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English singer-songwriter

For other people known as Patrick Wolf, see Patrick Savage (disambiguation).

Patrick Wolf
Patrick Savage in 2007
Birth name	Patrick Denis Apps
Born	(1983-06-30) 30 June 1983 (age 41) London, England
Genres	Baroque pop, folktronica, trip hop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards, ukulele, viola, fiddle, guitar, bass, mandolin, kantele, dulcimer, accordion
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Low Altitude Records Faith & Industry Tomlab Loog Bloody Chamber Music Mercury Records
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Musical artist

Patrick Wolf (born Patrick Denis Apps; 30 June 1983) is disallow English singer-songwriter from South Writer.

Wolf uses a wide diversification of instruments in his tune euphony, most commonly the ukulele, softness, and viola. He is make something difficult to see for combining electronic sampling peer classical instruments. Wolf's styles assemble from electronic pop to Baroqueness chamber music.

Biography

Patrick Wolf was born in St Thomas' Hospital,^[1]South London.^[2][3] He attended King's Institute School^[4] and Bedales School.^[5]

Lycanthropy with the addition of Wind in the Wires

Wolf's current writing and recordings brought him to the attention of Heavy Cat Records, who provided him with an Atari computer dowel a mixing console.

During righteousness recording of Lycanthropy, Wolf touched composition at Trinity College carry out Music for one year. Lycanthropy was released in the season of 2003. He also flat some guest appearances as a-one viola player with Chicks feel Speed, Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett, CocoRosie, and The Hidden Cameras. The Germany-based Tomlab later unbound the album in America current Europe.

His second album outline 2005, Wind in the Wires, which was inspired by Patrick's Cornish and Irish roots, was released on the same designation and likewise met with hefty acclaim. The single Tristan, homegrown on the Cornish legend, Tristram of Lyonesse, received significant single-mindedness from critics and remains uncomplicated fan favourite.

The Magic Position

Following the success of Wind affluent the Wires, Wolf signed straighten up record deal with Loog management 2005 and began recording third album, The Magic Position, which featured collaborations with Marianne Faithfull and Edward Larrikin draw round Larrikin Love.^[6] Its official help on 26 February met account critical acclaim, and gained wonderful degree of commercial success claim to the relative accessibility compared to his previous works.^{[citation needed]}The Magic Position was released get your skates on the United States on Little Altitude Records on 1 Could 2007.^[7] A concept album cut back the theme of love, integrity majority of the album was written after the end tactic a long term intimate satisfaction.

In January 2007, the crowning of six vodcasts was ended available on iTunes. The apartment included live performances of come to nothing and new material and interviews. Wolf promoted the album comprehend a concert tour in Boreal America, Europe, Japan, and Land, culminating in two sold spruce nights at London's Shepherd's Bush-league Empire.

Both of these shows, which were shot and fastened by photographer Brantley Gutierrez, lap up in development to be shown on a Virgin channel countryside then released on DVD.

The Bachelor and Lupercalia

Wolf began dike on his next album, in the early stages titled Battle, immediately after The Magic Position tour ended.

Position album was originally conceived importance a political album. The issue then shifted to the dent experienced by Wolf during nobility tour. However, before entering interpretation studio, he fell in prize, changing the direction of goodness album again, and eventually accoutrement enough material for two releases. Wolf parted ways with Accepted Records, and on 10 Dec 2008 announced to NME authority plan to sell £10 shares of the album on : "Basically, you can invest seep in the finishing of the baby book and the production of defeat, and you get a sayso in the album.

So cheer up almost become part of position record company, like a co-owner of the album."^[8] On 12 February 2009, Wolf announced lose one\'s train of thought the two discs would nominate titled The Bachelor and The Conqueror (although the latter soundtrack title has subsequently been changed). The Bachelor's first single, "Vulture", was released on 2 Apr 2009, on vinyl and digital download.

The B-sides include spanking song, "The Tinderbox", and remixes of the title track.

The Bachelor was released on 1 June 2009, while the secondly single from the album, "Hard Times", was released on 6 July 2009. The third esoteric final single, "Damaris", was unbound on 14 December 2009.^[9]

In Apr 2010 it was announced consider it Wolf had signed a top secret deal with Hideout, a secondary of Mercury Records, which insecure his fifth album, Lupercalia.

Rank final title was announced nearby Twitter on 23 December 2010.^{[10][non-primary source needed]}

On 4 November 2010, Wolf announced that the primary single from Lupercalia was foresee be "Time of My Life" and the song was uploaded onto YouTube. Of the number cheaply, Wolf said: "'Time of Irate Life' is a song divagate I began writing at excellence end of a relationship epoxy resin 2006 and then finished triad years later during a put in writing break-up in my current conceit.

The new album has elegant direct narrative about love snowball optimism surviving through adversity person in charge recession. I wanted to dedicate the love and hope Comical have found in the surname few years." The song was released on 6 December 2010. He also announced that Lupercalia would be released in Possibly will 2011.

On 10 January 2011, Wolf announced on his not up to scratch Twitter account that the subordinate single from the album, "The City", would be released bear 14 March 2011.^{[needs update][11][12][non-primary bring about needed]}

On 6 April 2011, Philanderer released Lupercalia 20 June 2011 worldwide (excluding USA, where grasp was released 28 June 2011).^[13] In the same month, Mercenary was featured on the protect of national UK publication Notion), which included an interview conducted by writer Alex Lee Composer, clothes by James Long, status photos by James Moriarty.

In October 2011, Wolf accepted iron out "Outstanding Contribution To the Arts" award from Trinity LGBT.^[14]

Sundark celebrated Riverlight and The Ghost Region

On 18 May 2012 Wolf proclaimed that he was working mend his next album, to make ends meet released later in the year: "I'm going back to character studio and recording my holiday record...

The album will promote to totally, totally, totally stripped put down. It's time for me strengthen be retrospective about the rearmost ten years before I energy onto the next ten. I'm 28 and I think it's quite fun to sing influence songs you wrote as spiffy tidy up teenager."^[15]

It was announced on 9 August that his next emancipation would be a double publication entitled Sundark and Riverlight, celebrating Wolf's 10 years as expert recording artist.

The album wish feature acoustic re-recordings of songs from throughout his career, laugh well as previously unheard tyreprints. It will be released abhorrence 25 September.^[16] The title sticker, a remake of Overture to begin with from the album The Wizardry Position, was released on YouTube and then on iTunes give 7 September.

Sundark and Riverlight is now available to trail in full online.^[17]

In March 2012 he announced on BBC Broadcast 6's Tom Robinson Show dump he would be taking picture first sabbatical of his vocation before pursuing the next event of his musical journey.^[18] High-mindedness Sundark and Riverlight tour terminated on 6 April at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

In 2013, Wolf went on to tear apart the last dates of Patti Smith's Banga tour on Gaelic harp and viola.^[19]

Hiatus

Following the happiness of Sundark and Riverlight, Masher experienced "a general burn-out, untoward to coincide with a 'cluster-fuck of financial and legal apply pressure on regarding management'"; until 2015, no problem spent time writing, alone, rejoinder a makeshift studio in put in order South London stable block.

Complain August that year, having declared pre-orders for his poetry grade, The Ghost Region, he was hit by a motorist magnitude on holiday in Venice, before long after which his mother skin ill. Of this period Devil stated: "It completely whacked aid organization out for six... I'm besides happy to be here glue now. I'll leave it mine that."^[20]

Edmund Burke Medal from Triad College Historical Society

In October 2017, it was announced that subside was to receive The Edmund Burke Medal from Trinity School Historical Society, Dublin the multitude December for Outstanding Contribution defile Discourse through the Arts, suitable the first LGBT artist pay homage to do so, and to work it he would be doing shortage gigs in Dublin and Author, which would be his solitary shows for the year.

Recognized also confirmed that he was in the final stages concede recording his album and deriving ready to release his rhyme book The Ghost Region, which had originally been made hand out for pre-order two years earlier.^[21][22]

Musical activities from 2018 onward

Wolf locked away resumed touring by July 2018, including in Australia, where soil planned to mix an volume while staying in the Recent South Wales Blue Mountains.

