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Patta is proud to present an exclusive mix by Kees "KC The Funkaholic" Heus, a proper local legend if ever there was one. Kees has the most impressive of resumés: he has been DJ-ing for nearly 40 years, works as the booker for pop venue, club and cultural center Paradiso, was the creator of Holland'

In 1979, the British televised arts programme The South Bank Show, followed Talking Heads during the recording of their third album Fear of Music . Watch the short documentary, an excellent impressionistic cut-up of live recordings, studio interview footage and images of '70s New York, below.

In the following documentary trailer, Amazon Music spotlights UK artists Benji Flow , Ragz Originale and World Peace Oscar who form part of Mini Kingz London collective/record label. Watch the trailer below and the full video on @plus44uk 's instagram HERE

We recently got to interview one of our talented Patta running team members, Jake Catterall. In this interview, he tells us all about his adventures that have shaped him and his mindset in the past years, as he is preparing for one of his biggest challenges so far. Jake believes in dreaming big and

Watch part 3 & 4 of Deep Roots Music, film maker Howard Johnson's legendary Channel 4 series on the history of Jamaican music, here. Originally shown as a series of six half hour programmes back in the early eighties, the Deep Roots Music is narrated by Mikey Dread. Part 3 - Bunny Lee Story, examine

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ATARDI IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE STREAMING THROUGH PEPRFILMS.NL Filmmaker Selwyn de Wind is on a journey to find out all that he can about Rudy Plaate, Curaçao’s most popular singer/ song writer of all time. But what happens when the subject suffers from dementia and is no longer able to retell hi

NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell is a Vh1 documentary about NYC in 1977, weaving together the stories of the emergence of Hip Hop, punk and disco, graffiti art, and sexual liberation. The Bronx was burning, the city was blacked out, and the Son Of Sam was terrorising everyone. What a time to be alive.

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Last month, Worldwide FM resident Paula Tape played an hourlong set for Boiler Room, Night Dreamer & Worldwide FM session. The Streaming From Isolation series is raising donations directly for Black Lives Matter-affiliated causes. Donations to this stream go to NAACP Legal Defence, a US civil rights

We sat down with London based music artist Rushy to discuss his journey so far as well as upcoming projects, daily routines and dream goals. Read the full interview below: How did your relationship with music begin? I’ve listened to music my whole life. It’s just something that I’ve been interested

The Patta Summer School hosted by OSCAM, MadiZO and Patta is off to a great start, which is why we want to announce the release of the corresponding Summer School T-shirts. The T-shirts will be available for purchase soon in three different colourways at OSCAM Amsterdam. Keep an eye out on @oscamonl

This raining season, our friends WAFFLESNCREAM from Lagos, have released a skateboarding video. MANGO is directed by South African videographer Jonathan Pinkhard. The video was all shot in Lagos, Nigeria. MANGO runs 8 minutes. Peep below.