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Daniel Padden

About Me

Pause For The Jet is now available. Its a solo album released on the Dekorder label. You can also buy copies here. Make sure you choose the right button for where you live.

For UK:

For Europe and USA:

To buy the VINYL of Pause For The Jet (UK ONLY) use this link:


The artwork and design for 'Pause For The Jet' was created by Nicola Atkinson Does Fly. Nicola's website is www.nadfly.com.


A composer and musician living in Scotland, creating music for film, theatre, a little TV and a friendly host of oddities besides.

The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden recently became The One Ensemble (still with Padden, but no 'Padden' in the name). The One Ensemble website . The One Ensemble's Myspace page is here .

Daniel Padden is also a member of Volcano The Bear . Volcano The Bear's Myspace page is here .

Daniel Padden is also a member of The Book Of Beasts, a new trio consisting of himself, Shane Connolly and Sarah Kenchington.

Recent projects include the music for Kate Burton's film 'The Ice Plant', and Sarah Tripp's film 'Me & Her', music for a TV documentary on photojournalist David Gillanders, and the music for Nick Higgins' documentary 'A Massacre Foretold'. In addition Padden created the music for a children's theatre production of Jason And The Argonauts, produced by Visible Fictions, which is currently touring America.

Daniel Padden has composed music for Matt Hulse's film 'Half Life', Faulty Optic's theatre piece 'Horsehead', Visible Fictions' theatre piece 'Big Baby', Zam Salim's film 'Original Bob', and many more.

More information at www.danielpadden.com

In November 2006 'The Isaac Storm' LP was released on Ultra Eczema records.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2006
Band Website: danielpadden.com
Band Members: Daniel Padden
Influences: Foreign music sung in languages i don't understand, and on instruments i don't know the name of. Other more obvious musical influences might include Lech Jankowski, Can, Captain Beefheart, Bartok, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Erik Satie, Moondog, Sun City Girls, Harry Smith Anthology, Iva Bittova, This Heat, Ocora, Folkways, Brigitte Fontaine, Nonesuch Explorer Series, Meredith Monk, The Residents, The Velvet Underground, The Hounds Of Love, Eno, Olivier Messiaen, those Secret Museum Of Mankind CDs, Volcano The Bear, Coltrane, Pascal Comelade, Sun Ra, Faust, Stravinsky, Mingus, Colette Magny, Liberation Music Orchestra, Hildegard von Bingen, Duke Ellington, Pierre Bastien and Robert Wyatt. Amongst others.
Sounds Like: "The Isaac Storm": Demented music box melodies drift amidst soaring strings, clinking clanking percussion, deep moaning cellos, bursts of staticky field recordings and manipulated field recordings, while over the top float haunting mysterious melodies. Sounds a bit like a more druggy demented Tom Waits. Elsewhere, thick washes of fuzzed out ambient whir wrap themselves around damaged pitch shifted guitar warble, junk yard percussion marches through thick clouds of ominous drones, detuned acoustic guitars shimmer beneath heavily reverbed scrapes and squeaks and wheezing harmonica melodies. A totally mesmerizing, dizzying and damaged trawl through some surreal junk yard filled with broken musical instruments and ghost musicians, jamming in the middle of the night to an audience of beat up stuffed animals and rusted out appliances. So cool! (Aquaruis Records)
Record Label: Ultra Eczema, Dekorder, Textile
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Resonance FM/Wire Magazine

Resonance FM recently asked me to create a 'guest-mix' for their Wire Magazine slot, which i did.You can hear it here:http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/1413/
Posted by Daniel Padden on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:57:00 PST

Pause For The Jet VINYL now here

I now have copies of Pause For The Jet on vinyl...
Posted by Daniel Padden on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:22:00 PST

Pause For The Jet CD now available

Just received many copies of 'Pause For The Jet' on CD. Vinyl will be available soon, but if you're wanting it on CD get in touch.
Posted by Daniel Padden on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:27:00 PST

Jet and Beasts

'Pause For The Jet' should be out very soon. I received the master last week which sounded great.In addition i've become part of The Book Of Beasts, a new trio of myself, Shane Connolly and Sarah Kenc...
Posted by Daniel Padden on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:22:00 PST

winter 2007

Most attention currently focused on Volcano The Bear's european tour in November/December. It coincides with a new album 'Amidst The Noise And Twigs'. check the VTB site for the dates.I've just finish...
Posted by Daniel Padden on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST

summer 2007

Just returned from a small tour/holiday with The One Ensemble and Nalle. With the exception of a disastrous show in London we had a fine time driving to Spain and back.I'm currently trying to finish a...
Posted by Daniel Padden on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

NEW LP

i have an LP coming out any day now on Ultra Eczema .its called The Isaac Storm and is limited to either 400 or 500 copies.i can't remember which.i will have some copies myself, or you can buy them fr...
Posted by Daniel Padden on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST

Forthcoming record

There will shortly be a new record available. It is largely a solo record with a little help from some selected others.
Posted by Daniel Padden on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:55:00 PST

Current activity

Currently working on a film score with director Sarah Tripp, and looking forward to writing music for a childrens theatre production of Jason And The Argonauts in September.
Posted by Daniel Padden on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:46:00 PST

Padden piece

Daniel Padden has contributed a piece to a compilation enttiled 'Electricity Is Your Friend' on 3-Pin Recordings. The piece is called Cornelius.
Posted by Daniel Padden on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:36:00 PST