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Antimatter | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:AntimatterZurich.jpg) Mick Moss, Zürich, Switzerland, October 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Angelica (1998) |
| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Prophecy Productions The End Records Music in Stone Strangelight Records |
| Members | Mick Moss |
| Past members | Duncan Patterson |
| Website | antimatteronline.com |
Antimatter, a UK dark rock band, is the solo project of longtime founding member Mick Moss.[2][3] The project was originally a duo composed of founding member Duncan Patterson (former bassist/songwriter of Anathema) and Moss, being essentially an amalgamation of two solo projects working in tandem with each other, with each member writing and arranging their songs alone and compiling them in the studio later on to create an album.[4][5] In this manner, the pair released three albums together, Saviour, Lights Out and Planetary Confinement, after which Patterson left, in 2005, to start another band Íon.[6][7] Moss continued Antimatter as an extension of his own timeline established throughout the first three discs, releasing the project's fourth album Leaving Eden in 2007.[8] Moss followed with 'Live@An Club', (released on his own label Music in Stone), Alternative Matter, Fear of a Unique Identity, The Judas Table, "Too Late", Welcome To The Machine, Live Between The Earth & Clouds, and, most recently, Black Market Enlightenment in 2018.[9]
Describing Antimatter's sound for an article in The Krakow Post in 2016, late U.S. journalist Dewey Gurall said "while the early albums had more of a triphop vibe with lots of female vocals (think Portishead or Zero 7), nowadays that type of electronic ambience and rhythm are more integrated with art rock, prog, metal, folk, shoegazer, a dash of classic British pop, and even grunge, all while never wandering too far from that darkwave sensibility mentioned earlier. The lead vocals are handled completely, and masterfully, by Mick. On paper, the mix of different genre might sound like it wouldn’t work, maybe even like a bit of a mess. Instead, from so many different elements, Moss has constructed something both wholly original and emotionally moving".[10]
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- ^ "Antimatter". Discogs.
Antimatter has been a solo project of Moss, who continues to release albums and plays live in different settings
- ^ Rosenthal, Jon (6 October 2010). "Interview with Duncan Patterson". The Inarguable. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
Mick and myself always wrote separately then just came together in the studio and pieced the albums together
- ^ "Mick Moss (Rockumentary)". Rockway. 15 January 2021.
my project got assimilated into this idea of Duncans...Duncan wrote half of an album, and that, the two halves, that was Antimatter. It was like two solo projects moving together, and it worked
- ^ Mick Moss (2017). Leaving Eden Audio Commentary (Redemption) (CD). Prophecy Productions.
Duncan decided to finally quit back in 2005
- ^ "Interview With Duncan Patterson". Metalfan. 8 March 2006.
My primary band is called íon (gaelic word meaning "pure")
- ^ "Antimatter - Leaving Eden review". 4 December 2007.
The fans of the combo, me the first, wondered if Antimatter was dead or if Mick still wanted to follow his road with his band, and we learned lately that a new album "Leaving Eden" was in writing and then recording process. The new album is out now
- ^ "Antimatter". Discogs.
- ^ Gurall, Dewey (1 June 2016). "Darkwave in Poland". The Krakow Post.
while the early albums had more of a triphop vibe with lots of female vocals (think Portishead or Zero 7), nowadays that type of electronic ambience and rhythm are more integrated with art rock, prog, metal, folk, shoegazer, a dash of classic british pop, and even grunge, all while never wandering too far from that darkwave sensibility mentioned earlier. The lead vocals are handled completely, and masterfully, by Mick. On paper, the mix of different genre might sound like it wouldn't work, maybe even like a bit of a mess. Instead, from so many different elements, Moss has constructed something both wholly original and emotionally moving