Artist: DJ Patife
Genre(s):
Ethnic
Discography:
Na Estrada
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
DJ Patife had contact with the drum'n'bass scene through admirer DJ Marky patch working in a record book computer storage. DJ Patife's first gig was at São Paulo's Arena Music Hall. In 1997, he travelled to Europe with Marky. There, he attended Roni Size in the delivery of the Mercury Prize. With crescent popularity, Patife released his first record album in 2000, Sounds of Drum'n'bass. The album was praised by England magazines Muzik and MixMag, resulting in an invitation to firing the record album in that rural area. In 2000, Patife, Marky, and the Drumagick duet played for 5,000 people in São Paulo. Patife's remix for Max de Castro's "Pra Você Lembrar" was a hit in the Londoner dance tracks and was included in the main England dance magazines' playlists. Three of Patife's songs were included in the digest Brazil EP, released in England by V Recordings. In 2000, he participated in Otto's double-CD Changez Tout - Samba Pra Burro Dissecado and in Fernanda Porto's album. Patife played in the 2001 reading of the Rock in Rio fete. Also in 2001, he performed in the U.S., Scotland, London, and Amsterdam.
