Today, Montreal-based singer-songwriter, film composer, and pianist Patrick Watson released a stunning new track titled “Silencio” via Secret City Records.
This piano-driven piece showcases Watson’s signature ability to craft delicate, evocative atmospheres.
What truly elevates “Silencio,” though, is the hauntingly beautiful vocal contribution from November Ultra, whose voice melds seamlessly with Watson’s piano melodies, adding a layer of emotional depth and intimacy.
About the track by Patrick:
The song was inspired by an experience Watson, an Award-winning artist that has released several beloved albums of explorative cinematic pop over the past two decades, had in which he couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months.
“Silencio” explores some of the impressions that came to him during this time: does he talk too much? The anxiety that comes with reliving a conversation, learning to be a better listener and the power of silence.
‘I think you like me better since I lost my voice,’ Watson sings, over a mysterious and ethereal orchestration of arpeggiating guitars, softly touched drums, piano and burbling synths.
He wrote the song with longtime collaborator, co-writer and bandmate Mishka Stein and November Ultra. Watson and November Ultra first met while taping a radio show at France Inter together in Paris, where they were booked on the same day (they will return to the same radio show – Côté Club – together for the release of “Silencio”).
The song was recorded in a painter’s studio in Paris (Studio Alterio of artist Ruben Alterio), overlooking Montmartre.
“With an enormous window and so much old Parisian charm and ghosts,” he says.
The loft called for a classical guitar, so Stein ran to a nearby music shop and in one of several examples of kismet around this recording, found a beautiful instrument to feature on the recording.
Silencio gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Patrick Watson – Silencio feat. November Ultra [Listen]
