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Rotterdam, any weekend circa 1994. Near the docks, a club called Imperium is packed with hundreds of Dutch youth, almost all of them of Afro-Caribbean or Surinamese descent. The DJ is playing dancehall music, and although any reggae fan would recognise the guitar melody from Taxi Gang’s ‘Santa Barba

Coming to Patta this weekend after a short delay: a tribute to one of the most coveted Air Maxes, the AM90 Duck Camo, 'reversed' to celebrate the iconic silhouette's 30th anniversary. Contrary to the 2013 Atmos OG, the mesh base of the Air Max 90 is now a vibrant infrared, with black accents through

In the fall of 2018, on the occasion of Dana Lixenberg's exhibition American Images at Gallery GRIMM, Patta Soundsystem ’s Vic Crezée created a mixtape with music and soundbytes by all personalities featured in the show. The mixtape is a musical representation of a few of Lixenberg’s most iconic pho

The unique and seamlessly original collaboration between Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes has produced the album What Kinda Music, which is slated for an April 24 release on Blue Note, one of the most legendary music labels around and one known for moving the needle of jazz through the decades. Moving flu

Amsterdam based artist collective Order consists of five fine gentlemen, all with different backgrounds, combining their expertise to create, well, everything. Tattooing, graffiti, photography, music, painting, it's hard to put a label on ORDER, and at the same time, they are hard to miss. We caught

Just two weeks ago, we released the Patta x Conway & Alchemist project LULU . Thanks to Genius.com, you can now watch Conway and Alchemist discuss the meaning behind the project’s title, working with Eminem, and JAY-Z’s decision to turn down the now-iconic “ We Gonna Make It ” beat below. BONUS: Alc

Known for his impeccable selection and smooth cuts and transitions, DJ Edzon bka Edson Sabajo, co-founder of Patta, released the first of his live vinyl mix series of original soul music, R&B and slow jams on CD (!!) in 2005. Artists featured in the mix range from Aretha Franklin to Whodini, T eddy

Part of ‘Second Summer of Love’—a four-part series by Gucci in collaboration with Frieze—the new film written and directed by Jeremy Deller, explores the social history of the UK between 1985 and 1993 through the lens of acid house and rave music. The film is based on a real-life lecture given to a

For OSCAM's second art exhibition in their new location, Patta curators Violette Esmeralda (head of photography) and Lee Stuart (brand director) have selected a variety of artists from Gilleam Trapenberg, Wes Mapes, Stacii Samidin, Serana Angelista, Shertise Solano, JeanPaul Paula to Dion Rosina. Th

We are expecting everyone (who has the privilege to safely do so) to #staythefuckhome, so we figured now is the right time to re-upload some of the older content people may have missed. We're kicking off with 2018's Watch The Sound, the 90s Hip Hop video mix by Amsterdam-based DJ SP. Patta and Patta

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Sandor Dayala is one of the rising stars in the Dutch Hip Hop scene. His sets, as his name (real name, no gimmicks) are quite personal and match his identity: fun loving, positive and high energy. Blending R&B, New Wave and Hip Hop with his own contemporary style, having landed residencies at Live a

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LULU is out now on all streaming platforms. Read more about this project here .