Patrick Forge

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Patrick Forge is a Jazz, Jazz-dance and Soul music DJ who spent much of the late 1980's and early 1990's DJing alongside Gilles Peterson at the famous Dingwalls club in Camden, North London.

Back in the 80's, Patrick worked for Reckless Records in London, and worked on the pirate radio station Kiss 100. He is originally from Ipswich in Suffolk.

When Kiss 100 FM was given a legal licence in September 1990, Patrick became one of its DJ's with a once-a-week show.

His current show on Kiss 100, The Cosmic Jam from 0100 to 0300 on Sunday nights, used to dovetail perfectly with his old colleague Gilles Peterson who was on BBC Radio 1 from 2300 to 0100, however Peterson's show has since moved back to its original slot on a Wednesday night, but at a later time from 0200 to 0400.

The two DJ's play similar styles of music, have played at numerous clubs and also music weekenders. If anything Patrick strays more into Latin-Jazz styles more nowadays than Gilles, but has also been known to drop tracks from Crosby Stills and Nash, Pentangle, America and Ellen McIlwaine.

He is also a member of Brazilian influenced group Da Lata.