T-Bird’s Minimal Finest:

This weeks minimalist is Patrice Bäumel. Another German Legend… and I promise I am not trying to show off how great Germany is, but fact is, that most pertinent minimal artist are from there.

So another guy who never fails to impress. Born in Germany and now living in Amsterdam, Patrice is a Dj/Producer for many years now. He is an artist who devotes all of his energy to the dancefloor, with his dynamic sets as well as his trademark climaxing productions. His music is full of emotion, dynamic and contrasts of cold, warm, soft and hard: “If you can feel it, it’s good music!”(Patrice)

This guy love to break the rules, crossing genres, melting opposed elements, but it always works out to become a homogenous fresh sound. He calls his sound “ Mutant Pop”, ecletic, eccentric, mutated pulp of modern dance music. He made his debut in 2005 with the release of Mutant Pop on Trapez Records.
Raised on a mixture of 80’s synth pop like Yello, Depeche Mode or Cabaret Voltaire and all kinds of other weird stuff ranging from Frank Zappa to John Coltrane (his dad being a music journalist helped in the matter), Patrice got into electronic dance music in the early 90’s. Illegal warehouse parties were held all over Germany, and your normal discotheque had to make way for a completely different order of untamed energy. Djing was the logical step and soon he had a residency secured at the BASE, one of East Germany’s hottest clubs at the time. Playing alongside guys like Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier or Claude Young he quickly learned the ropes of quality djing – mixing, track selection, crowd control. (ref:PAT)

The production thing really started taking flight after Patrice was chosen Dutch winner of the Red Bull Music Academy 2002. New school electronic dance music has a new household name.

Voila. Have a listen, and enjoy with Volume.