DJ PATRICKTO4
GLOBAL BASS
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 - 12H - 14H
Festsaal Kreuzberg - Am Flutgraben 2
The Brazilian artist Patrick Tor4 is the creator of Baile Tropical, an itinerant party that mixes tropical and Afro-Latin rhythms and has happened in over than 10 countries.
The DJ and producer introduces his new single #ONDANOVA, a song that marks the return of the multi-artist as a music producer, four years after the release of his last song, “Cai na Roda”. The single is sung by Brazilian vocalist Maria Flor, produced by Leo D. and is distributed by the French-Brazilian label Abatjour Records.
#ONDANOVA is the result of mixed musical influences by Patricktor4, flowing from the axe music of Bahia, the afrohouse of Martin Solveig and Bob Sinclair and the Rio de Janeiro “carioca” funk. “Feel my bass embracing you”, jokes Patrick about his new sound. “#ONDANOVA is a clear attempt to create an “authentic” Brazilian style house music, with strong elements like the percussive swing from Africa to the riffs of the funk keyboards crafted in the 90’s and the early axe music developed in the 80’s. We crafted a song to the dancefloor with a Brazilian accent and the tropical flavor”, he says.
Such mixed influence is the result of a life on the road,Patricktor4 has lived in many different Brazilian cities. Born in the state of Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil, the blackest state out of Africa,Patricktor4 has spent most of his 38 years back and forth the north and northeast of Brazil, where the African and Native influences are older and stronger. During his voyages he witnessed, heard and absolved influences of popular music from these places.
Patricktor4 is today one of the leading Brazilian DJs and producers. Head of “Baile Tropical”, an itinerant party that has already toured in over than 10 countries, the artist researches new trends of tropical, african, latin and brazilian music, always on the lookout to launch new talents. His event, created in 2010 in Belém do Pará, in the north of Brazil, has already surpassed the mark of 100 editions.
Patricktor4’s music, as the DJ is known, reflects the sounds played in the “Bailes” and seeks to reconnect old tradicional music styles to the new urban textures filled with electronic beats and popular ghetto rhytms, such as the cumbia, zouk, “brega” and samba.
This trend of the new tropical music is gaining popularity on dance floors of the world’s major cities. The release of the single is the beginning of a partnership with Abatjour that aims to take Patricktor4 and his sharp curatorship to showcase the new afrolatin music in the USA and Europe.
