D ub del ic ' ▁and ▁' Pl aya ', ▁an ▁ec lect ic ▁arrangement ▁of ▁music ▁that ▁mer ges ▁Latin , ▁pop , ▁and ▁disco - f unk . ▁His ▁songs ▁to pped ▁the ▁charts ▁in ▁Venez uel an ▁radio , ▁and ▁out lets ▁like ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁Latin ▁America , ▁Billboard ▁Magazine , ▁and ▁MTV ▁Latin ▁America ▁pra ised ▁P ata f unk ▁for ▁his ▁distinct ively ▁pleasant , ▁“ o cean - like ” ▁sound . ▁P ata f unk ▁became ▁a ▁household ▁in ▁the ▁Venez uel an ▁music ▁scene , ▁deliver ing ▁multiple ▁nation wide ▁t ours ▁and ▁champion ing ▁his ▁own ▁radio ▁show ▁on ▁contemporary ▁music . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁P ata f unk ▁left ▁his ▁tropical ▁coast ▁of ▁Car ac as ▁to ▁take - on ▁the ▁international ▁dynam ism ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁music ▁scene . ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁that ▁followed , ▁P ata f unk ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁DJ ▁and ▁producer , ▁re le asing ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁original ▁singles ▁and ▁rem ix ing ▁songs ▁for ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁The ▁Kno cks , ▁Gold room , ▁Phoenix , ▁Pat ▁Lok , ▁and ▁others . ▁As ▁a ▁DJ , ▁P ata f unk ▁regularly ▁plays ▁throughout ▁NY C ▁and ▁has ▁held ▁res iden cies ▁at ▁NY C ▁st ap les ▁such ▁as ▁O ph elia , ▁Bud d ak an , ▁Z uma , ▁So ho ▁House , ▁Ca fe ▁No ir , ▁Le ▁B ain ,