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{{Short description|American rock drummer and record producer (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name            = Pat Mastelotto
| image           = Mastelottoheader.jpg
| caption         = 
| landscape       = yes
| background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name      = Lee Patrick Mastelotto
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|10}}
| birth_place     = [[Chico, California]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Progressive rock]], [[jazz fusion]], [[pop rock]], [[progressive metal]]
| occupation      = Musician
| instrument      = Drums, electronic percussion
| years_active    = 
| label           = 
| current_member_of = [[King Crimson]], [[Stick Men (prog band)|Stick Men]], [[O.R.k.]]
| past_member_of = [[Mr. Mister]], [[HoBoLeMa]], [[The Rembrandts]], [[XTC]], [[Tuner (band)|Tuner]]
| website         = {{URL|www.patmastelotto.com|PatMastelotto.com}}
}}

'''Lee Patrick Mastelotto''' (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of [[King Crimson]], [[Stick Men (prog band)|Stick Men]], [[Mr. Mister]] and [[O.R.k.]], as well as working as a session drummer with [[XTC]], [[The Pointer Sisters]] and [[The Rembrandts]] (including well known [[Friends]] theme song [[I'll Be There for You (The Rembrandts song)|I'll Be There for You]]), among others.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p102668|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Pat Mastelotto| last=Hayes| first=Kelvin|publisher=[[All Media Guide|AMG]] | access-date=May 14, 2010}}</ref> In addition, he has led or co-led other projects including Mastica, Tuner, [[TU (band)|TU]] and The Mastelottos.
<ref>{{cite web | first=Anil | last=Prasad |title=Pat Mastelotto: The Irresistible Blowtorch |url=https://www.innerviews.org/inner/pat-mastelotto |work=innerviews.org | date=2017|access-date=June 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Pat | last=Mastelotto |title=MasticA 99 |url=https://patmastelotto.bandcamp.com/album/mastica-99 |work=bandcamp.com | date=November 11, 1999 |access-date=June 7, 2024}}</ref>

For King Crimson, he initially formed part of the "Double Trio" lineup from 1994 to 1997, working with [[Bill Bruford]] as part of a double-drumkit arrangement. Following Bruford's departure in 1997, Mastelotto remained with Mr. Mister, becoming their longest-serving drummer and working both solo and in various configurations with subsequent drummers [[Gavin Harrison]], [[Bill Rieflin]] and [[Jeremy Stacey]].<ref>{{cite web | first=David | last=Chiu |title=Drummer Pat Mastelotto On 25 Years With King Crimson, Recording Mr. Mister's Hit Album, And Life In Quarantine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidchiu/2020/06/16/drummer-pat-mastelotto-on-25-years-with-king-crimson-recording-mr-misters-hit-album-and-life-in-quarantine/ |work=Forbes | date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref>

Mastelotto is a pioneer and continuing developer of a mixed acoustic-and-electronic drumming approach which he refers to as "traps and buttons", and which incorporates techniques and methods from rock, pop and [[electronic dance music]] styles.<ref>{{cite web | first= | last= |title=XTC Reel by Real: XTC: Oranges & Lemons |url=http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/a_OrangesAndLemons.html |work=chalkhills.org | date=12 November 2017 |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref> As well as being a drummer, he works as a producer, engineer and mixer, working extensively with [[digital audio workstation]]s.

== Career ==

===Early years and Mr. Mister===

Mastelotto was born in [[Chico, California]].<ref name="AMG" /> He started playing the drums at the age of 10; by the time he was 16 he was playing in popular local bands and while still in high school commuted several hours to Lake Tahoe for gigs. Moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, Mastelotto worked for many bands and as a studio session drummer. In this capacity he worked for [[Martin Briley]], [[Holly Knight]], [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]], [[Al Jarreau]], [[The Pointer Sisters]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Kenny Loggins]], [[Martika]], [[Danny Wilde (musician)|Danny Wilde]] and Holly Penfield as well as playing drums on the double platinum album ''[[Rockland (Kim Mitchell album)|Rockland]]'' by Canadian rock musician [[Kim Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web | first=Lee | last= Chapman |title=King Crimson – "The Drummer's Drummer" – The Pat Mastelotto Interview |url=https://producelikeapro.com/blog/pat-mastelotto-interview/ |work=Produce Like A Pro | date=March 3, 2023  |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first= | last= |title=Rockland Kim Mitchell Released 1989 |url=https://genius.com/albums/Kim-mitchell/Rockland |work=ML Genius Holdings, LLC| date=2024  |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

