Stuart Chatwood, (born 22 October 1969 in Fleetwood,

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) is a

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musician, best known as the

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and

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player for the

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The Tea Party The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with industrial rock, blues, progressive rock, and Middle Eastern music influences, dubbed " Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s and up until 2005, the band re-formed in 2011. The Tea P ...

. The Tea Party are known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they call " Moroccan

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". In 2001, Chatwood won a

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for the best artwork for a Tea Party album. Stuart Chatwood is also a composer of

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soundtracks. He composed music that has appeared on the soundtracks for eight ''

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'' games developed by Ubisoft Montreal: '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2003), '' Warrior Within'' (2004), '' The Two Thrones'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), '' Rival Swords'' (2007), ''

'' (2008), and '' The Fallen King'' (2008). The series has been very successful, selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide. He also composed the soundtrack for '' Darkest Dungeon'' (2016) and its sequel

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Biography

Chatwood grew up in

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with other members of The Tea Party, although his first band was called The Stickmen.

Discography with The Tea Party

*''

'' (1991) *'' Capitol Records demo'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993) *''

The Edges of Twilight ''The Edges of Twilight'' is the third album by Canadian rock band The Tea Party, released in 1995. The album features many instruments from around the world, giving various songs a strong world music flavour in addition to the rock/ blues infl ...

'' (1995) *''

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'' (1996) (

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) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Triptych'' (1999) *'' Live at the Enmore Theatre'' (1999) *'' Tangents: The Tea Party Collection'' (2000) (compilation) *''

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'' (2001) (DVD compilation) *''

The Interzone Mantras ''The Interzone Mantras'' is the sixth album by Canadian rock group The Tea Party, released in 2001. Named after William S. Burroughs' book of short stories '' Interzone'' and the band's interest in eastern mysticism and esoteric philosophies,Davi ...

'' (2001) *''

Seven Circles ''Seven Circles'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 2004. It was the band's last album prior to their split in 2005. The album continues the style of the band's two previous offerings (''The Interzone Mantra ...

'' (2004) *'' Live from Australia'' (2013) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Tx 20'' (2017) *''Black River EP'' (2019)

Movie soundtracks with The Tea Party

*Lilly (1993)

Video directing

*" Writing's on the Wall" (2004) *"

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" (2005)

Videogame soundtracks

* '' Road Rash 3D'' (1998, EA) * '' NHL 2002'' (2001, EA) * '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2003,

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) * '' Prince of Persia: Warrior Within'' (2004, Ubisoft) * '' Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'' (2005, Ubisoft) * ''

'' (2005, Ubisoft) * '' Prince of Persia: Revelations'' (2005, Ubisoft) * '' Prince of Persia: Rival Swords'' (2007, Ubisoft) * '' Prince of Persia: The Fallen King'' (2008, Ubisoft) * ''

'' (2008, Ubisoft) * '' Darkest Dungeon'' (2016, Red Hook Studios) * ''

'' (TBA, Red Hook Studios)

Additional Projects

The Tea Party performing at Caesars Windsor, 2023-02-03 15

Currently in Production

* 'Uncommon Folk', a New York City-based project has been Stuart's main focus (other than

) since 2006. The goal of the project is to raise awareness about misophonia (see also Sensory Processing Disorder). The music has a therapeutic character, in the style of ambient/folk songs, with a focus on down regulation and relaxation. Numerous vocalists have contributed to the recording of about 26 songs over 11 years for this project, including Glen Campbell,

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, Jacob Dylan,

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and the

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. Vocals and strings were recorded for this project in New York City, The Hamptons, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Wales, Toronto and Vancouver. The first single "This Land is Your Land" featuring Glen Campbell was released in August 2017 and may be foun
here
The Mavis Staples song as well as the full album are being prepared for expected release in 2018 * 'Unnamed Project' with Toronto-based bilingual singer Tecla Burey. In November 2017 this project was considered a work in progress with an open ended completion and distribution date

Completed Projects with Undetermined Release Dates

* 'Songs from the Chapel' with Jeff Burrows of

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and The S'Aints,

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and

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. The collaboration produced about 20 ideas and eight or nine recorded songs. The project stalled but Ryan Dahle was responsible for mixing the tracks and they may yet emerge * 'Art Decay' with Toronto vocalist Kent Leggatt and

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, reportedly heavily influenced by the sounds of both

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and Echo and the Bunnymen. An EP may be released in 2018

Trivia

* Stuart Chatwood was once a contender to replace the bass player of the

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early in the temporary post-

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era (2005 - 2011). He was on a list of five or six male bass players being considered * During the hiatus of The Tea Party, Stuart was in talks with

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of Lenny Kravitz's band about forming a group with

on drums and

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on vocals. After two to three months of chatting and meeting Craig backstage at an

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show there was chemistry, but ultimately there was an incompatibility of scheduling and the project did not move forward * During his childhood, Stuart Chatwood was friends with Canadian electronic musician and DJ Richard "Richie" Hawtin. They shared a love of 8-bit computer systems such as

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and

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Career awards

* 2001:

for " Best Album Design" of the ''Tangents: The Tea Party Collection''.

References

External links

Stuart Chatwood
official website
The Tea Party
official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatwood, Stuart 1969 births English emigrants to Canada Canadian songwriters Juno Award for Recording Package of the Year winners Video game composers Living people People from Fleetwood Canadian rock bass guitarists Canadian rock keyboardists Musicians from Windsor, Ontario Writers from Windsor, Ontario 20th-century Canadian multi-instrumentalists Canadian world music musicians Canadian hard rock musicians Canadian composers Canadian male composers 20th-century Canadian bass guitarists 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists 20th-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian guitarists 20th-century Canadian keyboardists 21st-century Canadian keyboardists Canadian mandolinists Steel guitarists 21st-century Canadian multi-instrumentalists Male bass guitarists 20th-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male musicians The Tea Party members