For his return on stage, the singer-songwriter PATRICE chose the Toulouse stage of the BIKINI to start his 2023 tour « The Super Tour ». After a break of several years in the hills of Jamaica, the talented artist offered us a concert full of good vibes this Tuesday, March 7.
PATRICE grew up in the suburbs of Cologne, Germany, listening to the sounds of Bob Marley, Burning Spears, Fela Kuti, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and also rap. Born to a Sierra Leonean father and a German mother, he started writing his own songs at the early age of 12 after the sudden death of his father. During his concert at Bikini, PATRICE honored us by playing his very first song, as well as his hits contained in his best of named « Super Album » released on October 6, and unreleased songs from his upcoming album.
Arrived in good number, the public was cool and smiling, like the artist he came to see in concert.
After a lively first part provided by the Reunionese Rawb and his fellow beatmaker Trka, PATRICE took place on stage accompanied by a bassist, a drummer and a keyboardist.
The good vibes and the energy of the trio invaded the crowd present in the room and the balcony of the Bikini.
Armed with his acoustic guitar, his electric guitar or simply his microphone, the creator of the ‘Sweggae’ (Reggae Swing) style delivered a high quality performance with more than 20 songs played.
At the same time in interaction with the public and in his artistic ‘bubble’, PATRICE made the happiness of the amateurs of his musical universe. He linked calm sounds with more rhythmic pieces, didn’t hesitate to let his musicians express themselves on stage, allowing us to live some ‘experiences’ as they must have in the intimacy of a studio. PATRICE often stopped during his performance to thank the audience for coming, for being there for him despite his long absence (7 years), he even seemed surprised ! PATRICE also conveyed his positive message about life and his ‘love yourself first’ philosophy during the 2 hours of his show.
To give a glimpse of the concert, the talented artist arrived on stage at 9:30 pm dressed in his orange beanie, matching shirt, black chino pants and a nice pair of Salomon sneakers. He entered with the song « Change Today », followed by « Hippies With Guns », and then did a reggae cover of « Rivers of Babylon » by Boney M. After « Boxes », « Everyday Good », « Up In My Room », « It Hurt to Be » and « Alone », we also had the chance to attend the performance of a Jamaican friend of PATRICE : YAAD CORE, a reggae-dancehall artist. The Cologne-based singer-songwriter went on to perform several of his signature tracks, including « Music », « Cry Cry Cry », « Sunshine » and the very popular « Soulstorm » with which he ended his performance. The audience kept singing the chorus of this song, determined to get the trio back on stage.
For the 1st encore, PATRICE played his own version of the Beach Boys’ hit « Good Vibrations ». The artist used the drum loop of the famous Queens rap group, Mobb Depp, to remix this cult song. PATRICE then gave the audience of Bikini 2 exclusive sounds from his next album, « 50 » and « What We’re made of » before leaving the stage. The public, always so motivated to continue the concert, hummed the melody of this last sound to make PATRICE leave the backstage. Happy and even moved by the welcome that the audience of Toulouse had given him, the artist of Sweggae came back on stage by singing « Africanize Dem ».
Despite the departure of the artists from the stage, the crowd remained in place for long minutes to enjoy the last good vibes that still hovered in the room.
It’s hard to leave a concert of PATRICE because the performance is so cool and the vibes are good ! If you are in Nimes, Strasbourg, Metz, Reims, Le Mans, Saint-Malo and of course Paris, go and take your seat HERE ! The announcement of the imminent release of a new album is surely synonymous of a next tour… We can’t wait !
