| Stuart Chatwood |
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| Background information |
| Born |
October 22, 1969 (1969-10-22) (age 38)
Fleetwood, Lancashire, England |
| Origin |
Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) |
Rock, hard rock, world music, blues, New Wave, gothic, post-punk, industrial, pop, art rock, video game music |
| Occupation(s) |
Musician, composer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) |
Bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonium, percussion, mandolin, tambura, cello, lap steel guitar, bass pedals |
| Years active |
1993–present |
| Label(s) |
EMI, Ubisoft |
| Associated acts |
The Tea Party
The Art Decay |
| Website |
www.stuartchatwood.com |
| Notable instrument(s) |
| 1972 Fender Jazz Bass |
Stuart Chatwood, (born 22 October 1969 in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England) is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar and keyboard player for the now defunct rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party were known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they called "Moroccan roll". In 2001, Chatwood won a Juno Award for the best artwork for an album. As of January 2007 he was working with Tea Party bandmate Jeff Burrows as The Art Decay.
Stuart Chatwood is also a composer of video game soundtracks. He composed the soundtracks for six Prince of Persia games developed by Ubisoft Montreal: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004), Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005), Battles of Prince of Persia (2005), Prince of Persia: Revelations (2005), and Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (2007). The series has been very successful, selling in excess of eight million copies worldwide.
Discography
Video
Video directing
- "The Writing's on the Wall" (2004)
- "Oceans" (2005)
Videogame soundtracks
Career awards
Career highlights
- Albums released: 8 on EMI Music Canada, 1 on Eternal Discs
- Albums sold: 1.6 million records sold with The Tea Party
- Largest crowd (multi-band bill support): 490,000 people - SARS relief concert, Toronto, Ontario
- Largest crowd (multi-band bill headline): 42,000 people - Edgefest, Park Place, Ontario
- Largest crowd (Tea Party solo show headline): 5,800 people - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
- Touring: worldwide touring included Canada 21 times, Australia 12 times, Europe 9 times, USA 8 times
- Notable Support slots and tours: Page and Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Ramones, Lou Reed, Metallica, Soundgarden, Big Day Out, Edgefest, Queensryche,Def Leppard M-One Festival, Alternative Nation, SARS relief concert
- Videos: 21 videos as The Tea Party
- Painting: The Earth We Inherit - Album cover for Transmission 1997
- Art Direction: Art directed all releases by The Tea Party
- Awards (band): 6 MuchMusic Video Awards
- Nominations (band): 14 Juno Award nominations, 21 Much Music Award Nominations
- Film Scores: Ashes to Ashes - Dir. Sam Barnes(2006) - Short Film
- Videogames released: contributed to 7 releases with Ubisoft, EA
- Videogames sold: combined sales of over 8 million videogames
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