He moves between musical styles and has also invented the language game and cultural concept New Amigos.
He has toured the US and Europe and has been a guest artist among others with Michael Ruff & The Yellow Jackets.
In 1999 released the album Hot Cubano, where he brought four musicians from Cuba to Norway for the recording and a nationwide tour.
Patey's compositions are used for teaching materials, as well as on international successes like Café del Mar, A Winter’s Solstice and Northern Lights.
In 1985 he created the ambient «Eventyrland» for fanciful scenes in Trollgrotten, contained inside the Troll of Hunderfossen Familiepark.