Patricia Maertens
Patricia Maertens
© 2001 Patricia Maertens (634479202971)
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On the edge of Nu Soul.This innovative Funk electro vibe, grooves & moves your mind somewhere new. Experience the powerful, sensual vocals from this beautiful poet.
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- 2 Burn
- 3 Spin Out
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Meet the future of Nu Soul. It is vocalist/songwriter/producer Patricia Maertens mix of the raw emotion of India Arie, the sophisticated grooves of Jill Scott and the experimental funk of Nelly Furtado. It's powerful, feisty and goes beyond your parent's soul records.
Inspired by her unique upbringing, Patricia ventured toward a new direction in Soul. Born in Hollywood and raised in the inner city of Inglewood, she spent her first years listening to her 1580 KDAY heroes Rufus, Rose Royce and Rick James. Weekends meant listening to conga rhythms floating out of Centinela Park. But her teenage years, spent in the sleepy beach town of Palos Verdes, left her searching for new music. She found it in the abstract words of 70's punk poetess Patti Smith, in the voice of Bessie Smith with her poignant sadness and in the timeless funk of Stevie. Spending summers in the rainforests of El Salvador (home of her mother) and a few cold winters in her father's homeland of Germany also filled her ears with international sounds adding to Patricia's growing musical palette.
Seeing life and the world from very different places has given Patricia a point of view few others share. Her original words, funky rhythms and raw soulful voice are creating quite the buzz in the Los Angeles urban underground music scene. Patricia live cannot be missed! She has played at the Temple Bar, The Mint, Genghis Cohen and other great LA Venues.
Her songs have been heard on T.V. shows "The Shield" "Knock First" and others. She began her musical training studying under the tutelage of legendary film composers and Jazz musicians at the prestigious Dick Grove School of Music (sadly, now defunct) and graduated from both the vocal and composition programs. Upon completion, Patricia was awarded a full scholarship to attend Musicians Institute.
Patricia produced her first 3 song CD with film composer Shawn Patterson
whose credits include scoring for the hit animation series "Ren & Stimpy". On her newest CD-Numero Dos- she enlisted the help of Musicians and Producers who have worked with Macy Gray, Rosy, Kim Hill, Medusa and Feline Science and Ozomatli.
However, Patricia remains her own woman. She wrote the music and lyrics to the songs as well as acting as president of her indie label Lothario Records. "This is music without compromise," says Patricia. Welcome to the future of Nu Soul.
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innovative, smooth; the new flava in the Neo SOul Movement
author: SPIRITmusic is refreshing. straight honest, melodies and rythem combine to create pure listening pleasure, 5 stars
- author: Cris Van Loan - Writer for Women of MP3, MusicDish.com, Indie-M
Patricia Maertens performs a style of music that could easily be defined by the hot new genre known as neo soul. But there is more to this musical chameleon than the basic ingredients of soul, R&B and funk. The songs Patricia writes and performs "shape shift" often, fluidly blending elements of rock and soul into something new and unique.
- author: Jack "papa" Baer/ Big Baer Urban Alternative Music Magazine/ Bi
Extremely cutting edge...and so very appropriate! This music, is what the industry and the public needs. Creativity, intelligence, and uninhibited soul. Very raw...
- author: Karen Kosowski/ President /estrogenmusic.com
Patricia Maertens blends funky infectious beats with a melodic jazz vocal sensibility and great lyrics.... it's enough to make even the squarest soul get up and dance! Not only is she a great artist but she is a generous soul dedicated to improving the independent community.
- author: Andy Asch/consumer Reveiw
Singer songwriter usually means a songwriter who can¹t sing. But Patricia Maertens has a strong, jazzy voice that adds power to her kinetic tunes. Finally, a singer songwriter who can do both !
- author: ©2001 Intergrated Arts Radio /david M. Boosamra /music Programme
The vocal tenacity of Patricia is supreme. The heartfelt emotion pours forth from her tiny frame, as she suddenly becomes larger than life. The perfect performer, she bounces from instrument to instrument in search of pulling your heartstrings even tighter with her arsenal. We with heavy heart might be overwhelmed. But we with full heart find this Nelly Furtado; beat street jazz peppered with burning flakes of Fiona Apple in her more outrageous form, which is constant. We secure the belief that Miss Paté, or Patricia, or whatever you want to call her (demon – foul temptress – angel – spire of hope?) may have a bit more “class” than Fiona, though Fifi is known to be original in her rants.
- author: Tim Schweitzer/program Manager/netradio.com
Patricia's sound is refreshing to hear....soulful, funky, tight yet loose with a touch of grit and sadness. A very confident voice!
- author: Richard James Simpson
In the vein of "Tell me something good" ala Rufus and Chaka Khan, Patricia Maertens strikes a penetrating chord with velvety vocal stylings and old-school sensibility songwriting. The three-song CD is the debut release on Maertens' Lothario Records. The tracks are blistering funk-ballad elegies to wrong-turn relationships and self-discovery. Maertens' range of vocal prowess comes in loud and clear throughout the collection. Godspeed PM.