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"Patterns - XFM - New Additions and Upfront Playlist"





Antlered Man Buddhist Soup
Apparat Song Of Los
Big Talk Replica
Boots Electric Complexity
Boxes Silent Alarm
Caan Now Hear this My Friends
Cerebral Ballzy On the Run
Computer Rhythm Revue
DJ Shadow feat Tom Vek Warning Sign
DZ Deathrays Gebbie Street
Dale Earnhardt Jnr Jnr Nothing But Our Love
Driver Drive Faster They May Talk
Dum Dum Girls Bedroom Eyes
Dutch Uncles The Ink
Funeral Suits Health
Girls Honey Bunny
Givers Meantime
James Blake and Bon Iver Fall Creek Boys Choir
Jude Les Filles Francaises
Marcus Foster I Was Broken
Masters in France Mad Hatter
Mastodon Curl of the Burl
Niki and The Dove The Drummer
PJ Harvey The Words That Maketh Murder
Patterns Induction
Roots Manuva Get The Get
S.C.U.M. Whitechapel
Sissy And The Blisters Let Her Go
Slow Club Where I'm Waking
Tellison Edith
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Garden
Transfer Take Your Medicine
Twin Atlantic Make A Beast Of Myself
Various Cruelties Chemicals
WU LYF We Bros
Warpaint Billie Holiday
We Were Promised Jetpacks Medicine
White Denim Is And Is And Is
Wolf Gang Back to Back

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"Patterns - NME.com - MP3 Premiere -"



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Patterns, 'Throwing Stones' (Jewellers Remix) - Free MP3
By Rebecca SchillerPosted on 12/15/11 at 05:40:51 pm

If you're a fan of Manchester's modern-day music scene, then get a load of this free MP3 that's just landed in my inbox. Manchester-based four-piece Patterns have just been given the remix treatment by Jewellers, who gave 'Throwing Stones' a spacey tribal drum makeover.

continued...

Patterns’ frontman Ciaran McAuley says of his band's music:

We wanted to evoke the kind of woozy hypnotic space you get when you’re somewhere between sleeping and being awake - the weird mix of memories and visions you get when you’re disassociated from your body.
'Throwing Stones' is the B-side to Patterns' debut single 'Induction' (out now via Melodic).

Stream/download 'Throwing Stones' (Jewellers Remix) here:


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"Patterns - BBC Radio 6Music - Steve Lamacq Spotpla"


Last broadcast yesterday, 16:00 on BBC 6 Music.

Synopsis

Steve reveals the winner of this week's Rebel Playlist and has another Good Day Bad Day listener on the phone talking us though their musical heritage. Plus he'll select another lost 45 from his vast collection.

Music Played
Sugar — If I Can'T Change Your Mind

Joe Goddard and Valentina — Gabriel

Rose Royce — Wishing On A Star
Nite Flite 2 (Various Artists), CBS

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — Maniac
Hysterical, V2, 4

The Chameleons — Swamp Thing

The Loud — Amy's Gonna Get You

The Flaming Lips — Life On Mars - BBC Session 13/10/1992
The Members — Sound Of The Suburbs

Warpaint — Billie Holiday

Booker T. & The MG's — Green Onions

Various Cruelties — Chemicals

Male Bonding — Years Not Long
Nothing Hurts, Sub Pop, 1

Death in Vegas — Your Loft

Sweet — Ballroom Blitz
The Sweet - Originals, RCA

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros — Home

The Stranglers — Always The Sun

Wildchild — Renegade Master
Now 32 (Various Artists), Now, 1

The War on Drugs — Baby Missiles

Laura Marling — All My Rage
A Creature I Don't Know, Virgin Records, 10

The 5.6.7.8's — Woo Hoo

Anna Calvi — Suzanne & I

Primal Scream — Movin' On Up

Lanterns on the Lake — Keep On Trying

Run Dmc and Aerosmith — Walk This Way

Patterns — Induction

R.E.M. — What'S The Frequency Kenneth

The Horrors — I Can See Through You

LCD Soundsystem — Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
CD SINGLE, DFA

Half Man Half Biscuit — Left Lyrics In The Practice Room

PJ Harvey — 50 Ft. Queenie
Bob & Earl — Harlem Shuffle

Brett Anderson — Brittle Heart

Sex Pistols — Pretty Vacant

Kasabian — Days Are Forgotten

Surf Drums — Walk Away

The Vaccines — Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)
CD SINGLE, Marshall Teller, 1

Emmy the Great — Paper Forest (In The Afterglow Of Rapture)

Pavement — Date With Ikea

M83 — Midnight City

JEFF the brotherhood — Diamond Way


- BBC 6 MUSIC


"The Guardian New Band Feature"

Patterns are creating beautiful electronic drone pop that makes you feel like you're flying. The beautiful fusion of guitars, vocals, intelligent samples and beats are the perfect soundtrack to any daydream. This four-piece from Manchester is making evocative noises that are brimming with nostalgia.

