BRAZIL‘S UNDERGROUND HOUSE MUSIC COME TRUE
Brazil finally has it‘s own Underground House Music, too! For years, the local scene has indulged in copying the great European role models. Consequently, the results often not only lacked the original spirit, but also an authentic Brazilian Flavour. Now, one man has set out to change it all, his name: Renato Patriarca.
Renato is the man behind acts like Dubhead, Los Brutos, or most of all, Minima, which are Brazil‘s Live-PA pioneers of choice. Over the last two years, the man has finally achieved what only very few other Brazilian producers have even looked for yet: a genuine Brazilian House Music style.
He does so without ever falling into that „Samba-House“ pitfall which has erased any interest in „authentic“ Brazilian electronic music in the past. But rather by creating a tough and vibrant, yet poetic atmosphere that seems to come directly from the streets of Sao Paulo instead. A leitmotiv that we can observe in all of his productions: a certain rough and hedonistic funkyness beyond the standard clichés of what people perceive as „Brazilian".
And - he is ready to strike his own market via the most potent force the electronic music circuit has to offer, namely releases on internationally acknowledged labels. His release list already encompasses Germany‘s Craft Music and Killa Beat Records, USA‘s System Recordings or Italy‘s big name Electronic Petz. But this is only the beginning, his latest release on Berlin‘s fresh Bergmann zu Fuss imprint (a musical collaboration with label owner Zuckermann) has already cashed in big-time acknowledgment by some of the industries big names du jour, among them DJ Hell‘s „Teufelswerk“ producer Mijk van Dijk, Ali Dubfire, Patrick Zigon and others, placing it next to Ame, Loco Dice, or Steve Bug.
His characteristic Brazil flavoured Underground House can also be found in the way he treats his DJ-sets, percussive and ultimately funky. Consequently, Renato, who is a fun and very energetic personality, now ranks among the top DJs of the country. He plays clubs like D-Edge, Vegas, A Loca, Dama de Ferro, or Deputamadre and is also resident of Ilhabela SummerStage festival plus of his very own party series Plastik (with Paulo Tessuto). So, his unique DJ-approach has not also thrilled audiences in London, Zurich, or Rechenzentrum Club Berlin recently, but also made him play along acts like Hot Chip, Mike Monday his fellow Brazilian Gui Boratto, or even the Arctic Monkeys! Therefore, his next European tour is well on its way.
But, the Brazilian protagonist of the International Style we call electronic music today, won‘t stop here, after all, he is a man on a mission. And that is, to continue to give Brazil its very own voice in the only contemporary art form people can dance to.
Ralph Fuss, May2009 - Berlin