# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-paterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:33.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-paterson"
name: "Alex Paterson"
slug: "alex-paterson"
description: "Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of ambient house group the Orb, in which he has worked since its inception in 1988."
tagline: "English musician and dj"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OrbCopenhagen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             0.8571428571428571
  historical:           6.64788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oMsEdL56bj7DAAz7FIrbL"
    handle:    "Dr Alex Paterson"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/32613"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اليكس باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Paterson"
    title: "Alex Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Paterson"
    title: "Alex Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Paterson"
    title: "Alex Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アレックス・パターソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Paterson"
    title: "Alex Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8207564b-d26e-4b60-a952-044d2520ba8a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4717608"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump