DJ Patife Albums (4)
'Trama Drum 'N' Bass Sessions'
Release Date 12/14/2004
Tracks 11
Label Trama
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What The Critics Say
DJ Patife, one of the most renowned Brazilian electronica artists, here teams up with drum'n'bass artist Mad Zoo (who like DJ Patife is from São Paulo) to work on 11 Brazilian tracks and mold them into their own brand of drum'n'bass. The result is very impressive. The different voices and compositions by excellent artists like Fernanda Porto, Patrícia Marx, Cláudio Zoli, and Wilson Simoninha lend stylistic variety to the album. The three great, elegant, melodic, and very "Brazilian"-sounding tracks by Fernanda Porto -- "Sambassim," "Tudo de Bom," and "Amor Errado" -- constitute the backbone of the album. Patrícia Marx, with "Sem Pensar" and "Demais Pra Esquecer," adds soulful coolness while Wilson Simoninha and Cláudio Zoli, with his jumpy soul-pop, add a lush, more orchestrated form of drum'n'bass with a brass section. From start to finish, this is a very enjoyable album indeed. ~ Philip Jandovský, All Music Guide
'Cool Steps: Drum 'N' Bass Grooves'
Release Date 2/19/2002
Tracks 14
Label Trama
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What The Critics Say
Cool Steps is an album well worthy of one of Brazil's most celebrated drum'n'bass artists. Working with the material of a long row of impressive artists, both Brazilian and international, DJ Patife makes this CD a true pleasure to listen to. It is all drum'n'bass, of course, but the moods and characters of the various tracks vary greatly with the different "guest artists." There are two tracks included by Fernanda Porto, the frenetic "Sambassim" (a big hit in Brazil) and the cooler and melodically more laid-back "Só Tinha Que Ser com Você," which in the hands of DJ Patife becomes much more dancefloor-friendly. Another song that really breathes Brazil is "Esfera" by Technozoide. The English drum'n'bass artist John B. contributes with the fine "The Way I Feel" while another praised Englishman, Cleveland Watkiss, gets the album off to a hot Latin start with "Torch of Freedom." "Supergrass," by Carlito and Addiction, is pure party mood. ~ Philip Jandovský, All Music Guide
'Sounds of Drum'N'Bass'
Release Date 1/1/1999
Tracks 14
Label Sambaloco
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