Stuart Chatwood
Template:Infobox solo Stuart Chatwood, (born Fleetwood, Lancashire, England) is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar/keyboard player for the now defunct rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party were widely known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they called "Morrocan Roll". In 2001, he won a Juno Award for the best artwork for an album.
Stuart Chatwood is also a composer of videogame soundtracks. He composed the soundtracks for the three most recent PC and console Prince of Persia games developed by Ubisoft Montreal: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004), and Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005). The series has been very successful, selling in excess of 8 million copies worldwide.
Discography
- The Tea Party (1991) (self-titled debut album)
- Splendor Solis (1993)
- The Edges of Twilight (1995)
- Alhambra (1996) (Enhanced CD)
- Transmission (1997)
- Triptych (1999)
- Tangents: The Tea Party Collection (2000) (compilation)
- The Interzone Mantras (2001)
- Seven Circles (2004)
Videogame soundtracks
- Road_Rash_3D (1998/EA)
- NHL 2002 (2002/EA)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003/Ubisoft)
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004/Ubisoft)
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005/Ubisoft)
- Battles of Prince of Persia (2005/Ubisoft)
- Prince of Persia: Revelations (2005/Ubisoft)
Career highlights
- Albums Released - 8 releases on EMI, 1 release on Eternal Discs
- Albums Sold - 1.6 million records sold with The Tea Party
- Largest Crowd (mulitband bill support) - 490,000 people - SARStock, Toronto, Ontario
- Largest Crowd (mulitband bill headline) - 42,000 people - Edgefest, Molson Park, Ontario
- Largest Crowd (solo show headline) - 5,800 people - Horden Pavillion, Sydney, Australia
- Touring - Worldwide touring included Canada 21 times, Australia 12 times, Europe 9 times, USA 8 times
- Notable Support Slots and Tours- Jimmy Page/Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, NIN, New Order, Ramones, Lou Reed, Metallica, Soundgarden, The Big Day Out, Edgefest, M-One Festival, Alternative Nations, SARStock
- Videos - 21 videos as The Tea Party
- Video Directing - Directed "Oceans" 2005, Co-Directed "The Writings on the Wall" 2004
- Painting - "The Earth We Inherit" - Album cover for "Transmission" 1997
- Art Direction - Art directed all releases by The Tea Party
- Awards(Personal) - 2001 Juno Awards for Best Artwork
- Awards(Band) - 6 MuchMusic Video Awards
- Nominations(Band) - 14 Juno 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
External links
- Official Tea Party website
- Stuart Chatwood on MySpace.com
- Offical Stuart Chatwood website
- Stuart Chatwood discography at MusicBrainz