User:Giuseppe Patane'

Giuseppe Patane' is a music producer, bass player, multi-instrumentalist, architect and art director from Bagnara Calabra, Southern Italy. He's based in Los Angeles, California since 1997. His music is defined as Electronica, Orchestral, Minimalistic, Alternative, Healing, Downtempo, World, Visual, Pop.

Also called: Pata, Patanex, Giuseppe Patane, Bizarro.

From Bagnara Calabra, Southern Italy, Giuseppe started playing acoustic guitar at the age of 10, and bass became his main instrument at 14. After several years spent in Milan as a performer and arranger, and a period of sessions and recordings at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he finally moved to LA. It is always exciting to watch and hear his ability to blend African music, Jamaican reggae and Western pop and rock with a little bit of “tarantella” (native to his homeland Calabria) into one special sound.

On May 16 2004, at the historic Circus Maximus in Rome, the world’s top musical artists (Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli, Anjelique Kijio, Soundz of Africa, Carmen Consoli, Herbie Hancock, Josh Groban, Juanes, Khaled, Ennio Morricone, Noa, Norah Jones, Patti Austin, Santana, Stomp, Take 6, Zucchero), entertainers (Angelina Jolie, Naomi Campbell, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker), dignitaries and government leaders were gathered to secure a better future for children suffering in the most war-torn regions of the world. The We Are The Future Concert was broadcast around the globe through television, webcast, radio and printed media. 20 years after “We Are The World” (written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson) Quincy Jones produced “We Are The Future”, with Giuseppe Patane’, Sunny Levine and Rod Temperton. The DVD of the epic concert in Rome was released in fall 2004 and distributed since 2006.

His wide range of works and collaborations as a performer, producer and composer ranges from Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Stewart Levine, Sunny Levine, Hugh Masakela, Lalo Schifrin, Herbie Hancock, Take 6 to Eddie Kramer, Warren Cuccurullo, Terry Bozzio, Mickey Avalon, Mocean Worker, Surface10, Khaled, Pete Yorn, Scarlett Johansson, Holly Palmer, Damian, Talvin Singh, Joachim Cooder, Manuel Stagars, David Sanborn, to name a few, as well as recording sessions at Capitol Studios, Paramount, Cello Studios, Ocean Way Studios, The Village Recorder, Paul Allen’s Vulcan, Forum Village Rome, etc.

Honorable Mention Awards: World Section with song “Uyaye”. Usa Songwriting Competition (2007) The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (2007)