Pati Yang
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Pati Yang | |
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 Pati Yang in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Patrycja Grzymałkiewicz |
| Born | 26 March 1980 |
| Origin | Wrocław, Poland |
| Genres | Trip hop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | Template:MySpace |
Pati Yang (real name: Pati Hilton, born 26 March 1980) is a Polish singer/songwriter
Personal life
Pati Yang, born in Poland during the martial law of the early 1980’s , spent the first 7 years of her life in a vibrant and surreal artists enclave under a strict communist regime, most often on tour with her father’s iconic punk band who underwent extreme danger to smuggle their anti regime message through the soviet censorship, playing a hugely influential role in the radical social and political change within the Eastern Block countries. At 16 she escaped her home and country and arrived in London to write her first solo album. Her critically revered debut released by Sony in Poland in 1998 is still considered a genre defining milestone, which paved the way for the newly emerging wave of electronic artists that followed in her footsteps. Self taught visual artist, published poet, and a widely influential radio DJ on a national channel, she became a strong and radical voice of her generation. In May 2001 she decided to take her work back to London where a month later she formed a band with Stephen Hilton. The duo immediately signed to Mercury Records under the name Children and were praised alongside the likes of Four Tet, Steve Reed and Prefuse 73 in the Independent Newspaper’s round up of new electronic experimental artists. Stephen co founded The Free Association with David Holmes and programmed the beats behind many soundtracks for Hollywood blockbusters such as two James Bond movies, Hot Fuzz, Moulin Rouge, and Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13. Together Pati and The Free Association worked on the soundtrack to Michael Winterbottom’s film Code 46 which was nominated for the best soundtrack at the European Film Awards in 2003.
In 2005 she released a follow-up to her debut solo album - Silent Treatment. Recorded at Air Studios in London , her album again topped the charts in Poland and earned her an invitation to support The Depeche Mode at their stadium show in Warsaw in 2006. Back in London Pati and Stephen went under a new guise “FlyKKiller” , a musical, photographical and installation art project. The self titled single rocketed straight into number 1 on the DMC ZZub chart , praised by NME, DJ Mag, Hip Hop Connection and DJ’s such as Annie Nightingale and Rob Da Bank at Radio One and John Kennedy and James Hyman at XFM , Joe Ransom and Loose Cannons at Kiss, with the following release supported by BBC 6 Music as single of the week and resulting in two BBC live sessions, while Times Magazine named FlyKKiller second most important breakthrough act of 2007.
She then teamed up with Manchester based Joe Cross , acclaimed for his work with artists such as Alex Metric, Hurts, The Courteneers, The result was an adventurous and eclectic pop record which captured the attention of press and radio alike and was much talked up by X-Posure at BBC 6 Music as well as DJ Magazine and MixMag , with remixes from Jagz Kooner and The Autokratz.
Pati’s long list of credits up to date includes 4 major-released solo albums and 13 film soundtracks including Michael Winterbottom’s ‘A Mighty Heart” starring Angelina Jolie and “ Code 46 “ with Samantha Morton and Tim Robbins , Richard Jobson’s “ New Town Killers” and “The Journey” and Hattie Dalton’s “Third Star” with Benedict Cumberbatch , as well as collaborations with David Holmes, David Arnold , Leo Abrahams and The John Spencer Blues Explosion to name just a few. Pati is also a certified Hatha Yoga teacher, Reiki Master, Ayurveda Yoga Therapist , Kundalini Pre and post- natal Yoga teacher, and Authentic Relationships counselor and she currently resides in the Mojave desert studying Native American medicine and sound healing techniques while she is also writing her first book and working on series of large acrylic canvases and video installation art. Her 5th solo album , produced by Jagz Kooner is due for release in winter 2014 by Warners Music.
Discography
Solo discography
Studio albums
Unreleased albums
- Unrealesed Songs (available on the Internet)
FlyKKiller discography
- FlyKKiller EP (2007)
- Peroxide EP (2007)
- Fear EP (2007)
- Experiments in Violent Light (1 October 2007 - English premiere, 29 February 2008 - Polish premiere)
- Shine Out Shine Out EP (2008)
Other projects
- 2cresky - Major System Error (2000, vocals on track "Plastic Bag")
- Children - Tune to Unknown (2003)
- The Free Association - Code 46 (2004, a soundtrack for Code 46)
- Leo Abrahams - The Unrest Cure (2008, vocals on track "Banks of Kyoto")