In 1982 Mastelotto was a founding member of [[Mr. Mister]]. The band had a number one album, [[Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)|''Welcome to the Real World'']], and two number one singles, "[[Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song)|Broken Wings]]" and "[[Kyrie (song)|Kyrie]]". They recorded four albums, with the fourth, ''[[Pull (Mr. Mister album)|Pull]]'', recorded in 1989–1990 but remaining unreleased until late 2010.<ref>{{cite web | first=Brian| last=Kachejian |title=Complete List Of Mr. Mister Albums And Songs |url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/complete-list-of-mr-mister-albums-and-songs |work=ClassicRockHistory.com | date=May 2024 |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

His tenure with Mr. Mister was followed by more session work for bands such as [[XTC]], [[The Sugarcubes]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Cock Robin (band)|Cock Robin]], [[The Rembrandts]], [[Jude Cole]], [[Eddie Money]], [[Tina Arena]], [[Matthew Sweet]], [[Julia Fordham]], [[Robyn Hitchcock]] and [[David Sylvian]]. In 1991 Mastelotto co-produced [[Peter Kingsbery]]'s first solo album before being asked to join King Crimson.<ref>{{cite web | first=Les| last=Dudek |title=1991 Peter Kingsbery – A Different Man |url=https://www.sessiondays.com/2023/02/1991-peter-kingsbery-a-different-man |work=Sessiondays  | date=2024 |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

===King Crimson===

Mastelotto had been a member of [[King Crimson]] since 1994, resulting in him becoming their longest serving drummer. He was the first of two drummers hired for the "Double Trio" line-up of the mid-1990s, the second being previous long-term King Crimson drummer [[Bill Bruford]]. Mastelotto and Bruford operated as parallel drummers for the Double Trio, playing different styles and parts which sometimes intermeshed and sometimes worked separately. Following Bruford's departure in 1997, Mastelotto became the band's sole drummer, working mostly on the electronic Roland V-Drums set and bringing in simultaneous/triggered electronic drum loops and textures based on his interest in [[intelligent dance music]] and [[drum and bass]]. For King Crimson's 2008 lineup, the band returned to a double-drummer arrangement with Mastelotto now joined by [[Gavin Harrison]].<ref name="CrimsonDrummers">{{cite web | first=Wayne | last=Blanchard |title=The Drummers Of King Crimson |url=https://drummagazine.com/drummers-of-king-crimson/ |work=Drum! Magazine | date=October 2017  |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

For the period of King Crimson activity lasting from 2013 to 2021 (the "Seven Headed Beast" and "Three over Five" line-ups), Mastelotto played as part of a three-drummer arrangement, initially with Harrison and [[Bill Rieflin]], and subsequently with Harrison and [[Jeremy Stacey]]. In each of these setups, Mastelotto also took on an extended percussionist role incorporating multiple sound effects, samples and programs (taking on something of the function played by percussionist/"allsorts" contributor [[Jamie Muir]] in the 1972 King Crimson).<ref name="CrimsonDrummers" />

To date, Mastelotto has appeared on three King Crimson studio albums (''Thrak'', ''The ConstruKction of Light'' and ''The Power to Believe'', released between 1995 and 2003), one mini-album, two EPs and numerous live releases between 1995 and 2022.<ref>{{cite web | first=Will | last=Stevens |title=King Crimson Albums Ranked — An In Depth Analysis into the Founders of Prog |url=https://medium.com/@willdavidstevens/king-crimson-albums-ranked-an-in-depth-analysis-into-the-founders-of-prog-18a2a4a8a175 |work=Medium | date=March 31, 2024  |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

===King Crimson-related===

During, and in parallel to, his King Crimson work, Mastelotto has been an integral part of several King Crimson-related bands. He produced, edited, mixed and played on the ProjeKct 3 and ProjeKct 4 releases by the band's "[[ProjeKcts]]" subgroupings, playing a particularly dominant role on the IDM-influenced ProjeKct 3.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Could Have Been |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WhatCouldHaveBeen/Music |work=tvtropes.org|access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>

