Lead by the multi-instrumental, multilingual Pat Marks, Pataphysics has built a strong following for their original blend of hip hop, soul, jazz and global rhythms. With influences such as Miles Davis, Zakir Hussain, Fela Kuti, Dangelo and Public Enemy, Pataphysics’ live shows are dynamic and fresh, incorporating his powerful politically conscious flows with freestyle poetry, live improvised beats and percussion, and even traditional north Indian rhythms. Pataphysics has toured and performed all over Australia, performing along side artists such as: DEAD PREZ, POIRIER, THE NARCICYST, AMIR SALIMAN, OLMECHA SUPREME, BATUCADA SOUND MACHINE, APACHE INDIAN, M-PHASES, MISTA SAVONA, JOELISTICS, CURSE OV DIALECT, BARONS OF TANG, 360 and PEZ among others. Touring Highlights include -RISE Festival 2011 -Folk Rhythms and Life Festival 2010 -National tour supporting Olmecha Supreme (NZ) -Opening night of Sydney Festival 2010 -Opening night of Adelaide Fringe Festival (20,000 people) -Falls Festival NYE 2008 -Back to back winner of The Uber Lingua Intercontinental Multilingual MC Production/Composition Always in demand for his signature Trumpet/Flugel style, Pat Marks AKA ‘Pataphysics’ is a highly accomplished writer, composer and producer. A Mercury prize winning Song Writer (Speech Debelle/Ninja Tune 2009), Pat has produced many artists including: Speech Debelle, 360 and Pez, Fear of a Brown Planet and Lotek. Pat has written and produced for local and international labels including Ninja Tune, 299 (Russia) and Soulmate. His trumpet stylings have featured on recordings alongside Rob Swift (X-ecutioners), S1 (Strange fruit project), Braille, Ohmega Watts, Othello, Rosie Burgess, Skryptcha (Obese), and Ishu (Foreign Dub). Pat Marks is the Music & Arts coordinator of R.I.S.E (Refugees, Survivors, and Ex-Detainees), running ongoing music, beat making, and poetry workshops, as well as providing recording & production for young refugee artists at his studio, The City of the 9 Gates. His specialist music, poetry and hip hop teaching experience has taken him all over Australia, and he is currently running the music and hip hop programs for juvenile justice detainees in Melbourne, teaching music in community high schools, and is the music and poetry/rap teacher at Footscray Arts Centres “Hip Hop Academy”. Pataphysics are working on their debut solo album due out 2012. www.pataphysics.com All press enquiry's: info@pataphysics.com MC/ Trumpet Player/ Producer /Live