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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

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

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

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

Rushy looking so clean in his Patta sweat suits.. get yours .

It makes sense that OWN’s members live and work in Amsterdam. In a village-sized metropole, the lines of both communication and cooperation are short and open. The band connected through shared memories and interests, transcending scenes and genres in their attempts at defining what’s theirs. Their

Who Is Gil Scott-Heron? has been re-released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Gil’s album, I’m New Here . Directed by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth. A word from the directors: “In 2010, Gil Scott-Heron made his first album in 16 years, ‘I’m New Here’, on XL Recordings. We directed the video