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"Tokyo Melody: A film about Ryuichi Sakamoto" is a documentary by French photographer Elizabeth Lennard about the eclectic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, filmed during the recording sessions for his 1984 album “Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia”. Originally aired on Japanese and French TV, the d

Thank you for shopping with us. We appreciate each and all of you. With all of retail being hit hard in this corona crisis, where you decide to spend your hard-earned money doing groceries and which businesses you choose to support almost becomes a statement. As an independent company ourselves, we

Patta Amsterdam is getting ready to reopen its doors, with the next Summer 2020 drop, on Friday May 8th. Obviously, there are many factors to take into account in keeping everyone who visits us safe, so there are some rules to shopping with us for the time being. PATTA AMSTERDAM COVID-19 RULES For y

Directed by Leilah Weinraub, 'SHAKEDOWN' is a stream-of-consciousness, nonfiction narrative about the queer women and men who populated the lesbian strip club scene in Los Angeles and its genesis. Owned and operated by women, underground and illegal in nature, the club Shakedown is the darker, faste

Meet BOJ on the microphone, one of the sexiest Afrofusion voices and co-founder of the Alté scene that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. He is an OG in the rising Alté scene and keeps on launching music; alone, with his collective DRB Lasgidi and in collaborations like those with Ajebutte

In September 2012, as Patta was getting ready to reopen in a new space on Zeedijk, Patta and Dutch specialty coffee chain CoffeeCompany teamed up to present a unique 3-weekend pop-up store at the van Woustraat CoffeeCompany location in Amsterdam. For the pop up series, a special Patta coffee blend w

Amsterdam local TV station and broadcast network BNN have just released a moving documentary about the life of Djordy Latumahina, a well-known and beloved figure in Amsterdam nightlife and cultural scene, who was brutally shot and killed in 2016 in a case of mistaken identity. In the documentary we

The Alté pioneer Teezee, also known as Teni Zaccheaus JR, has always been the type of slightly below-the-radar artist that fans connect with in a fiercely personal way. This sense of intimacy is in part fueled by his DRB collective’s role as pioneers of Nigeria’s alternative music scene which values

Especially during these times of crisis, it is important to keep your mind, body and spirit active. We got you on the body part, with our running challenge . Here to help you keep your mind engaged is the monthly linkup between Patta and The Black Archives , a unique historical archive for inspiring

Coming this Friday is the first apparel drop from the Patta Summer 20 season, consisting of the Enzyme Wash Short Sleeve Crewneck Sweater with the matching Enzyme Wash Shorts in a Baja colour way and the Enzyme Wash Short Sleeve Crewneck with matching Enzyme Wash Jogging pants in a Spectra Yellow co

In December of 2009, Patta dropped a compilation co-A&R-ed together with one of Holland's most respected MCs, Winne. Titled So So Lobi - which translates to "Nothing But Love" - the album brought together artists from all different sides of the Dutch rap game, on a disc full of exclusives. We've upl

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