Patty Gurdy

Büchler was born in 1997. She lived in Düsseldorf while she studied there and graduated in 2019. She took up the hurdy-gurdy in 2014[3] and describes her genre as "Dark Folk Pop".[4] She was a member of German bands Harpyie (under the stage name Io) in 2016[5] and Storm Seeker[4][6] from 2016–2018. Her 2019 festival performances included Smaabyfestivalen in Flekkefjord, Norway[7] and Tredegar House folk festival in Newport, Wales[8] Her collaborations include ASP,[4] Alestorm,[9] Faun,[10] Scardust, and Ayreon.[11] She formed Patty Gurdy's Circle with the members of Subway to Sally.[12]

In July 2019, she went on tour with Scardust in the United Kingdom[13][14]

On May 16, 2021, she performed for the first time on TV with dArtagnan in the show ZDF Fernsehgarten.[15]

On March 22, 2022, she played her first concert outside of Europe with Scardust in Israel. This was also her first time outside of Europe, in general.[16] The concert was livestreamed on Play2Fund.[17] Patty was originally supposed to play this concert in March of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was not allowed to travel into Israel and sent videos of herself to be shown at the Scardust concert without her. She guests in Scardust's music video for their song "Concrete Cages" on which she played the hurdy-gurdy.

• Pirate Scum (Storm Seeker, 2016), Metal.de said "Patty ... does a fantastic job in songs like "The Longing". Timo's and Patty's vocals complement each other in this way. The successful folk melodies, which then pound the listener and are then contrasted again by Patty's expressive voice, provide the necessary portion of goosebumps."[29] (Google translation from German)
• Shapes & Patterns EP (2018) included a cover of Over the Hills and Far Away. The Rockoutstandout reviewer wrote "Patty Gurdy’s cover with a hurdy gurdy and vocals gives us a completely different take on the song altogether and it works very well. The echo effect on the vocals give this track that well know powerful atmosphere that the original song is able to do. I love this quirky cover and I always feel a sense of warmth when hearing the song."[30]
• Guest appearance on Alestorm's album Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020). The Moshville Times reviewer said "More guest vocals feature on the epic “Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship” courtesy of Patty Gurdy (Patty Gurdy’s Circle) who also plays hurdy gurdy throughout the album. I’ll tell you this, she’s got an amazing voice! This is a song that you’d expect to sound sillier than it does, but in this case it’s the vocals that are a bit daft while the music itself is as straight-laced as could be."[9]

• Patty Gurdy's channel on YouTube
• Official website