Pat Van Dyke is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer whose music balances the rhythmic intensity of golden-era hip hop with the rich harmony & refreshing subtlety of jazz. 

Pitchfork has called Pat’s music “like Count Basie directing a big band dedicated to lost Roy Ayers compositions”, while legendary DJ and radio personality; Bobbito Garcia has said this about PVD’s artistic output: “what I perceive the album to be is a jazz record that’s produced by someone young enough to be raised on hip-hop.”

Drawing from a diverse palette of sounds, Pat’s music features live instrumentation alongside analog synthesizers, lush horn arrangements, and vintage keyboards, straddling the boundaries of electronic music, jazz, and golden era hip-hop.  

As a recording artist, Pat has recorded and released music with Benny Sings, Mayer Hawthorne, Sadat X (of Brand Nubian), John Robinson, Zac Colwell, Jeff Taylor, and many more.  As a session musician, producer, and sample creator, Pat's work has been heard on records that feature hip-hop legends such as Kool Keith, Masta Ace, Czarface, as well as Sam Barsh, & Suff Daddy,