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According to Ipecac, Mike has recently written a “Futurist Noise Composition” but won’t actually be performing it. It will be performed by other musicians in two separate shows in  New York and San Fran.

The official statement:

“Now here is a cool show to check out. Mike Patton recently wrote a  musical piece for a futurist noise series that will be performed by  musicians and composers in both San Francisco and New York City.

The SF show is October 16th at MOMA/Yerba Buena http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1459

The New York show is November 12th at Town Hall

The list of musicians that composed the music is VERY impressive.  Check it out. Mike will NOT be performing.”

According to MetalHammer, Mike Patton has confirmed he will be part of a new collaboration featuring rapper Doseone and TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe.

Check the goss at MetalHammer

According to pluginmusic, the new Soulsavers album, Broken, will be released on August 18th.

The album features Mike Patton on the track Unbalanced Pieces along with Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers  on Death Bells and also Mark Lanegan who contributes vocals to 10 tracks, including a duet with Mike.

The full album press release can be found here

Mojopin has put her piccies from this show on Flickr. check em out

According to French journalist Zegu, Mike will be appearing on the 3rd album of the duo Soulsavers aka Brit production, Rich Machin and Ian Glover.

From Zegu’s blog (translated from French):

“Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and Mike Patton of Faith No More, Richard Hawley and Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers are on the 3rd album of the duo Soulsavers aka Brit production, Rich Machin and Ian Glover.
The main voice on ‘Broken’ has been made by the former member of Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, as on the previous album ‘It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land’, released in 2007. Lanegan has co-written most of the album. Pierce sings duets with Lanegan on ‘Pharaoh’s Chariot’, and Hawley is also the voice on ‘Shadows Fall’. Patton participated in ‘Unbalanced Pieces’ and to Haynes’ Death Bells’.
The single, ‘Sunrise’, written by Lanegan and performed by Will Oldham, aka Bonnie Prince Billy, released before the album, with opposite B ‘Will You Miss Me When I Burn’, played by Lanegan”

Thanks to friend of stubbadub Bertrand for the tip and the translation

thanks to micmike for the link

So we all know Mike P voiced the main man in Bionic Commando, which recently hit the shelves. Check out a review of the game at neowin.net

Directly from Ipecac‘s news release:

“Seems you peeps in London are getting all the love these days! Mike Patton is taking part in Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown this year. He will be playing with Fred Frith on June 18th. This festival has tons of cool shows. Check out the details at: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/meltdown“

ScoreKeeper and Lakeshore Records bring you an interview with Mike from his home studio covering topics such as composing the soundtrack to Crank 2, his methods of composing and his many wonderful toys!

Take a look here

There is a new Mike Patton audio interview over at Scorenotes.com where he discusses his thoughts on the process of creating film scores and his experiences with creating the score for Crank: High Voltage. You can stream it at scorenotes or direct download it here.

The score for Crank: High Voltage seems to be much more highly anticipated than the actual film. Written and performed by our friend Mike Patton, the OST is due for release April 7. You can preorder from amazon if you feel so inclined.

According to MovieWeb, Mike will be voicing a Decepticon in the upcoming Transformers movie Revenge of the Fallen, due out in June. There appears to be some confusion as to which appendage of the Devastator he will be voicing but rumour is that it is Mixmaster.