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Personnel: Patrick Wolf (vocals, balalaika, baritone ukulele, viola, piano, grand piano, harmonium, organ, Farfisa, Moog synthesizer, programming, electronics); Eliza Carthy (vocals, fiddle); Jo Apps (soprano); Alec Empire (guitar, synthesizer, programming, electronics); Tom White (guitar); Sarah Button, Victoria Sutherland, Stephen Hussey, Gillon Cameron, Louisa Aldridge (violin); Fiona Leggat, Lucy Morgan, Emma Owens (viola); Helena Rathbone, Tim Wells, Ivan Hussey (cello); Derek Apps (alto clarinet, bass clarinet); Matthew Herbert (synthesizer, programming); Nick Haward (double bass, bass guitar); Marcello Vig (drums, bodhran); Thomas Bloch (glass armonica, ondes martenot); Imelda Apps (spoons); Jonathan Shakhovskoy (programming); David Coulter (musical saw).
Audio Mixers: Jonathan Shakhovskoy; Patrick Wolf.
Recording information: Assault And battery Studios, London (2008-2009); Bankside Lofts, SE1, London (2008-2009); Ken Thomas's House, Arford (2008-2009); Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England (2008-2009); Parkgate Studios, Battle, Hastings (2008-2009); St. Georges Church, Brede, Sussex (2008-2009); St. George's Church, Brede, Sussex (2008-2009); Studio De La Reine, Paris (2008-2009); The Dairy, Brixton, London, England (2008-2009); The Fritzl Dungeon, Curtain Road, London (2008-2009); The Hellish Vortex, Prenzlauberg, Berlin (2008-2009).
Photographers: Nick Thornton Jones; Warren Du Preez.
Arrangers: Eliza Carthy; Thomas Bloch; Patrick Wolf.
Immaculately-coiffed, London-based, glam-dance anti-hero Patrick Wolf's fourth album picks right up where 2007's MAGIC POSITION left off, albeit with a darker palette of colors to paint from. Wolf's penchant for brooding, British-folk melodies pasted into a nightmarish cradle of apocalyptic, techno-chicanery has never been more controlled than on the BACHELOR. Wolf has often stated that he has no allegiance to styles when it comes to recording, but the BACHELOR feels most alive when it's wallowing in it's own dusky ruin.
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