Mastelotto also played with League of Crafty Guitarists who formed Fripp adjacent bands; one was California Guitar Trio. Along with Tony Levin and CGT, such pieces as [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] covers were done.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piD0baEDub0 | title=Dance of Maya | website=[[YouTube]] | date=July 16, 2015 }}</ref>

Mastelotto currently works with King Crimson bass/[[Chapman Stick]] player [[Tony Levin]] and [[centrozoon]]'s touch guitarist [[Markus Reuter]] in the art rock trio [[Stick Men (prog band)|Stick Men]].<ref name="outsight">{{cite web |title=Pat Mastelotto interview on Outsight Radio Hours |url=https://archive.org/details/MastelottoPatOutsight |work=Archive.org |access-date=May 5, 2013}}</ref> He is also a member of the progressive/experimental bands [[TU (band)|TU]] (with fellow King Crimson alumnus [[Trey Gunn]]), [[KTU (band)|KTU]] (with Gunn, [[Kimmo Pohjonen]] and Samuli Kosminen), and Tuner<ref>[https://www.myspace.com/tunertunes myspace.com], Official Tuner MySpace page, retrieved May 8, 2010</ref> (a duo with Markus Reuter).<ref name="outsight" />

Mastelotto was one of the two drummers in the [[Crimson ProjeKct]], a six-piece band which merged Stick Men with the Adrian Belew Power Trio in order to play King Crimson music from the 1980s to 2000s periods.  In conjunction with engineer/programmer Bill Munyon, Mastelotto formed the IDM project BPM&M (which to date has recorded one album, 2001's 'XtraKcts & ArtifaKcts', which featured or sampled many King Crimson members and associates). In early 2021 he released a new album, ''A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson'', with his wife Deborah on lead vocals, credited to ''The Mastelottos''. The album featured reworked versions of twelve King Crimson songs, deliberately re-arranged in a more popular style in order to accent the group's songwriting and its gentler side.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=Jerry |title=Pat Mastelotto and wife to release new King Crimson covers collection |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/pat-mastelotto-and-wife-to-release-new-king-crimson-covers-collection |work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |date=6 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Mastelottos - A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson |url=https://www.patmastelotto.com/a-romantics-guide-to-king-crimson |website=Pat Mastelotto's official website |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>

===O.R.k.===

In 2015, Mastelotto joined [[Carmelo Pipitone]] (guitarist of Italian band [[Marta sui Tubi]]), [[Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari]] (singer and keyboard player with Berserk! and Obake) and [[Colin Edwin]] (former bass player with [[Porcupine Tree]]) in a new heavy progressive rock band called [[O.R.k.]] Their first album, "Inflamed Rides", was released the same year and was followed in 2017 by ''Soul of an Octopus'', in 2019 by ''Ramagehead'' (with artwork by Adam Jones of [[Tool (band)|Tool]]) and in 2022 by ''Screamnasium''.<ref>{{cite web | first=Jerry | last= Ewing |title=O.R.k. return with powerful new single Blast Of Silence | date=7 October 2024 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/o-r-k-return-with-powerful-new-single-blast-of-silence |work=Louder by Future Publishing Limited | access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first= | last= |title=O.R.k. | date=2003–2024 |url=https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/band/O.R.k. |work=Spirit of Rock | access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

===Other projects===
Mastelotto's other projects include Mastica (an Americana/art-rock trio with Mark "Gum B." Williams of [[Poi Dog Pondering]]/[[Alejandro Escovedo]] band and Monica 'MonKey' Champion from Baboon Orchestra), and M.P.TU (with [[Little Feat]] guitarist Phil Brown, singer Malford Milligan and [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]]/Firefall/[[Heart (band)|Heart]] bassist [[Mark Andes]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tapeop.com/reviews/music/19/mastica-99-cd-by-mastica/ |title=Mastica: Mastica '99 CD |last=Roman |first=Sokal |date= |website=TapeOp.com |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref> He has continued to guest with Jay Terrien, Cock Robin, drummer [[Terry Bozzio]], Mecca, Herd of Instinct, [[Tony Levin]] and the [[California Guitar Trio]], and has contributed to major network television themes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stickmenband.com/band/ |title=Band |last= |first= |date= |website=Stick Men |access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>

