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Pat

Holdin' down Bronx traditions...

About Me

Pat has been a HipHop addict for about two decades and is doin' lots of background work, events, booking and workshops for and with other HipHop, Funk and Soul artists out here in Switzerland...Once in a while he spins some of his precious vinyl at clubs throughout planet Funk...Pat is also a long time writer for various publications including More, Word, Backspin, Spitkicker and many more...He's been a member of the worlds oldest HipHop organisation, Afrika Bambaataas Universal Zulu Nation, for about 15 years and has been takin' care of the Swiss Chapters for about a decade now as Zulu King...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People that share the same love for music and culture...

Music:

Straight up HipHop from way back when skillz mattered up to this day...lots of Funk, Soul, Jazz and everything else that may contain breaks for those B-Boys and everybody else gettin' down...just don't get warm with those electronics, it's got to have soul...but as my big brother Afrika Bambaataa said you always got to be lookin' for the perfect beat!

Books:

All the greats of swiss and german literature, everything on civil rights, everything on HipHop, Funk, Soul and Jazz, a whole lot of music magazines and last but not least lots of nonsense...

Heroes:

Everybody from the days of the Bambaataas, the Jazzy Jays, the Kool Hercs, the GM Caz', the N..ga Twins, the Trac 2s, the Spys, the Ken Swifts, the Popmaster Fabels and Shy 149s, Dondis to the KRS Ones, the EPMDs, the Ultramagnetics, the Brand Nubians, the Nas', the ATCQs, the De Las, the Jay-Beez, the Latifahs, the Pete Rocks, the Jay-Zs, the Ivans and the Rosys, to the Juelz, the Dilated Peoples, the Talib Kwelis, the Papooses, the Saigons, the Immortal Techniques, the Banksys, the London Polices and lots of great musicians as the Godfather of Soul Mr. James Brown, Pee Wee, Fred & Maceo, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Bernard Purdie, Idris Muhammad, Mongo Santamaria, Dennis Coffey, Bird, Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, Fela Kuti, Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Baby Huey, Raphael Saadiq, ?uestlove and many more plus a whole bunch of great earth citizens as King, X, Ghandi, Ali, Ustinov and way more...basically everybody that stands up and says what he has to say!

My Blog

The Original Zulu Funk Newsletter 11.11.06

What's good!!!!!!!! First of all a happy anniversary weekend to all our Zulu Fam around the globe...if you don't know, this weekend the Universal Zulu Nation celebrates the 32nd Anniversary of HipHop...
Posted by Pat on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:57:00 PST

Zulu Funk Newsletter 18.09.06

What's good!! The Zulu Funkateer is back again with this months news from all over planet HipHop!!!!!! This week two of the most respected crews in our country celebrate their anniversarys: On saturda...
Posted by Pat on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:11:00 PST

Zulu Funk Newsletter

  What's really good!!!!!   Back again with the latest news and freshest events from all over the globe... Festivals season is definitely on, Frauenfeld has been bringin' acts like Busta Rhy...
Posted by Pat on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:08:00 PST

Zulu Funk Radio Show

Check out the ZuluFunk Radio Show on www.kanalk.ch! Every third tuesday of the month from 10pm to midnite......
Posted by Pat on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:35:00 PST