Pata Music catalog

NEW:

"Graffiti Suite" (Pata 18)

Norbert Stein Pata Music played by NDR Bigband

"... one of the most dynamic radio bigbands with the powerful and expressive realisation of the graphic Pata-composition for improvising orchestra."
An adventure in music for large ensemble: "Graffiti Suite"

Further information about GRAFFITI SUITE

.mp3 files

soundfile "Franz_Pataeng" (ouverture)

soundfile "U.B.U. / No.w.here" (saxsolo-orchestra mass-harmonised movement)

soundfile "Music in 7 houses" (sound scenes)

soundfile "Flocking birds"

soundfile "Hot Spots, Tai Chi & More / Machine people" (transformation of music to language)

Thorsten Benkenstein, trumpet - Ingolf Burkhardt, trumpet - Claus Stoetter, trumpet - Michael Leuschner, trumpet - Philipp Kacza, trumpet - Fiete Felsch, alto saxophone, clarinet, recorder - Peter Bolte, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute - Christoph Lauer, tenor saxophone, flute - Lutz Buechner, tenor saxophon, clarinet, flute - Frank Delle, bariton saxophone, bassclarinet, flute - Markus Steinhauser, tenor saxophone - Gabriel Coburger, tenor saxophone - Dan Gottshall, trombone - Sebastian Hoffmann, trombone - Stefan Lottermann, trombone - Ingo Lahme, bass trombone, tuba - Christophe Schweizer, trombone - Stephan Diez, guitar - Lucas Lindholm, double bass - Vladyslav Sendecki, piano - Marcio Doctor, percussion - Mark Nauseef, drums - Norbert Stein, composition, conductor

CD1 tracks: Franz Pataeng (Part I to IV) - U.B.U. (No.w.here) - Music in 7 houses (First to Seventh house)

CD2 tracks: Flocking birds (The mountain/Purgatory of vowels/Birds´flight) - Hot spots, Tai Chi & More (Global positions/Machine people/Zigzag Aethernitas)

NORBERT STEIN PATA GENERATORS "code carnival" (Pata 17)

" ... Stein lays out precious stones for his players to cut and shape at will. In doing so, they create a multi-faceted musical gem sparkling with the jazzy, classical and improvised elements of the European music tradition."

Further information about CODE CARNIVAL

.mp3 files

soundfile "Monks" (theme)

soundfile "Monks" (saxsolo)

soundfile "Bersten in Rot"

soundfile "Ballade von Zounds! und Pox!"

soundfile "Code Carnival"

Norbert Stein, tenorsaxophone, composition - Michael Heupel, flutes - Thomas Heberer, trumpet - Frank Gratkowski, clarinet - Matthias Muche, trombone - Christopher Dell, vibraphone - Achim Tang, double bass - Klaus Mages, drums

Tracks: Code carnival - Raga vom einfachen Leben (Raga of an ordinary life) - Bersten in rot (Bursting in red) - Liquid bird - Monks - Frozen Kakadu - Sing a pure song - Sterntagebuecher (Star diaries) - Ballade von Zounds! und Pox! (Ballad of Zounds! and Pox!) - Just brave in a brain

PATA JAVA (Pata 16)

Norbert Stein PATA MASTERS
meets
Djaduk Ferianto KUA ETNIKA (Gamelan)

"... innovative compositions in which two modes of musical expression meet and interact, sometimes exchanging roles, but always finding themselves again."

Further information about PATA JAVA

.mp3 files

soundfile Sing a pure song (theme)

soundfile Sing a pure song (gamelan)

soundfile Jiwa (intro)

soundfile Jiwa (flute soloing)

soundfile Speak yomm (saxophone soloing & vocals)

soundfile Sound Theatre of Tukang Pijat

Norbert Stein, tenor saxophone - Michael Heupel, flutes, sub-contra-bassflute - Klaus Mages, drums - Matthias von Welck, bass slitdrums, deep mallets - Christoph Hillmann, electronics
Gamelanorchestra KUA ETNIKA: Djaduk Ferianto, srompet, kendang, voice - Purwanto, bonang, klunthung, rebab - Suwarjiyo, demung - Suharjono, saron, siter, voice - Fredy Pardiman, saron, rebana - Wardoyo, peking, krincing - Sukoco, gender, ketipung, beduk - Sony Suprapto, kempul, gong

Tracks: Sing a pure song - Jiwa - Dialog - Speak yomm - Juzzla Juzzli - Code Carnival - Cublak Cublak Suweng - Sound theatre of Tukang Pijad - Wulang Sunu

Norbert Stein PATA MASTERS "live in Australia" (Pata 15)

"... The Pata Masters´eccentric instrumentation blew their music into pleasantly uncharted waters. Their pieces brimmed with surprises"

Further informations about LIVE IN AUSTRALIA

.mp3 files

soundfile "Monks" (duo flute/sax)

soundfile "liquid bird" (groove/flute/electronics)

soundfile "atonal citizen II" (saxophon)

Norbert Stein, tenorsaxophone - Michael Heupel, flutes, sub-contra-bass-flute - Klaus Mages, drums, percussion - Matthias von Welck, bass-slitdrums, deep mallets - Christoph Hillmann, electronics, percussion

Tracks: parliament of music - monks - wildes Denken - liquid bird - atonal citizen II - chat imaginair - blue stomp

Available in German and French language!

