Fri May 24, 2013
Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 / Brownswood / Worldwide) - 3 hour set
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theLIFT & KCRW proudly present the long awaited return of
GILLES PETERSON (Brownswood / BBC RADIO 6 / Worldwide) - 3 hour set
in his 1st Bay Area appearance in 5 years
+ co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / AFRO FUNKÉ / MUSAICS - LA)
WISEACRE (LOUIE & CHAN / FOUND LOVE - NYC)
our fearless ringleader: JONATHAN RUDNICK
(Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill)
+ just added:
AMP LIVE (Plug Research)
w/ special guest CODANY HOLIDAY
Download AMP LIVE music @
http://www.plugresearch.com/2013/02/free-amp-live-kaleidoscope-theory/
+ in the Upstairs LOFT:
SWEATER FUNK DJ CREW
the city’s most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE since the summer of '08. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack The Knockout in SF's Outer Mission District every Sunday. They’ve won SF Weekly’s Best new club 2009, hosted DJs such as DJ Spinna, Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, Onra, Daz-I-Kue, Kon and Amir, Benedek, Monk-One, Cool Chris, and many more. Come join us, have a dance and introduce yourselves to our little family of bon vivants!
SAN FRANCISCO.... it's been a minute since we were in the bay... all the more reason we are so excited to bring you GILLES PETERSON and his worldwide sounds! our humble opinion... GILLES is the planet's finest musical tastemaker.... how does one begin to describe his influence and seemingly magical ear for music of all types. certainly we are so fortunate to host him once again at theLIFT... so it goes without saying, this is sure be another epic evening! expect the unexpected.... and in true LIFT fashion, no musical genre left unheard! many thanks in advance to PUBLIC WORKS for hosting us all!
$20 advance (((limited amount)))
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5599757024
$25. at the door
9pm-3am • 21+ w/ ID
about theLIFT:
One nomadic, romantic good time under a mirrorball.
Since it's humble beginnings in january 2010, theLIFT has developed into a powerhouse LA and roaming event. Created and hosted by JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) and ERIC TUCKER (DJ WISEACRE), together with the production talents of JONATHAN RUDNICK (Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill) to strengthen their unbridled love and energy of a well-executed party, dedicated to the dance and music community of los angeles and beyond. Each month theLIFT seeks to discover unique locations to house their monthly invocation that has seen the talents of GILLES PETERSON, BONOBO, BLACK COFFEE, MOODYMANN, DANNY KRIVIT, PSYCHEMAGIK, BENJI B, NICKODEMUS, COSMIC KIDS, KARIZMA, DJ SPINNA, RICH MEDINA, KING BRITT, MARK DE CLIVE LOWE & CHURCH, JODY WATLEY, LEON WARE, SPACEK, SIMBAD, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE and LEFTO to name some. theLIFT is committed not to musical genres, but does delight in fine music radiating from many different points of this planet.
about GILLES PETERSON:
When all is said and done, whichever role Gilles is performing – DJ, broadcaster, producer, compiler, label boss or plain old record collector – the music is always the bottom line.
Starting off life as a club DJ, Gilles continues to spin regularly around the world. This year alone has seen him in Rio, Martinique, Tokyo, Havana and most parts of Europe as well as East London of course. As for the radio, his new 3-hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers whilst the syndicated Worldwide radio show continues to spread his musical gospel… well, worldwide. From Sun-Ra to James Blake to Theo Parrish to Flying Lotus – if it swings in the right places, it’s in.
From Acid Jazz to Talkin’ Loud and now Brownswood Recordings, Gilles’s work as an A&R, as a producer; as a remixer and, of course, as the curator of compilations only seems to intensify. His longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical subcultures has manifested itself in five albums under the auspices of the “Havana Cultura” project. The latest of these excursions – ‘Mala in Cuba’ – released in September 2012, sent tremors (literally!) through the electronic underground.
Gilles’ broadcasting roots lie with the burgeoning pirate radio movement in South London during the early 1980s. Inspired by the exciting blend of music broadcast on pirate stations such as Radio Invicta, he set up his own – Civic Radio – and went on to present on a string of pirate stations during it’s golden era – Invicta, KJAZZ, Solar Radio and on Horizon, before landing at BBC London with his show Mad On Jazz and a box of soul, jazz, Latin and boogie records.