Since moving to [[Austin, Texas]], Mastelotto has worked with Austinites [[Storyville (band)|Storyville]], [[Abra Moore]], [[...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]] and [[theremin]] player [[Pamelia Kurstin]].  In 2007 Mastelotto went on tour with [[The Flower Kings]] in Europe supporting their album ''The Sum Of No Evil'', followed by an appearance at the enormous Creation of Peace festival in [[Kazan]], Russia, with [[Adrian Belew]], Tony Levin and [[Eddie Jobson]]. This was followed by another new project, [[HoBoLeMa]], with Levin, Bozzio and [[Allan Holdsworth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hit-channel.com/pat-mastelotto-king-crimsonmr-misterhobolematuktu/2009|title=Interview: Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Mr Mister, HoBoLeMa, TU, KTU)|website=Hit-channel.com|date=April 11, 2012|access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>

In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Tobias Ralph called ''[[ToPaRaMa]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/toparama-pat-mastelotto-tobias-ralph-7d-media-records-review-by-mark-f-turner.php#.U6U9bEB4D_U |title=Pat Mastelotto / Tobias Ralph: ToPaRaMa (2014) |last1=Turner |first1=Mark F. |date=June 20, 2014 |website=[[All About Jazz]] |access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref> He played on Lucid, the solo album by [[The Fierce and the Dead]] guitarist Matt Stevens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Stevens: Lucid – The guitar virtuoso’s ambitious new solo effort |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/matt-stevens-lucid |website=Louder Sound |publisher=Prog Magazine |date=19 March 2014 |access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Astarita |first=Glenn |title=Matt Stevens: Lucid |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lucid-matt-stevens-cherry-red-records-review-by-glenn-astarita |website=All About Jazz |publisher=All About Jazz |date=19 November 2014 |access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref>

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Projects
!Title
|-
|1983
|[[Martin Briley]]
|''[[One Night with a Stranger]]''
|-
|1984
|[[Mr. Mister]]
|''[[I Wear the Face]]''
|-
|1985
|Mr. Mister
|''[[Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)|Welcome to the Real World]]''
|-
|1987
|Mr. Mister
|''[[Go On...]]''
|-
|1989
|XTC
|''[[Oranges & Lemons (album)|Oranges & Lemons]]''
|-
|2010
|Mr. Mister
|''[[Pull (Mr. Mister album)|Pull]] (Recorded 1989–1990)''
|-
|1994
|[[King Crimson]]
|''[[Vrooom]]''
|-
|1995
|King Crimson
|''[[THRAK]]''
|-
|1995
|King Crimson
|''[[B'Boom: Live in Argentina]]''
|-
|1996
|King Crimson
|''[[Thrakattak]]''
|-
|1998
|ProjeKct Four
|''West Coast Live''
|-
|1998
|ProjeKct Four
|''[[Live in San Francisco (ProjeKct Four album)|Live in San Francisco/The Roar of P4]]''
|-
|1999
|ProjeKct Three
|''[[Masque (King Crimson album)|Masque]]''
|-
|1999
|ProjeKct Three
|''[[Live in Austin, TX (ProjeKct Three album)|Live in Austin, TX]]''
|-
|1999
|King Crimson
|''[[The ProjeKcts]]''