Ciaran McAuley and Laurence Radford are both from London and Alex Hillhouse and Jamie Lynch are from the Wirral. They all met at Manchester University and started making music together.

They came across their fourth member, Alex Hillhouse, when they had a last-minute gig lined up, but no bassist. Luckily, Lynch knew someone who could fill the job. So the next day Hillhouse met the rest of Patterns and learned their entire set.

The band explains: "It seemed to work so we kept him and found out he had a mean falsetto to him." Perfect.

Now they're making music in their "dingy bedrooms" of south Manchester, but they're happy about not being constrained to a studio. It's cheaper and it gives the band freedom to "go wherever our minds want to". The freedom exists too because they're making most of their sounds on a laptop. For them it seems to suit their dreamlike sound: "There's something about composing music on headphones with limitless possibilities at your fingertips," the band say.

Recently they've been perfecting their debut album and working on a collaborative project called KOLLIDE. That's given them a chance to work with other Manchester musicians and not be confined by release schedules and record sales.

There's a great scene in Manchester at the moment where all the bands seem to be helping each other out. The first track is with another Manchester band called SHINIES (listen below). Your ears immediately prick up as echoing samples and unusual noises, including birdsong, kick off the track. Indie guitars and vocals run through it too, giving it a melancholy edge that's stunning.
Ever since releasing their first EP on indie label Pull Yourself Together they've been getting lots of attention. It was Amazing Radio's Shell Zenner who put me onto Patterns. They've also had support from BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs, which has "meant a lot" to the band.

They've found it quite strange to go away and make a record because "you kind of leave all that behind for a while and just focus on the music." So you can imagine they're really excited to be playing shows again soon. They've already enjoyed playing all over France and Spain and Bestival over here in the UK last year.

Once you listen to their music you're hooked, the loops are very addictive and you want them to keep playing over and over. Their song Induction is an anthem that everyone needs to see live this summer, as is Blood. I'm glad to find out the band are as addicted to making music as I am to listening to theirs: "It's an intense feeling when a lot of people suddenly start listening to your music, almost like a drug."

There are definitely elements of Animal Collective and Deerhunter in the sound Patterns are producing. Thick layers of fuzzy guitars and dreamlike vocals come together to prove that guitar bands can make original sounds.

When I asked them what influences their music they say "that ineffable moment between being awake and asleep, the feeling of something both real and profoundly impossible." I think that captures the way their music makes you feel.

McAuley and Radford write in "solitary exile until something worthy breaks out." They're on a mission waiting for an unusual sound to pop out and for them to go we've got it that's it! Then "they bang heads together until its ready to try as a full band."

After hibernating for a while making their debut album, tapping away on their laptops and banging their heads together waiting for those strange noises to appear they're hungry to keep going. They want to be "eight albums down the line and still be making awesome and innovative records, just like those Oxford boys."

Oh and they're even more amazing because they've done a cover of Pure Shores by All Saints. - The Guardian


"Patterns (remixing YBA) - TheLineOfBestFit.com - Song Of The Day - 31 January 2012"

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Young British Artists – Bring The Sun (Patterns Remix) // Song Of The Day #395
by Francine Gorman on January 31, 2012 in Song Of The Day

This week and next, our resident Mancunian writer John Freeman will be taking a closer look at the unique and bustling music scene that Manchester boasts as its very own. So to kick things off, we’ve got our paws on this exclusive Manchester based offering as today’s Song Of The Day, a Patterns remix of the Young British Artists track ‘Bring The Sun’.

‘Bring The Sun’ has been lifted from its driving, lo-fi, guitar driven roots to harbour a completely different feeling and tempo with this remix. Its original youthful, lively spirit is completely transformed into a blissed out, yearning, more melancholic take on the song’s sentiment, providing a perfect fusion of what these two bands do best. Listen and download right here, and then catch the bands at the dates below.

Young British Artists

11 February ’12 – Sheffield – Queens Social Club with The Twilight Sad.
21 March ’12 – Leeds – Nation of Shopkeepers

Patterns
04 February ’12 – Tanned Tin Festival – Castellón, Spain
08 February ’12 – Salford – with Niki & The Dove, Islington Mill
10 February ’12 – Liverpool – Mello Mello Free Entry
03 March ’12 – Preston – The Ark presents, Mad Ferret
06 March ’12 – London – with Youth Lagoon, Electrowerkz
28 March ’12 – Wakefield – Hepworth Gallery


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Young British Artists – Bring The Sun (Patterns Remix) // Song Of The Day #395
by Francine Gorman on January 31, 2012 in Song Of The Day

This week and next, our resident Mancunian writer John Freeman will be taking a closer look at the unique and bustling music scene that Manchester boasts as its very own. So to kick things off, we’ve got our paws on this exclusive Manchester based offering as today’s Song Of The Day, a Patterns remix of the Young British Artists track ‘Bring The Sun’.