Norbert Stein PATA MUSIC
meets
ARFI "La Belle et la Bête / Die Schoene und das Biest" (Pata 14)

"following the french fairytale of "The Beauty and The Beast"

Further information about LA BELLE ET LA BETE

.mp3 files

soundfile "La Belle"

soundfile "La Bête"

soundfile "Ruine, racontars et persiflage"

Norbert Stein, saxophone, electronics, composition - Jean Mereu, trumpet, textadaption, French narrator - Alain Gibert, trombone, composition - Michael Heupel, flutes - Christoph Hillmann, percussion, electronics, sound sculptures - Christian Rollet, drums percussion, sound sculptures - Josef Hofmann, German narrator - Rolf Wetter, paintings

Tracks: Auf dem Meere (Sur la mer) - Zwei Schwestern (Les deux soeurs) - Die Schoene (La Belle) - Ruin, Klatsch und Tratsch (Ruine, racontars et persiflage) - Der verzauberte Garten (Le jardin enchanté) - Die Fee (La fée) - Das Gespraech im Schloss (Conversation dans le château) - Pas si belle (Nicht so schoen) - Das Biest (La Bête) - Versprechen und Neid (Promesse et jalousie - Die Liebe (l´Amour) - Dance (Tanz)

Norbert Stein PATA BLUE CHIP (Pata 13)

with videotraces by Reinhold Knieps

electronic composition in 4 parts (audiotracks) and 3 videoclips (quicktime-films).

"... offers an interesting concoction of four futuristic-type works that might suggest illusory or otherworldly soundscapes“

Further information about PATA BLUE CHIP

.mp3 files

soundfile "otherlands"

soundfile "you be you"

soundfile "continental breakfast"

Norbert Stein, computer, electronics, composition - Reinhold Knieps, recycling, remix and composition of videotraces

Tracks (music): continental breakfast II - you be you - blue chip - otherlands
Tracks (films with music): you be you - blue chip - otherlands

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Pata Maroc" (Pata 12)

with soundscapes of Rabat & Marrakesch by Michael Ruesenberg

"... here, sound in its purest and unaltered form finds its place alongside its own transformation beyond all recognition"

Further informations about PATA MAROC

.mp3 files

soundfile "Navratil" s

soundfile "Inside chella"

soundfile "Marasouks"

Norbert Stein, sax, electronics - Rachid Zeroual, nei, kawala (oriental flutes) - Han Buhrs, voice, electronics - Michael Heupel, flutes, sub-contra-bassflute - Klaus Mages, drums, percussion - Christoph Hillmann, drums, electronics - Matthias von Welck, bass-slitdrums, deep mallets - Michael Ruesenberg, soundscapes

Tracks: Railships to Rabat - White birds on bare Trees - Parliament of music - Marasouks - Absinth in Oudayas - Bamboo interior - Outside Balima - Storks over Rabat - Inside Chella - Djema voices - Navratil - Atonal Citizen - Nightgarden

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Pata Bahia" (Pata 11)

"... rhythms, cultic chants, tropical vibrations, musical border crossing"

Further information about PATA BAHIA

.mp3 files

soundfile "I Ching das Áquas"

soundfile "Wildes Denken"

Norbert Stein, tenor saxophone - Angela Lopo, voice, agogo - Michael Heupel, flute - Reiner Winterschladen, trumpet - Cinho d'Amatta, guitar, voice - Ivan Bastos, bass - Lourival Araújo, berimbao, voice - Gabi Guedes, atabaques, congas, djembe, voice - Mônica Millet, djembe, udu, atabaques - Alexandre Lins, pandeiro, caxixi, cuica, djembe - Klaus Mages, drums - Matthias von Welck, bass slitdrum

Tracks: Maria Fumaça - Cats on the roof - Santíssima Trinidade - I Ching das Águas - Roda de sete - Osho Ibi - Odé- Wildes Denken - Aguas de Oxalá - Côco Quebrado - Alaúde

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Graffiti" (Pata 9)

"... a fine balance between progressive jazz and ancient percussion styles"

.mp3 files

soundfile "blue stomp"

soundfile "graffiti"

Norbert Stein, tenor saxophone - Michael Heupel, soprano flute, alto flute, bass flute, sub-contra-bass flute - Horst Grabosch, trumpet - Matthias von Welck, bass slit drums - Klaus Mages, drums

Tracks: Community - Liquid bird - Sharkey's - Blue stomp - Thermidor - DuduWawa - Basic instinct - Graffiti - X-mas

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Blue slit" (Pata 8)

"... quiet songs full of magic alternate with exciting extemporizations."

