What makes a protest song? The Specials should know. First time around, back when the 70s were lurching into the 80s, they sang of racism, war, unemployment and the rough edges of urban life, and never in the same way twice. As the multiracial flagship of the 2 Tone movement, they made a political statement every time they stepped on stage. June 2021 saw the 40th anniversary of their last and greatest protest song, Ghost Town, a record that will retain its eerie power as long as there are concrete jungles, empty dancehalls and desperate spasms of violence.
 
It's fitting, then, that in 2021 the Specials are releasing Protest Songs 1924-2012, an unpredictable collection of unique takes which celebrates the long history and endless versatility of the form, from folk to post-punk, from righteous uplift to biting satire, and from Kingston to Alabama. It’s a potent reminder that there are no fixed rules to templates for a protest song. All that’s required is the combination of something that needs to be said with music that needs to be heard. “People have been using music as a vehicle for protest since time immemorial,” says bass-player Horace Panter. “Injustice is timeless.”
 
“2020 was the year of protest, wasn’t it?” says Horace. “It was in the air. The hardest part of the whole record was deciding what songs to use.” Following the musical liberation of Encore, genre was no obstacle. Each song demands a different arrangement or tone of voice. “We thought, let’s throw out the musical constraints of the Specials. There’s not a tonic suit or Fred Perry in sight. We don’t want to deny our past, because that enables us to do what we do now, but we have our own creative minds to make up.”

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A Brazilian Drum & Bass legend, he has played the globe: from WMC
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to Sonar Festival (Spain).
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Festival (Sardinia), ‘I Will’ feat. Vangeliez & DRS and ‘Living Together’
EP feat. MC Fats & Stamina MC.


Fim dos anos 80, São Paulo, Wagner Ribeiro de Souza, conhecido como DJ Patife, começa se aventurar com suas fitas cassetes em bailes de garagem, quermesses, festas de aniversários e afins, influenciado pelos programas de rádios das equipes de som Chic Show, Black Mad, Kaskatas, Zimbabwe e a seguir,  de DJ's como Iraí Campos, DJ Hum, Kljay, Ricardo Guedes, Tibor, Marky entre outros.

Pouco tempo depois, a primeira grande escola, o movimento Hip-Hop, foi DJ do grupo Fatos Reais, sua primeira grande experiência como DJ até então.

1995, o DJ realiza um grande sonho, é contratado para tocar na Arena Music Hall em Interlagos, São Paulo, local esse onde viveu boa parte de sua adolecência.

1997, primeira viagem a Londres.

1998, a segunda, onde conheceu pessoas influentes no mundo da música eletrônica naquela cidade.

Ano 2000, começa a produzir remixes para artistas da música brasileira, em parceria com os renomados produtores Xerxes de Oliveira & Mad Zoo, destacando-se com a cantora e compositora Fernanda Porto, e a música "Sambassim"  e "Só tinha de ser com você" de Tom Jobim & Elis Regina a qual fez parte da trilha sonora da novela "Um anjo caiu do céu" da Tv Globo.

Desde então, o DJ cruzou os sete mares, tocando em mais de 50 países entre clubs e festivais renomados como Homelands, Glastonboury, The Big Chill, The Montreux Jazz Festival (França), Exit (Serbia), Shizuoka Festival (Japão), WMC (Miami), Rock In Rio (RJ & Lisboa), Festival de Verão (Salvador), Ceará Music (Fortaleza, Planeta Atlântida (RS) e todas as edições do Skol Beats (SP).

Trabalhou e remixou artistas como Fernanda Porto, Cleveland Watkiss, Stamina MC, MC Fats, Dynamite MC, Raissa, Daniela Mercury, Marcelinho da Lua, Deeplick, Ramilson Maia, Laura Finnochiaro, Edson Cordeiro, João Parahyba, Trio Mocotó, Tribalistas, Funk Como Le Gusta, Max Viana, Mafalda Minnozzi, Mariene de Castro, Cortejo Afro, Jota Veloso, Marcelo Mira, João Viana, Simoninha, Max de Castro, Jair Oliveira, Bocato, Ulisses Rocha, André Andreo, Zuco 103 (Holanda), Koop (Suécia), Les Gammas (GMBH), Da Lata (UK)  e Satomi (Japão).

Cd's lançados: 7

Prêmios: Revista DJ Sound: Melhor música eletrônica de 2003 - Só Tinha De Ser Com Você

VMB Mtv 2003 - Melhor Video de música eletrônica. Sambassim

Prêmio Tim 2007: Melhor cd música eletrônica: Na Estrada.

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