‘Bring The Sun’ has been lifted from its driving, lo-fi, guitar driven roots to harbour a completely different feeling and tempo with this remix. Its original youthful, lively spirit is completely transformed into a blissed out, yearning, more melancholic take on the song’s sentiment, providing a perfect fusion of what these two bands do best. Listen and download right here, and then catch the bands at the dates below.

Young British Artists

11 February ’12 – Sheffield – Queens Social Club with The Twilight Sad.
21 March ’12 – Leeds – Nation of Shopkeepers

Patterns
04 February ’12 – Tanned Tin Festival – Castellón, Spain
08 February ’12 – Salford – with Niki & The Dove, Islington Mill
10 February ’12 – Liverpool – Mello Mello Free Entry
03 March ’12 – Preston – The Ark presents, Mad Ferret
06 March ’12 – London – with Youth Lagoon, Electrowerkz
28 March ’12 – Wakefield – Hepworth Gallery


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"Patterns - ThisIsFakeDIY.co.uk - Feature - 1 December 2011"



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First On: Patterns: ‘We Want To Write A Serious Album’
WatchInterviewSimon Butcher has a sit down with Patterns' bassist Alex Hillhouse.
Posted 1st December 2011, 11:05am in First On, by Simon Butcher

“We were rehearsing a while ago on a bank holiday and the guy from next door started banging on the door in his boxer-shorts,” laughs Alex Hillhouse, bassist of Manchester outfit, Patterns. “As we came downstairs he said: ‘Look you’re too loud and I don’t mean to ruin your fun, but I wouldn’t mind if it wasn’t so rubbish!’”

Luckily the city’s more tolerant residents have taken to their psychedelic electronica with greater enthusiasm. The group have known such small-mindedness before – originally forming while at university in a very different Manchester. “It was all lad-rock indie, people in striped shirts and big jackets,” remembers frontman Ciaran. Patterns reacted against the fallow musical landscape by using samplers. “Why limit yourself to just standing around with guitars when you could play any sound?” asks Ciaran. The result was an ethereal debut EP released on fledgling zine-label Pull Yourself Together, aptly entitled New Noise.

Despite being created in a bedroom with no budget it’s a surprisingly textured release. Washes of deliquescent synth loops reverberate, akin to those driving Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, while melody comes via shimmers usually found within Pantha Du Prince’s tech-house LP’s. “We’d describe it as being the space between being awake and being asleep,” explains Alex.

The kef is underpinned by a use of slow-tempo drums and subtle guitar lines, which are played on-stage alongside synth and sampler, making for a gripping live spectacle. In the summer they caught the eye of Manchester label, Melodic, and signed “in a bar while drinking zombie cocktails,” according to Ciaran. “It wasn’t very glamorous,” adds Alex before Ciaran interjects: “I remember it glamorous.”

The first fruits of this deal came in the form of an October single, 'Induction', and things are in motion for a debut album next year. “Induction is far more up-front,” says Ciaran. “We want to write a serious album. We don’t just want to be a blog novelty,” he adds. Indeed the single sees guitars take precedence in a mix which retains the epic nature of their bedroom EP. “We’ve got a lot of recognition for it from around Europe,” says guitarist Laurence Radford.

Overseas adoration recently led to a gig in Nantes in which psychedelic sonic elements were heightened further. “We had visuals projected, which is quite important to us given our reference points. We took stuff from old VHS clips and video-synthesizers, really saturated images,” Ciaran describes.

The B-side, 'Throwing Stones', which loosely depicts a methadone trip was the focus of a Manchester Scenewipe session in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra room. “We spent the first hour just walking around and clapping because the sound was so brilliant,” says Alex. Watch the performance below. As for the future; “We want to be like Radiohead and be doing things in quite a few years time, but not like The Rolling Stones. We don’t want to take it too far,” Ciaran laughs. As for the album it’s back to the bedroom to record, but luckily for the neighbours drums will now be added in a recording studio.




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"Patterns - ThisIsFakeDIY.co.uk - Feature - 1 December 2011"



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First On: Patterns: ‘We Want To Write A Serious Album’
WatchInterviewSimon Butcher has a sit down with Patterns' bassist Alex Hillhouse.
Posted 1st December 2011, 11:05am in First On, by Simon Butcher

“We were rehearsing a while ago on a bank holiday and the guy from next door started banging on the door in his boxer-shorts,” laughs Alex Hillhouse, bassist of Manchester outfit, Patterns. “As we came downstairs he said: ‘Look you’re too loud and I don’t mean to ruin your fun, but I wouldn’t mind if it wasn’t so rubbish!’”