|-
|1999
|King Crimson
|''[[The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts]]''
|-
|2000
|[[Terry Bozzio|Bozzio]] / Mastelotto
|Bozzio / Mastelotto
|-
|2000
|ProjeKct X
|''[[Heaven and Earth (ProjeKct X album)|Heaven and Earth]]''
|-
|2000
|Mastica
|99
|-
|2000
|King Crimson
|''[[the construKction of light]]''
|-
|2000
|King Crimson
|''[[Heavy ConstruKction]]''
|-
|2001
|King Crimson
|''[[Level Five (EP)|Level Five]]''
|-
|2001
|King Crimson
|''[[Vrooom Vrooom]]''
|-
|2001
|BPM&M
|''XtraKcts & ArtifaKcts''
|-
|2002
|Rhythm Buddies (TU)
|''Thunderbird Suite''
|-
|2002
|Mastica
|''MasTicAttack''
|-
|2002
|California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto
|''CG3+2''
|-
|2002
|King Crimson
|''[[Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With]]''
|-
|2003
|King Crimson
|''[[The Power to Believe]]''
|-
|2003
|King Crimson
|''[[EleKtrik: Live in Japan]]''
|-
|2003
|[[TU (band)|TU]]
|''TU''
|-
|2005
|TU
|''Official Bootleg''
|-
|2005
|[[Tuner (band)|Tuner]]
|''TOTEM''
|-
|2005
|[[KTU (band)|KTU]]
|''[[8 Armed Monkey]]''
|-
|2007
|Tuner
|''POLE''
|-
|2007
|M.P.TU
|''M.P.TU''
|-
|2008
|Tuner
|''MÜÜT''
|-
|2008
|Pat Mastelotto & Pamelia Kurstin
|''Tunisia''
|-
|2009
|Tuner
|''ZWAR''
|-
|2009
|KTU
|''[[Quiver (KTU album)|Quiver]]''
|-
|2009
|[[Stick Men (prog band)|Stick Men]]
|''Stick Men [A special edition]''
|-
|2010
|Stick Men
|''Soup''
|-
|2011
|TU
|''Live In Russia''
|-
|2011
|Stick Men
|''Absalom'' ''EP''
|-
|2011
|Stick Men
|''Live In Montevideo 2011''
|-
|2011
|Stick Men
|''Live In Buenos Aires 2011''
|-
|2011
|[[The Flower Kings]]
|''[[Tour Kaputt]]''
|-
|2012
|Stick Men
|''[[Open (Stick Men album)|Open]]''
|-
|2013
|Stick Men
|''Deep''
|-
|2013
|The Crimson Projekct
|''Official Bootleg Live 2012''
|-
|2014
|Matt Stevens (of [[The Fierce and the Dead]])
|''Lucid''
|-
|2014
|Stick Men
|''Power Play''
|-
|2014
|Stick Men
|''Unleashed: Live Improvs 2013''
|-
|2014
|The Crimson Projekct
|''Live In Tokyo''
|-
|2014
|Pat Mastelotto, Tobias Ralph
|''ToPaRaMa''
|-
|2015
|KoMaRa
|''KoMaRa''
|-
|2015
|O.R.k
|''Inflamed Rides''
|-
|2015
|King Crimson
|''[[Live at the Orpheum]]''
|-
|2015
|King Crimson
|''Live [[Extended play|EP]]'' 2014 (Vinyl Cyclops Picture Disc)
|-
|2016
|King Crimson
|''[[Live In Toronto (King Crimson album)|Live In Toronto]]''
|-
|2016
|King Crimson
|''[[Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind]]''
|-
|2016
|Stick Men feat. [[David Cross (musician)|David Cross]]
|''Midori: Live In Tokyo''
|-
|2016
|Stick Men
|''Prog Noir''
|-
|2017
|O.R.k
|''Soul of an Octopus''
|-
|2017
|King Crimson
|''Heroes - Live In Europe, 2016''
|-
|2017
|Tuner
|''FACE''
|-
|2017
|King Crimson
|''[[Live in Chicago (King Crimson album)|Live in Chicago]]''
|-
|2017
|Stick Men feat. [[Mel Collins]]
|''Roppongi - Live In Tokyo 2017''
|-
|2019
|O.R.k.
|''Ramagehead''
|-
|2020
|[[David Cross (musician)|David Cross]] and [[Peter Banks]]
|''[[Crossover (David Cross and Peter Banks album)|Crossover]]''
|-
|2021
|The Mastelottos
|''A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson''
|-
|2021
|[[Frost*]]
|''Day And Age''
|-
|2023
|Tu-Ner
|T-1 Contact Information
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051102193800/http://www.mastica.net/bio.html Biography at mastica.net]
* [http://www.patmastelotto.com/ Pat Mastelotto homepage]
* [https://www.myspace.com/tunertunes Tuner MySpace page]

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