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Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Lancaster, California to Canadian parents and raised in Hudson, Quebec, Watson attended Lower Canada College. While living in Hudson, Watson worked as a pool and hot tub water analyst at Piscines et Spas Hudson. He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska band called Gangster Politics. Patrick Watson studied music at Vanier College in Montreal after being rejected from Juilliard.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatson co-wrote and performed on several songs on The Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track \"To Build a Home\". His \"Missing Home\" remix of Champion's \"Guy Doune\", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album, reached Number 1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart in early 2007.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatson has toured with several artists, including John Cale, The Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Amon Tobin, The Dears, Feist and James Brown. 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