Luckily the city’s more tolerant residents have taken to their psychedelic electronica with greater enthusiasm. The group have known such small-mindedness before – originally forming while at university in a very different Manchester. “It was all lad-rock indie, people in striped shirts and big jackets,” remembers frontman Ciaran. Patterns reacted against the fallow musical landscape by using samplers. “Why limit yourself to just standing around with guitars when you could play any sound?” asks Ciaran. The result was an ethereal debut EP released on fledgling zine-label Pull Yourself Together, aptly entitled New Noise.

Despite being created in a bedroom with no budget it’s a surprisingly textured release. Washes of deliquescent synth loops reverberate, akin to those driving Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, while melody comes via shimmers usually found within Pantha Du Prince’s tech-house LP’s. “We’d describe it as being the space between being awake and being asleep,” explains Alex.

The kef is underpinned by a use of slow-tempo drums and subtle guitar lines, which are played on-stage alongside synth and sampler, making for a gripping live spectacle. In the summer they caught the eye of Manchester label, Melodic, and signed “in a bar while drinking zombie cocktails,” according to Ciaran. “It wasn’t very glamorous,” adds Alex before Ciaran interjects: “I remember it glamorous.”

The first fruits of this deal came in the form of an October single, 'Induction', and things are in motion for a debut album next year. “Induction is far more up-front,” says Ciaran. “We want to write a serious album. We don’t just want to be a blog novelty,” he adds. Indeed the single sees guitars take precedence in a mix which retains the epic nature of their bedroom EP. “We’ve got a lot of recognition for it from around Europe,” says guitarist Laurence Radford.

Overseas adoration recently led to a gig in Nantes in which psychedelic sonic elements were heightened further. “We had visuals projected, which is quite important to us given our reference points. We took stuff from old VHS clips and video-synthesizers, really saturated images,” Ciaran describes.

The B-side, 'Throwing Stones', which loosely depicts a methadone trip was the focus of a Manchester Scenewipe session in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra room. “We spent the first hour just walking around and clapping because the sound was so brilliant,” says Alex. Watch the performance below. As for the future; “We want to be like Radiohead and be doing things in quite a few years time, but not like The Rolling Stones. We don’t want to take it too far,” Ciaran laughs. As for the album it’s back to the bedroom to record, but luckily for the neighbours drums will now be added in a recording studio.




- This Is Fake DIY


"Patterns - Q Radio - Q Now / New To Q List - w/c 10th October"



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w/c 10th October 2011

Q Now (New songs of the moment!) / New to Q (Brand new artists!)

Ash – Jack Names the Planets
Royal Republic – Underwear
The Drums – How It Ended
Lindi Ortega -Black Fly
Slow Readers Club - Sirens
Eddie Vedder – Without You
Jessie J – Who You Are
King Mob - Selene Selene
Paper Crows - When Friends Survive
The Minutes - Black Keys
Dog is Dead - Hands Down
Tom Vek – Someone Loves You
Cloud Control - Death Cloud
My Tiger My Timing - Written in Red
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Smile
The Chevin - Champion
Balto - Elizabeth the Bubblebee
St Spirit - Build a Life
Breton - Edward the Confessor (AA)
The Computers - Rythym Revue
Forest Fire - The News
Mazes - Farewell Summer
Patterns - Induction

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w/c 10th October 2011

Q Now (New songs of the moment!) / New to Q (Brand new artists!)

Ash – Jack Names the Planets
Royal Republic – Underwear
The Drums – How It Ended
Lindi Ortega -Black Fly
Slow Readers Club - Sirens
Eddie Vedder – Without You
Jessie J – Who You Are
King Mob - Selene Selene
Paper Crows - When Friends Survive
The Minutes - Black Keys
Dog is Dead - Hands Down
Tom Vek – Someone Loves You
Cloud Control - Death Cloud
My Tiger My Timing - Written in Red
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Smile
The Chevin - Champion
Balto - Elizabeth the Bubblebee
St Spirit - Build a Life
Breton - Edward the Confessor (AA)
The Computers - Rythym Revue
Forest Fire - The News
Mazes - Farewell Summer
Patterns - Induction

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"Patterns - ThisIsFakeDIY.co.uk - News Story - 9 September 2011"

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Listen: Patterns - Induction
The band are streaming their new single, due in October, online.
Posted 9th September 2011, 11:24am in News, Patterns | By DIY News Desk

Manchester's Patterns are streaming a track from their forthcoming debut single, 'Induction' - have a listen below.

