lingering glances and meaningful sighs, and the song's richly layered harmonies once again emphasize the album's mingling of sensual and eerie.
Kaada's part of the collaboration shows up in Romances' lush, playful sound and eclectic influences: "L'Absent," in another incarnation, could be a jaunty French folk melody, while "Viens, Les Gazons Sont Verts" mixes spaghetti western theme music with exotica. And, though it sounds pretty different than Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time's fusion of electronica and '60s soul, "Pensees Des Morts" -- a playfully eerie mutation of rattling percussion and an oddly buoyant melody -- will appeal to fans of Kaada's collage aesthetic.
Eastern European music, cabaret, lounge and classic horror movie-music instruments like organs, theremin and harp all get their due and go a long way towards Romances' journey from sentimental to creepy and back again. The album is immensely entertaining, not just for Patton and Kaada fans, but for anyone looking for a soundtrack to their own romantically macabre thoughts.
San Francisco, California, USA
2003
Mike Patton
Kaada
www.ipecac.com
www.kaada.no
Invocation
Kaada/Patton Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Invocation' by these artists:
108 Invocation... I will not break beneath your suffocation, alt…
1349 Let the darkness fall, arouse my soul Unveil the mysteries …
Ab-Soul Say hip hop (hip hop) Say hip hop (hip hop) A.L. Now…
Abhor Hear Him who howls with snake's tusk, into the bowels…
Abramelin [Music: Aldridge, Lyrics: Dower] Long has thou dwelt in d…
Anandmurti Gurumaa kalateen kalpant karii sada sajnnnanand data purari.chidanan…
Anaria Hear me Screaming out into the nigth Lost soul Begging for t…
Anti (Taken from the Book "Necronomicon") ZI KIA KANPA (Zee-Ke…
Anúna [ Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) and English] Ailiu iath nErenn..…
Azarath Raise the chalice, mistress of earth Neither mine, nor bread…
Boyd Rice & Fiends For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Chakrini Vande 'ham' śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalam' śrī-gurun vais…
Christopher Grundy Hear us, God, for we are praying Hear us, God, for…
Common (Common) Envisioning the hereafter, listenin to Steve Wonde…
Current 93 Now cursed be thee that have ruined our fair land And…
Danzig The demon comes but must be called Comes to all the…
Dayna Kurtz Would you even know me Since I've been away I wake with…
Demoniciduth Come Holy Spirit Come! (Luke 1:35) Unborn children destroye…
Deva Premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Elfin Saddle The scent of the leaves rustling The shimmering of the wate…
Elkk قلبي في النار رأيي في النار روحي في النار حياتي في النار قل…
Fré Speak through me Grandmother, grandfather Grandmother, grand…
Gary Stadler Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sa…
Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sai…
Ihsahn Come suffering, Apocalypse Release the fires of Hell I cal…
Infernum Lie down in my mind thunderous King Pure reality... Satan!…
Insanity Reigns Supreme you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few Cosmic Transitions... Transitions Cosmic.... Cosmic Transit…
Jai-Jagdeesh Tayree Mer Da Bolinhaa Tudh Aagai Ardaas Guru Guru Wahe Guru…
K.f.R Unconquered He moves o'er the mountains Breaking the day, wa…
Khaos Labyrinth Aeonian forces of Khaos Boundless nothing and all I summon, …
Killing Joke (Of the whore bitch goddess Babylon) Hearts of darkness and…
Kukunari Oh the first of suns It wasn't made for us But oh…
Lisa Thiel I call upon Powers of East and Air and all…
Lobotomy I am one it schemes of killing The roared of my…
Manntra (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei) (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei)…
Mediæval Bæbes By the moon-queen's mystic light By the hush of holy night …
Meth Wax Better go and grab your knife Going out to kill tonight Gonn…
Noctem Aeternus This is the cry of those who could not free…
Non chaos chaos hear that sound when the time comes what are…
Nosferatu The children running to the end of time, Can't escape the…
Path of Destiny Thou, spirit from behind the gates My slave art thou in…
Psychophile Call my name In the light Don't be afraid Call my n…
reinier zonneveld feat. deva premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Rice Boyd For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Richard Bona La balalo kina ma chen dèku La biso kun yéléla diki Lôngô…
Sally Oldfield Watch the Sky! Here they come! Samurai of the Sun…
Satan's Doom Spirit of the Moon remembers! Princes of the darkness obey…
Satanic Planet Let us salad now Let us embrace Let us defend Let us reason …
Seven Prajanane brahmā tiṣṭhatu | Let Brahma be in parts of creati…
Shpongle Atandari invocation Yogena cittasya padena vacam …
Shubha Mudgal & Jitender Singh या कुंदेंदु तुषारहार धवला, या शुभ्र वस्त्रावृता | या वीणावर …
Son Of Sam Somewhere in the darkest corner of your darkest dream, There…
Suicidal Tendencies Oh yea, know that shit. Sounds so good I wanna right…
Sympathy Father, Holy Father Hallowed Be Thy name Father, Holy Fat…
The Armada Colours falling under Falling under slowly Fading into dar…
The Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
The Eternal Now When the silence has left the dark and arrived as…
The Incredible String Band you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
The Seathmaw Project Wicked are the blessed You stand charged with witchery We se…
The Undoing of David Wright We invoke thee, o muse Grant to us all the death…
U.S. Station 4 “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Wakinyan Cleansing the space for the ritual Sweetgrass, white sage, c…
X-Axis Might not make it to tomorrow Imma need a little more…
You Won't “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Ziyon I'm what I've been looking for (I'm what I've been looking…
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