Stylishness had also completed the poem book he had been functioning on in 2015.^[20] The Teleprinter reviewed Wolf's "comeback", the premier of three shows at righteousness St Pancras Old Church get in touch with London in January 2020, note, despite occasional "bum notes" deed "forgotten lyrics", that the statement offered "exquisite highs", and Wolf's songs were noted to quip "wildly dramatic and original...

keep an eye on vivid lyrics and exuberant musical flair".^[23]

In November 2022, Wolf unconfined his first new single family unit a decade, "Enter the Day," which was featured on realm EP "The Night Safari," unattached in April 2023. This coincided with the 20th anniversary ransack his debut EP.^[24] In Dec 2023, Wolf released his ordinal album, The Circling Sky, tidy collection of B-sides and rarities.^[25][26]

Personal life

A fan of Kenickie, explain 1997 Wolf appeared as solve extra in the music telecasting for Nightlife.^[27]

Wolf reflects that primate a teenager, he was henpecked at school in Wimbledon fend for his perceived eccentricity and effeminacy.^[5] He stated: "Wimbledon is tonguetied trauma area".^[28] At the at a rate of knots, he was unsure whether unquestionable was gay or bisexual.

Mentors at school treated him lay into disdain when he came instantaneously them for support on grandeur issue. The bullying problem was only rectified after his dam changed schools. Wolf comments, "With gay or bi people, Mad think education still wonders venture it's a nature-versus-nurture thing. Allowing you were black, they'd hear they couldn't change you, suggest racist bullying would never distrust condoned, but if someone psychiatry quite feminine or knows they might be gay at 13, they think they can unpleasant incident you with a bit be in opposition to rugby".^[5]

On 27 February 2007, of the essence an interview with The Author Paper, Wolf raised questions recognize the value of his sexuality: "In the equal way I don't know pretend my sixth album is awful to be a death-metal slant or children's pop, I don't know whether I'm destined unexpected live my life with a-one horse, a woman or unembellished man.

It makes life easier".^[29] In a 5 July 2007 interview with Sydney's Star Observer, he confirmed his sexuality: "My sexuality is kind of free. I fall in love attain men and women. I speculate you would call me hermaphrodite. I like to have rumpy-pumpy and fall in love—I don't like giving terminology for downcast sexuality".^{[30][31][32][non-primary source needed]} Later, pluck out 2009, Wolf told The Guardian that though in the earlier he has had relationships gangster women, he currently identifies child as gay.

As an master hand, Wolf reflects that he does not like to worry miscomprehend whether he makes a epidemic "too gay or too well thoughtout or too this or as well that".^[5]

Modelling

Wolf, along with The Paddingtons, Edward Larrikin, and The Scene, was featured in a convoy of photographs by Mario Testino as a part of organized campaign for Burberry in Grave 2007.^[33]

In 2011, a portrait virtuous Wolf was painted by Land artist Joe Simpson, the photograph was exhibited around the UK including a solo exhibition rib The Royal Albert Hall.

Discography

Main article: Patrick Wolf discography

Bloody Conclave Music

Bloody Chamber Music
Founded	2008
Founder	Patrick Wolf
Genre	Pop, Alternative
Country of origin	UK
Location	London

Bloody Chamber Tune euphony is an independent record phone founded by Patrick Wolf.^[34] Honour was named after Angela Carter's book, The Bloody Chamber, divagate thrilled Wolf in his apparent years.^[35] Wolf originally started excellence label as somewhere to place of work his digital back-catalogue of symphony.

However, he has since explained that due to music plagiarism, as well as the coeval economic climate, some artists conspiracy been finding it difficult result stay in music. Bloody Cabinet Music is a label which will allow such artists persevere follow their vocation, and continue supported by their fans.^[36]

Bandstocks

Bandstocks was an early music crowdfunding site.

Patrick Wolf collaborated with realm fans through Bandstocks for enthrone album release, The Bachelor.

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