The release - limited to just 500 clear 7" vinyl - will come out on 3rd October via Melodic Records.

You can also catch the band at the following live dates:
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Listen: Patterns - Induction
The band are streaming their new single, due in October, online.
Posted 9th September 2011, 11:24am in News, Patterns | By DIY News Desk

Manchester's Patterns are streaming a track from their forthcoming debut single, 'Induction' - have a listen below.

The release - limited to just 500 clear 7" vinyl - will come out on 3rd October via Melodic Records.

You can also catch the band at the following live dates:
- Fake DIY


"Patterns - DazedDigital.com - Feature / Track Premiere - 8 September 2011"

PATTERNS: TRACK PREMIERE
PUBLISHED AN HOUR AGO

Hailing from Manchester, the new band tell us more about their unique drone pop sound and preview their exclusive new track

TEXT BY CHANTELLE SYMESTER
Turning that age-old cliché of ‘Northern sound’ on its head new band Patterns has been making a major splash on the Manchester music scene by offering up a fresh new sound. The band, made up of foursome Ciaran McAuley (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Alex Hillhouse (bass/samplers), Jamie Lync (drums) and Laurence Radford (guitar/samplers), have had a impressive year doing live shows and gaining recognition for their heady mix of psychedelic shoegaze. The guys are now set to release their debut single on Melodic Records out 3 October. Expect to hear what the band describes as drone and pop, laced with rich electronic tones and emotionally charged vocals.

Dazed Digital: For those unfamiliar with your sound, how would describe yourself?
Patterns: We like to think of what we do as drone pop. Although people have variously used the tags, shoegaze, ambient electronica and post punk to describe it. The core of it is trying to fuse elements of more
experimental, inaccessible music to the framework and the language of pop.

DD: Manchester currently has a vast pool of innovative and emerging talent - What is so unique about the North West scene at the moment?
Patterns: I think Manchester has finally escaped from the trappings of its own nostalgia. A few years ago it seemed people were only booking swaggering oasis clones and that wasn’t helped by the media consistently re-affirming that same narrative through front page celebrations of the Courteeners as 'the sound of Manchester'. I think finally all that interesting creative energy is bubbling over and all of a sudden we have a load of bands that sound totally different coming out and being supported by really good, innovative promoters. There’s a genuine feeling of excitement in the scene that I don't feel in London or anywhere else for that matter.

DD: Tell us about your latest single 'Induction'...
Patterns: We recorded it in a really remote studio away from Manchester which was an interesting process as by removing yourself totally from your normal surroundings you end up looking at a song very differently.
Having made everything ourselves at home before it was a bit of a weird experience, but it was an important choice for us because we were quite conscious that we wanted to capture the kind of full band sound that we have live, rather than the more intimate bedroom electronica that we'd done before.

DD: Who would you say your influences are?
Patterns: Obviously stuff like Animal Collective, Deerhunter and Fuck Buttons have played a big part in our sound but at the moment we're listening to a lot of stuff inspired by dub-step so Mount Kimbie, Zomby, Balam Acab, Burial, Flying Lotus. Which might seem weird because the single is so guitar based, but for me it all filters in and certainly with the music we're currently writing for the album there's much more merging of lots of different styles.

Non musically I'm really inspired by portrayals of memory and the unconscious within surrealist art so
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. I really like the way they put seemingly unrelated images together in order to mirror the workings of the unconscious. Its like those weird dreams you have where totally unrelated elements of your life are brought together in one scenario which feels really familiar but quite alien at the same time. The hazy nature of our production and the conscious decision to avoid linear story telling in the lyrics is meant to create a similar kind of emotional response.

DD: What do you plan on doing after the release?
Patterns: We're going to be doing a lot of touring with dates in Paris and Nantes that we're really excited about. We've also collaborated with the Manchester Scenewipe guys on a really interesting video concept that will be out in the next few weeks. It explores that weird phenomenon you see at gigs where you have like a sea of people recording a spontaneous moment of music on their camera phones. We don't want to say anymore yet but that vague description will make sense when you see it. We've also got a bunch of remixes we're doing for people like May 68 and Jewellers which will be out soon.
- Dazed Digital


"Patterns - DazedDigital.com - Feature / Track Premiere - 8 September 2011"

PATTERNS: TRACK PREMIERE
PUBLISHED AN HOUR AGO

Hailing from Manchester, the new band tell us more about their unique drone pop sound and preview their exclusive new track

TEXT BY CHANTELLE SYMESTER
Turning that age-old cliché of ‘Northern sound’ on its head new band Patterns has been making a major splash on the Manchester music scene by offering up a fresh new sound. The band, made up of foursome Ciaran McAuley (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Alex Hillhouse (bass/samplers), Jamie Lync (drums) and Laurence Radford (guitar/samplers), have had a impressive year doing live shows and gaining recognition for their heady mix of psychedelic shoegaze. The guys are now set to release their debut single on Melodic Records out 3 October. Expect to hear what the band describes as drone and pop, laced with rich electronic tones and emotionally charged vocals.

