Antimatter: "Alternative Matter" out now & press feedback

As of now, Antimatter's anniversary compilation "Alternative Matter" is available in two different versions: as a Digipak double CD and as a premium artbook edition (104-page book with Antimatter's biography and many photos incl. three CDs and DVD) limited to 1,000 copies. Both versions can be ordered directly from Prophecy's online shop. The international press is also impressed by Antimatter's extraordinary retrospective:

"Special tip of the month!", 9/10 points ORKUS
"Tip of the month!" ZILLO
"Tip of the month!" SONIC SEDUCER
5/6 points ZERO TOLERANCE
4.5/5 points METAL OBS
9,5/10 points THE IMMORTAL SPIRIT OF METAL
9/10 points ICE-VAJAL.COM
18/20 points MUSIKANSICH.DE
8+/10 points IMPERIUMI.NET
8/10 points ECLIPSED

"A personal, heartfelt, exploratory, and often very accessible body of music from one of the UK's finest proponents of melancholic rock." ROCK-A-ROLLA
"The old tracks have been lovingly re-treaded. You can feel how much ambition and artistic heart's blood went into this!" SONIC SEDUCER
"This is a piece of work; an astonishing collection and reminder of how stellar Antimatter remains within the underground and comparative mainstream. Accept the gift gracefully, and delve into the band's innermost depths." ZERO TOLERANCE
"A retrospective to be proud of." ECLIPSED
"Antimatter are presenting a fantastic overview of their work to date. A fantastic album!" MUSIKANSICH.DE
"A best-of compilation that is equally interesting for all owners of the band's previous four albums as well as for new listeners." EARSHOT.AT"
Mick Moss makes a great choice of the finest morsels from Antimatter's history and rewards the fans with a best-of album with a twist!" METALGLORY.DE
"A thoroughly successful retrospective and a worthwhile addition for Antimatter's long-term fans!" METALNEWS.DE
"The perfect full service for autumn melancholiacs and people who love tranquil and reduced music!" MUSIKREVIEWS.DE
"This shouldn't just appeal to lovers of Antimatter – absolutely recommended!" KULTURTERRORISMUS.DE
"Voilà, the ideal present for your loved ones, given that they have a sophisticated taste in music and a preference for gentle, melancholic sounds!" GAESTELISTE.DE
"Antimatter have made an important contribution to the development of ambient and progressive music in the 21st century, and this collection would be a brilliant starting point for anyone new to the band!" REFLECTIONSOFDARKNESS.COM

Order now: "Alternative Matter" (Digipak 2CD)
Order now: "Alternative Matter" (Premium artbook edition: 3CD+DVD, 104-pages book)

Adios Europe

A combination of unnaturally itchy feet, typical Liverpool winter weather, and general lack of action in Europe have prompted me to cross the Atlantic again and trapse around the American continent for a while. This will coincide nicely with the US release of Immaculada, which I'll have more news on next week. This week Ive been working on some synth parts for Greek space cadets Phase, as well as recording mandolin parts for the new Corde Oblique cd. Now that is all boxed off I can continue to work on the pre-production for the new Alternative 4 project album "The Brink", which seems to be coming together all by itself. A few nice coincidences have thrown some extremely talented people my way for this one and we're going to take it steady till it matches my expectations. In other news, I just received my copy of the Alternative Matter artbook and it looks stunning. Something I'll be proud of in years to come when I'm trying to impress young musicians. "I used to have a band of me own.." Well worth ordering before they sell out (the artbooks that is, not Mick Moss's band), even if I do say so myself.
Saludos!

Pre-Order 'Alternative Matter'

Antimatter's compilation album "Alternative Matter" will be released on November 29th, 2010, and can be pre-ordered in two versions from Prophecy's online shop

http://shop.prophecy-productions.de/

The artbook version is limited to 1,000 copies so its worth ordering soon to make sure you get a copy. Although my name isn't mentioned on any of the press releases that I've seen, this compilation does feature a number of my compositions and work while I was a member of Antimatter. Including fresh new remixes that I have made of tracks from the first two albums.

Alternative Matter release dates

Release date Germany/Austria: November 26, 2010

Release date Europe: November 29, 2010

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Ten years after the recordings of their debut album "Saviour", ANTIMATTER release "Alternative Matter", a retrospective of another kind. This is not a standard best of album, but a compilation of exclusively unreleased recordings and alternative versions from the archives of the band, compiled by ANTIMATTER mastermind Mick Moss with care and passion. "Alternative Matter" features demo and acoustic versions of well-known ANTIMATTER songs, live recordings, remixes, and also new recordings which have been conceived especially for this compilation. And in their entirety all these songs tell a yet unknown ANTIMATTER story.

