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Bristol-born bass behemoth Laksa has been a mainstay in the U.K. nightlife for the better half of the past decade. His resident show on NTS, titled re:lax and club night under the same name alongside fellow musician re:ni has become a cult favourite amongst ravers worldwide. We caught up with the em

Apron Records has been instrumental in shaping the current landscape of contemporary electronic music coming out of the U.K. since 2014. After almost a decade of pushing their unique vision has made the Apron Records imprint one of the most in-demand labels in most independent record stores. Now mor

Interview by Passion Dzenga | Artwork by Jim Klok Patta Soundsystem and Apron Records have shared a drawing board for the first time and together they have created a Trucker Cap and a Graphic T-Shirt that echo the racing theme of the whole project. "Better Together" is the slogan that runs throughou

Apron Records has been instrumental in shaping the current landscape of contemporary electronic music coming out of the U.K. since 2014. After almost a decade of pushing their unique vision has made the Apron Records imprint one of the most in-demand labels in most independent record stores. Now mor

Interview by Passion Dzenga | Photography by Saffron Pape | Videography by Seven Halsema | Music by Danny Keen for Lautmaus Community is at the core of what we do here at Patta and it is that need to provide for those around us that keeps us at street level. One project which resonates with our tene

Interview by Passion Dzenga | Photography by Dennis Branko | Videography by Violette Esmerelda Apron Records has been instrumental in shaping the current landscape of contemporary electronic music coming out of the U.K. since 2014. After almost a decade of pushing their unique vision, the Apron Reco

Artwork by Sjon de Baron Famirie touches down in London once again, five years after their last edition at Miranda in the Ace Hotel. They have spent the lockdown schemin’ and this time they are bringing Bao G , Passion Deez and Ray Fuego from the Netherlands and linking up with Fredwave and OK Willi

Photography by Olivia Jank | Interview by Passion Dzenga The young self-taught designer behind our latest collaboration is Manchester’s very own Junior Clint . Building his brand from the ground up in the most literal sense, we decided to get familiar with him on the eve of the launch of the Patta x

Zindzi Zevenbergen 's debut ' Lennox ' is a project that is endlessly heartwarming. Adorned with multicoloured illustrative works from Hedy Tjin and Brian Elstak , this paperback is an interactive experience, featuring printed text at various angles and slants makes the book something that you have

Oscar #Worldpeace has a hell of a year ahead of him. Before he heads down these new paths, we took some time to catch up with him. Oscar's 9-track LP Sporadic hit the streets a little while back and since then he has released a handful of features alongside his own releases. For an independent artis

Photography by Hugo van Noort & Olivia Witmond Gevluchte Kunst is an initiative from Simone van Ommen , Anna-Sophie Kummer , Josephine Kleinendorst and Hasan Al-Raheem . They believe in creating a positive image of people with a refugee and/or status holder background and are achieving this by creat

Bony Fly , Don Mateo or if we're doing up government names Mateo Echeverria is one of the most refreshing sound selectors in the contemporary music landscape. After seeing him live and getting to know him last summer in Croatia, he came to visit the Patta family in Amsterdam so it was about time tha

Finn Foxell is Shepard's Bush-based but bound for international pastures. The young contemporary artist has dropped a stream of consistently impressive records alongside a series of visuals that align with his vision. As we enter another lockdown it was time to catch up with Finn Foxell and get fami

Amsterdam’s rising dark horse / talented misfit / rising talent mayo presents her debut EP for United Identities . “ Sad Violin Music '' holds three dirty jams, driven by her self-built modular synth. mayo created opener “Dystopian Dialect” during the slow winter of 2020. It became a hypnotising slu

Minikingz just came off stage at the latest Patta x Deviation event . Consisting of North-London based artists Ragz Originale , Oscar #Worldpeace and BenjiFlow , Minikingz have been out here, making waves in their community and beyond so it was time to get familiar and show some love to the crew. Ra

Can you introduce yourself to our readers please? My name is Maha and I’m a creative from the north of the Netherlands. How do you feel about representation within Dutch media? If you’re talking about Black Muslim representation, I’d say there isn’t. But if you take them separate, there’s plenty, so