Dazed Digital: For those unfamiliar with your sound, how would describe yourself?
Patterns: We like to think of what we do as drone pop. Although people have variously used the tags, shoegaze, ambient electronica and post punk to describe it. The core of it is trying to fuse elements of more
experimental, inaccessible music to the framework and the language of pop.

DD: Manchester currently has a vast pool of innovative and emerging talent - What is so unique about the North West scene at the moment?
Patterns: I think Manchester has finally escaped from the trappings of its own nostalgia. A few years ago it seemed people were only booking swaggering oasis clones and that wasn’t helped by the media consistently re-affirming that same narrative through front page celebrations of the Courteeners as 'the sound of Manchester'. I think finally all that interesting creative energy is bubbling over and all of a sudden we have a load of bands that sound totally different coming out and being supported by really good, innovative promoters. There’s a genuine feeling of excitement in the scene that I don't feel in London or anywhere else for that matter.

DD: Tell us about your latest single 'Induction'...
Patterns: We recorded it in a really remote studio away from Manchester which was an interesting process as by removing yourself totally from your normal surroundings you end up looking at a song very differently.
Having made everything ourselves at home before it was a bit of a weird experience, but it was an important choice for us because we were quite conscious that we wanted to capture the kind of full band sound that we have live, rather than the more intimate bedroom electronica that we'd done before.

DD: Who would you say your influences are?
Patterns: Obviously stuff like Animal Collective, Deerhunter and Fuck Buttons have played a big part in our sound but at the moment we're listening to a lot of stuff inspired by dub-step so Mount Kimbie, Zomby, Balam Acab, Burial, Flying Lotus. Which might seem weird because the single is so guitar based, but for me it all filters in and certainly with the music we're currently writing for the album there's much more merging of lots of different styles.

Non musically I'm really inspired by portrayals of memory and the unconscious within surrealist art so
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. I really like the way they put seemingly unrelated images together in order to mirror the workings of the unconscious. Its like those weird dreams you have where totally unrelated elements of your life are brought together in one scenario which feels really familiar but quite alien at the same time. The hazy nature of our production and the conscious decision to avoid linear story telling in the lyrics is meant to create a similar kind of emotional response.

DD: What do you plan on doing after the release?
Patterns: We're going to be doing a lot of touring with dates in Paris and Nantes that we're really excited about. We've also collaborated with the Manchester Scenewipe guys on a really interesting video concept that will be out in the next few weeks. It explores that weird phenomenon you see at gigs where you have like a sea of people recording a spontaneous moment of music on their camera phones. We don't want to say anymore yet but that vague description will make sense when you see it. We've also got a bunch of remixes we're doing for people like May 68 and Jewellers which will be out soon.
- Dazed Digital


"Patterns - Les Basement Sessions (Paris) - Live Video - Lana Del Rey 'Blue Jeans' Cover - December 2011"


Patterns - Les Basement Sessions (Paris) - Live Video - Lana Del Rey 'Blue Jeans' Cover - December 2011
- Les Basement Sessions (France)


"Patterns - Playground Magazine (Spain) - Media -21 October 2011"

Streaming 'Throwing Stones'

http://www.playgroundmag.net/unmedia/25851-patterns - Playground Magazine


"Patterns - Playground Magazine (Spain) - Media -21 October 2011"

Streaming 'Throwing Stones'

http://www.playgroundmag.net/unmedia/25851-patterns - Playground Magazine


"Patterns -Induction - Sonic Masala - Friday 30th September 2011"

Over at Melodic, there is movement at the station. On Monday 3rd October will be the release of the debut single by Manchester band Patterns (on Melodic). Made up of Ciaran McAuley (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Alex Hillhouse (bass/samplers), Jamie Lynch (drums) and Laurence Radford (guitar/samplers) – Patterns emerge out of the darkness with both ‘Induction’ and ‘Throwing Stones’ echoing through their rural hideout’s open terrain and almost cinematic space, evoking a setting where time becomes irrelevant, cast aside as the manmade creation it is, and days become lost in quiet reflection, a melancholic tinge affecting the tracks as a result.