After months of intense work on his anniversary compilation, Mick Moss himself is very pleased with its outcome: "The amazing thing about this compilation is that these pieces were set to tape in many different places during a period of over ten years, yet collected together they form a coherent and united new listening experience, a fascinating alternate history that sounds unlike any prior Antimatter album. I would love to be able to hear this collection in its entirety with fresh ears for the first time, but that’s now for the listener to do."

"Alternative Matter" will be released in two versions: as a digipack double CD with 22 unreleased recordings and a total playing time of more than 100 minutes and as a premium artbook with more than 100(!) pages, three audio CDs and one DVD. The artbook features a comprehensive introduction and in-depth liner notes by Mick Moss as well as a vast amount of photographs illustrating ANTIMATTER's career from 2000 up to now. The DVD features a documentary about ANTIMATTER's history and two video clips. Without a doubt, this retrospetive will draw an impressive line under ANTIMATTER's first decade of existence!

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October News

After a well deserved lengthy break in sunny Latin America and Portugal it's time to get back into action. The long awaited Antimatter 'Alternative Matter' boxset will be unleashed during the coming weeks, as will the promotional activities that'll go with it.
January 2011 will see the North American release of the latest Íon album 'Immaculada'. Following that will be some live dates in Latin America. Meanwhile this week I have began work on a new album together with Argentinian flautist Augusto Reinhold. This will contain a mix of traditional and medieval songs plus reworkings of some of my own instrumental tracks. We're looking for a release around Easter time 2011. Updates as they come.
And last, but not least, I've recently finished the composition of an album that I've kept quiet about till now, which tips a hat to some of my older influences and instrumentation. This is a one-off album which the project is titled Alternative 4 (after a song that I wrote 13 years ago) and the album is called The Brink. More news on that when a deal is finalised and I have the studio dates.

www.alternative4.co.uk





Augusto Reinhold & Duncan Patterson live radio session.
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010




Immaculada digipacks, and Madre, Protegenos t-shirts are still available for a short time.
Email sales@duncanpatterson.com for details.

Antimatter - Alternative Matter

2010 will see the release of 'Alternative Matter', a 10th anniversary collection of rare and unreleased acoustic versions, demos, live versions, remixes and new recordings of Antimatter (my former band) material.

The tracklisting is as follows

DISC ONE
Black Sun (Dead Can Dance Tribute)
The Art Of A Soft Landing (Acoustic, Enhanced)
Far Away (Live)
Saviour (Reel To Reel Demo)
Landlocked (Mick Moss Remix)
In Stone (Acoustic, Enhanced)
Epitaph (New Version)
Terminal (Duncan Patterson Remix)
Mr White (Live)
Flowers (New Version)
Expire (Lackluster Remix)

DISC TWO

God Is Coming (Duncan Patterson Remix)
Everything You Know Is Wrong (Acoustic, Enhanced)
A Portrait Of The Young Man (Enhanced)
Flowers (Acoustic)
Holocaust (Reel To Reel Demo)
The Art Of A Soft Landing (4 Track Demo)
Expire (Atrabilis Sunrise Remix)
Over Your Shoulder (Acoustic)
Dream (4 Track Demo)
Lost Control (Acoustic, Enhanced)
Epitaph (Orchestral Mix)

The 22 track double album will be released in two versions - a deluxe digipack and a strictly limited edition 4-disc premium artbook containing a bonus DVD and 7 track E.P.

ARTBOOK EDITION BONUS MATERIALS -

100 PAGE ARTBOOK

DISC THREE - 'FORBIDDEN MATTER E.P.'

Fighting For A Lost Cause (Demo)
Enjoy The Silence (Live)
Angelic (Mick Moss Remix)
Over Your Shoulder (Reel To Reel Demo)
Holocaust (FreeDoom Remix)
The Summer Effect (Instrumental Demo)
Angelic (Reel To Reel Demo)

DISC FOUR - DVD

Antimatter ' The Small Yesterdays' Documentary
Epitaph Promo
Conspire Promo

More details to follow.

Immaculada digipak now available from www.duncanpatterson.com

You can now order the Immaculada album directly from here. £12 including P&P anywhere, or the euro/dollar equivalant. Use the Paypal button below, or mail sales@duncanpatterson.com for any queries.

Also check out the video clip for 'Adoration' which is taken from the album. Directed by Tim Fromont-Placenti, and featuring the lovely Vic Anselmo, Earl Meneses, and me good auld self.