.mp3 files

soundfile "Ruth is back to Joseph"

soundfile "blue slit"

Norbert Stein - tenor & soprano saxophone, bass slit drums, marimbula, silversticks, khaen ; Michael Heupel - soprano flute, alto flute, bass flute, sub-contra-bass flute; Reiner Winterschladen - trumpets, kalimba; Klaus Mages - drums, bass slitdrums, berimbao, percussion

Tracks: Ruth is back to Joseph - Stille Menschen - Fremde - Niding summer - Lowena - Es wird einmal - Mein halblaechelnder Freund - Mother earth - Call me - The Zenuugh people - Bastard - The light - Blue slit

NORBERT STEIN "News of Roi Ubu"
PATA MUSIC meets ARFI (Pata 10)

"... an intensive exchange of experience between musicians who have developed similar ideas in different parts of Europe."

Further information about NEWS OF ROI UBU

.mp3 files

soundfile "Liptone Galaxy"

soundfile "Ubu´s talking"

Norbert Stein, tenor saxophone, electronics - Michael Heupel, flutes - Maurice Merle, alto- & soprano saxophone - Jean-Paul Autin, alto- & sopranino saxophone - Michael Riessler, bass clarinet, sopranino saxophone - Jean Mereu, trumpet, voice - Patrick Charbonnier, trombone - Jacques Veilé, trombone - Horst Grabosch, trumpet - Han Buhrs, vocal - Albrecht Maurer, violin - Xavier Garcia, synthesizer, machines - Jean Bolcato, bass, voice - Christian Rollet, drums, percussion - Alfred Spirli, drums, percussion - Klaus Mages, drums, percussion - Matthias von Welck, bass slit drums, gongs - Christoph Haberer, drums, electronics - Frank Koellges, drums, synthesizer

CD 1 Tracks: Introduction - Chat imaginaire - Maître de plaisir - Treomphe - Ubu's talking - Autism cap - Die ultravioletten Dinge, die uns verboten waren - Absinth - Speak yomm - Lip tone galaxy - Chaboud

CD 2 Tracks: La fête surreale - Nut is Wahn - Von der toenenden Insel (carnet de la vie) - Enige Nurksen - Yomm, l'amour absolu - Ubu´s logbook - Pata in Rouen - Elektrische Libellen - Ubu's love - Just rave in a bin bar

NORBERT STEIN PATA ORCHESTER "The Secret Act of Painting" (Pata 7)

"... playful imagination and mature soundings"

Further information about THE SECRET ACT OF PAINTING

.mp3 files

soundfile "Petruschka"

soundfile "Dunkle Wolken"

Norbert Stein, composition, tenor & soprano saxophone bass clarinet, synthesizer, percussion - Andreas Gilgenberg, alto saxophone, alto & bass clarinet, slit drum, gongs - Michael Heupel, soprano- & alto flute, sub-contra-bass flute - Frank Gratkowski, bass clarinet - Reiner Winterschladen, trumpet - Achim Fink, trombone, tuba - Joachim Gellert, trombone - Viola Kramer, synthesizer, live electronics - Frank Koellges, drums, timpani.

Tracks: Introduction - Helden - Unterste Zeit - Africain - Liquid bird - Gentle mental journey - Koenigskinder - In a woman's mood - Di Wing -Kymenlaakson laulu - The people of Yomm - Petruschka - The path - Israel adventi - The bridge of iron roses - Glucklich - Dunkle Wolken - Iron painting

NORBERT STEIN PATA ORCHESTER "Ritual life" (Pata 5)

"... a rare souvenir of a voyage through European music tradition."

.mp3 files

soundfile "mother earth"

soundfile "old folks not at home"

Norbert Stein, composition, tenor & soprano saxophone - Andreas Gilgenberg, alto saxophone, bass- & alto clarinet, flute - Hennes Hehn, tenor saxophone, clarinet - Reiner Winterschladen, trumpet - Joachim Gellert, trombone, bass trombone - Achim Fink, trombone, tuba, euphonium - Ali Maurer, violin, synthesizer - Viola Kramer, synthesizer - Frank Koellges, drums - Basa Vujin-Stein, vocals - Peter Stuehlen, sound sculptures

Tracks: Arise - Mother earth - Beautiful life - Die Muehle - Old folks not at home - Es wird einmal gewesen sein - Norden - Weird poetry - Josebas Traum - Atomic cafe - Last ballad - Die Namen - Ritual life - Huomaamaton

Following releases are no more available on CD:

PATA ORCHESTER "die fünf Tage" (Pata 1)
PATA TRIO "Lucy und der Ball" (Pata 2)
PATA ORCHESTER "Die wilden Pferde der armen Leute" (Pata 3)
PATA HORNS "new archaic music" (Pata 4)
PATA HORNS "talking people" (Pata 6)

These releases are for the most part available as download at Finetunes Music Store.
You can choose single tracks or complete albums.

PATA MUSIC CD-CATALOG

Overview of available PATA-CDs:

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Pata Bahia" (Pata 11)

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Graffiti" (Pata 9)

NORBERT STEIN PATA MASTERS "Blue slit" (Pata 8)

NORBERT STEIN PATA ORCHESTER "The Secret Act of Painting" (Pata 7)

NORBERT STEIN PATA ORCHESTER "Ritual life" (Pata 5)