The Induction 7" will be available, all 500, clear copies of them! Pre-order it here. - Sonic Masala


"Patterns - Playground Magazine (Spain) - Media - 9 September 2011"


Patterns are a four-piece from Manchester, who have been making waves in their hometown for some time now. After a few months working hard on stage, they're releasing their first record, the 7” “Induction”, to be released on Melodic on the 3rd of October in a limited edition of 500 copies on transparent vinyl (and on digital). They describe their sound as “drone pop”. We prefer to call it shoe gaze pop with a Britpop soul. No more, no less. Promising stuff. - Playground Magazine


"Patterns - Playground Magazine (Spain) - Media - 9 September 2011"


Patterns are a four-piece from Manchester, who have been making waves in their hometown for some time now. After a few months working hard on stage, they're releasing their first record, the 7” “Induction”, to be released on Melodic on the 3rd of October in a limited edition of 500 copies on transparent vinyl (and on digital). They describe their sound as “drone pop”. We prefer to call it shoe gaze pop with a Britpop soul. No more, no less. Promising stuff. - Playground Magazine


"Indie Eye - Induction"

In Italian - Indie Eye


"Pitchfork - Working for a Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest- 7.7/10"

There was a brief moment around 2006 when there seemed to be a new movement of krautrock-inspired indie dance bands. As if updating the sounds of Madchester for the 21st century, Working for a Nuclear Free City's debut joined albums by Caribou, 120 Days, and Fujiya & Miyagi, ready to soundtrack rainswept city errands or some idealized Factory-like party. Fast-forward to 2010, and Caribou has once again changed pace with the beatific Swim; Fujiya & Miyagi are doing their own quirky thing, admitting they "were just pretending to be Japanese"; and man, it's been a while since we heard from Norway's 120 Days.

So the return of Working for a Nuclear Free City is a welcome reminder that the samples and electronic beats of blog house, chillwave, or post-dubstep are not the only directions for headphones-friendly psych-dance. Jojo Burger Tempest clocks in near 90 minutes, and once again it's a double: one disc of 17 individual songs, one of a single 33-minute suite. Such an ambitious sophomore outing is a lot to take in, but with its blend of live drumming, textural guitars, skittering electronics, and wistful harmonies, it's worth braving Jojo's, uh, storm.

As in the late 1980s and early 90s, when Balearic and ambient house emerged from acid house, Working for a Nuclear Free City achieve remarkably adventurous results from indoor rave-y dance music. "Silent Times" beckons toward Byrdsian psych-rock, while the intricate "Alphaville" manages to be both gentle and shrill while referencing Jean-Luc Godard (or 80s German synth-pop "Forever Young" band). There are sing-song vocal exchanges one moment, cymbal-smacking drum crescendos the next, minimalist piano atop a droning bass the next, and so forth. If nu-shoegaze rocker "Low" is a nod to David Bowie's Berlin era with Brian Eno, it's a fitting one.

Then there's the second disc. Made up of only the album's title track, this "P art Two" starts with a spoken-word performance by Chicago's own "rock poet," Thax Douglas, a longtime fixture at local shows before he moved last year to Austin. From there, the winding, crystalline track climbs from guitar patterns that echo the Edge (in a good way) to Aphex Twin-like synth experiments to hypnotic tone loops to video-game fuzz to motorik grooves to campfire lullabies and, well, round and round again, back to some more spoken word by Douglas. "A long time ago," ends the first disc, or "long time gone," or something like that-- you get the feeling, anyway-- and then there's a resounding echo. - Pitchfork


"Pitchfork - Working for a Nuclear Free City - Jojo Burger Tempest- 7.7/10"

There was a brief moment around 2006 when there seemed to be a new movement of krautrock-inspired indie dance bands. As if updating the sounds of Madchester for the 21st century, Working for a Nuclear Free City's debut joined albums by Caribou, 120 Days, and Fujiya & Miyagi, ready to soundtrack rainswept city errands or some idealized Factory-like party. Fast-forward to 2010, and Caribou has once again changed pace with the beatific Swim; Fujiya & Miyagi are doing their own quirky thing, admitting they "were just pretending to be Japanese"; and man, it's been a while since we heard from Norway's 120 Days.

So the return of Working for a Nuclear Free City is a welcome reminder that the samples and electronic beats of blog house, chillwave, or post-dubstep are not the only directions for headphones-friendly psych-dance. Jojo Burger Tempest clocks in near 90 minutes, and once again it's a double: one disc of 17 individual songs, one of a single 33-minute suite. Such an ambitious sophomore outing is a lot to take in, but with its blend of live drumming, textural guitars, skittering electronics, and wistful harmonies, it's worth braving Jojo's, uh, storm.

