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In 1987 Gilles Peterson, having done his apprenticeship at the Electric Ballroom and developed his own thing as part of Nicky Holloway's Special Branch, was setting up a new club at Dingwalls on a Sunday afternoon. He invited Patrick to join in and for the next 4 and a half years the club ran and pioneered that Acid Jazz thang, as it was the first club to mix hip hop and jazz, seeing the debut of talented performers such as Galliano and the Brand New Heavies to name but a few.
Since then Patrick Forge has been involved in a wide range of DJ activities with London sessions such as The Fez, Respect, Kudu as well as co-hosting with Peterson the Talkin Loud sessions at Brixtons Fridge as well as Djing in Europe and Japan.
During the nineties Patrick has become synonymous with the Rebirth Of Cool series, compiled by Patrick for Island Records. These L.Ps have catalogued the contemporary developments in Jazz related areas of dance music from Gangstarrs Jazz Thing to Jazz Warriors and Chameleon.