SOUND COALITIONS / Episode 30: Guest Mix featuring Patrick Walsh

Sound Coalitions by Christopher Foor

Patrick Walsh, aka Tropico Virgo, is a Miami local with a passion for disco, funk, and leftfield house. He's been Dj'ing since 2008, and has an extensive history influencing the Miami music scene by creating and curating parties that call to alternative genres in electronic music. His first party, Nightdrive, would later on be Christened as the name for a popular music blog. Next, he would work with the Safe parties that rocked the Electric Pickle. He also created Klangbox.fm that showcases artists and their mixes from inside a renovated AirStream RV, and currently books for the Extra Credit parties at Floyd, part of Club Space. In addition to these parties that he curates, he's a resident at the Citadel Miami, and The Standard Hotel Miami Beach. Patrick's music library holds many rare and beautiful gems from the disco and nudisco genres. His sets have a consistency of being fun, dancey, free, and accented by intelligent timing for mixing in a way that plays one track's strength off the other. In addition to his curation and DJ'ing, Patrick is an ally for LGBTQ+, women, non-binary artists, and people of color. He actively works to promote a diverse sound and background of the artists he books for the parties he created. His strong dedication to providing spaces for alternative genres to exist in Miami is complemented by his kind and down to earth demeanor. There is so much knowledge that he has about music, but with his humility, it might take a bit of prying! Thank you to Patrick for keeping the music scene in Miami open to new sounds and artists. You can check out more about Patrick and his events here: www.klangbox.fm https://soundcloud.com/tropico-virgo