As in the late 1980s and early 90s, when Balearic and ambient house emerged from acid house, Working for a Nuclear Free City achieve remarkably adventurous results from indoor rave-y dance music. "Silent Times" beckons toward Byrdsian psych-rock, while the intricate "Alphaville" manages to be both gentle and shrill while referencing Jean-Luc Godard (or 80s German synth-pop "Forever Young" band). There are sing-song vocal exchanges one moment, cymbal-smacking drum crescendos the next, minimalist piano atop a droning bass the next, and so forth. If nu-shoegaze rocker "Low" is a nod to David Bowie's Berlin era with Brian Eno, it's a fitting one.

Then there's the second disc. Made up of only the album's title track, this "P art Two" starts with a spoken-word performance by Chicago's own "rock poet," Thax Douglas, a longtime fixture at local shows before he moved last year to Austin. From there, the winding, crystalline track climbs from guitar patterns that echo the Edge (in a good way) to Aphex Twin-like synth experiments to hypnotic tone loops to video-game fuzz to motorik grooves to campfire lullabies and, well, round and round again, back to some more spoken word by Douglas. "A long time ago," ends the first disc, or "long time gone," or something like that-- you get the feeling, anyway-- and then there's a resounding echo. - Pitchfork


Discography

Induction 7" single - Melodic 2011
Blood 7" single - Melodic 2012

**'Waking Lines' - Debut Album 6/1/2014**

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Bio

We never really had Patterns down as masters of Acoustics and Oneirology. Bedroom dreamers maybe, a Mancunian guitar band of course, but with Waking Lines – the eagerly anticipated debut album – this is a band marking themselves out as true scientists of songcraft. With its array of field recordings, samples, original compositions and an epic haze of spellbinding loops, sonic sparks are set to fly from this thoroughly modern shoegaze-pop record.

“The title-track is constructed from samples of bells we found in a local monastery,” reveals singer Ciaran. “It’s an attempt to capture the solitude of sleeplessness and the absurd wonderings of a tired mind. It also serves as the clearest expression of the album’s themes of sleep, memory and loss.”

Patterns’ fusion of head and heart may well induce a dreamlike state but across Waking Lines’ 10 tracks, every note has been constructed with meticulous focus. This is a band who’ve always known what they wanted to achieve – a group who together and individually, have spent time honing their craft not to mention their spectacularly colourful live performances into an entity that’s indisputably Patterns.

“Listening to American bands like Deerhunter and Animal Collective, we learned you can be different and still be a guitar band” Ciaran says. “Once Patterns formed we knew exactly what we wanted to do with it, and recent shows have been a culmination of a lot of things, including the use of visuals and making it a real experience to come and see us play.”

Made up of foursome Ciaran McAuley (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Alex Hillhouse (bass/samplers), Jamie Lynch (drums) and Laurence Radford (guitar/samplers), the band’s unique approach is what has had DJs from Mary Anne Hobbs and BBC 6music’s Steve Lamacq foaming at the microphone. Upon hearing Patterns’ equally glistening and smouldering wall of noise, Huw Stevens picked the band to perform at Swn Festival, Rob Da Bank chose them to play at Bestival, and there have been shows all over France and Spain, not to mention a scholarly hometown show amongst the book shelves of Manchester’s John Rylands library. Already Waking Lines has been a long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait.

Complemented by an array of psychedelic visuals, Patterns’ knack for transcending both time and space can transform even the dingiest back room of a pub into a star-filled galaxy with an array of shimmering, delicately melded guitars and evocative electronica. Take recent single ‘Blood’ which was mainly inspired by the band’s fascination with aesthetics; “it inhabits a fantasy space and was conceived by trying to express through sound how it feels to watch VHS,” Ciaran reveals. Adds Alex, “We bought a load of vintage VHS equipment and experimented with feedback effects to create fractal patterns, which led to the video and the artwork for the single.”

Abandoning normal recording techniques and expensive producers the band opted instead to record the album themselves. With one good microphone and a laptop they have managed to create an infinitely large imaginary space to express their vision. From ‘This Haze’ which was written eschewing male ‘indie’ singer conventions by thinking of how a woman might sound had she sang instead, right through to ‘Our Ego’, a song about the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy in the 60s, Waking Lines flawlessly depicts that point where dreams and reality meet. ‘Broken Trains’ is an anthemic statement of intent, it’s driven drum sections cutting like razor-sharp shards of light through water, whilst ‘Induction’s ethereal tessellations of sound dance like the Northern Lights through a foggy gauze.

“The hazy nature of our production and decision to avoid linear story telling in the lyrics is meant to create a similar kind of emotional response to the portrayal of memory and the unconscious within surrealist art like that by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali,” explains Ciaran. “It’s like those weird dreams which feel familiar but quite alien at the same time.”

A word to the wise, it’s time to wake up. Patterns are here to open your mind and shape your world.