Upon leaving BBC London in 1986, Gilles took up a new residency at Dingwalls in Camden, which ran for 5 years. Coinciding with the rise of acid house in UK clubland, the popularity of Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls grew and grew, establishing itself as a legendary session.
This was just one amongst many other significant clubs that Gilles was associated with. Special Branch, Electric Ballroom, Wag Club, Babylon at Heaven, Fez, Talking Loud at the Fridge and not forgetting That’s How It Is at Bar Rumba and his long association with Plastic People. Gilles now curates a number of extraordinary live music events in the UK and internationally including the Worldwide Festival in the south of France, now in its 7th year.
Gilles’ forays into the world of A&R began with Street Sounds, with whom he complied the Jazz Juice series. He then complied the first collection for Blue Note aimed at the new DJ culture and went on to set up his own BGP records and Hardback Recordings. It was 1986 when he co-founded the Acid Jazz imprint – releasing records by the likes of A Man called Adam, Galliano and Brand New Heavies. Then in 1989 Gilles was offered the opportunity by Phonogram to create an imprint label born out of Britains flourishing club culture: Talkin’ Loud. It was with Talkin’ loud that he really cemented his relationship with the new and the old, with innovation and heritage, releasing note worthy material by Omar, Incognito, Galliano and The Young Disciples. Talkin’ Loud became synonymous with Gilles’ own broad taste in music and with no less than 5 Mercury Music Prize nominations under his belt (4hero, Courtney Pine, Young Disciples, MJ Cole and Roni Size Reprazent – the winner in 1997). His reputation was assured.
As a compiler, Gilles has put together over 100 compilation releases making him the undoubted world record holder! He always maintained that he wanted to score as many releases as his early hero Art Blakey… He still has a few more to go!
Having launched Jazz FM as one of the stations founders in 1990, Gilles found himself in hot water after he publicly condemned the first Gulf War on air and was subsequently sacked. Having kicked off his first show for them by playing ‘Fight the Power’ by Public Enemy, it was probably no surprise to them that they were in for an interesting ride.
However Kiss FM opened the doors for an 8-year residency where he built the foundations of his enduringly popular Worldwide radio show. The Worldwide name having been given to him by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots (who’s debut EP had just come out on Talkin’ Loud). Taking Worldwide to BBC Radio 1 in 1998, he has enjoyed 14 years broadcasting the “Worldwide” sound to receptive ears. April 2012 saw a natural progression for Gilles Peterson the broadcaster, swapping his late night BBC Radio 1 slot for a peak time Saturday afternoon session on BBC Radio 6 Music (3pm-6pm). His new 3 hour long Saturday afternoon show on BBC 6Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers and its no surprise that his show regular features in the Top 3 of the most listened to shows at the BBC.
The formula for Gilles’ radio shows is a simple one: the finest new music he can lay his hands on… and that’s it. His shows are a marker for everything that is great about underground music from Brooklyn to Benin and beyond. In addition to his BBC 6 Music show, Gilles records a separate weekly Worldwide programme that is syndicated to 8 stations across the globe including France’s Radio Nova, VRT StuBru-Belgium, Arrow FM in the Netherlands, CRO Wave- Czech Republic, FM4 in Austria, Radio X and WDR Funkhaus Europa – Germany.
Every year, the musical heroes of the global underground are brought together and honoured at the Worldwide Awards – an annual celebration of the best music from the show that year held in London and hosted by Gilles.
Today, Peterson is at the forefront of his own independent label – Brownswood Recordings – which launched in 2006 as an outlet for his favourite new discoveries. Early successes included Ben Westbeech, Jose James (now signed to Blue Note) and last year’s Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet but his favourite remains the debut album by solo pianist Elan Mehler.
2009 saw the birth of a new collaborative project with Havana Club under the moniker “Havana Cultura”. Travelling to Cuba in 2009, Gilles teamed up with the award-winning Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca to find the very best up and coming musical talent in Havana.
These sounds were documented on ‘Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound’ – the biggest collection of contemporary Cuban musicians in a single musical initiative since the highly acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club project in 1997. Continuing his longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical melting pot, Gilles returned to Havana in 2011 alongside co-producers Vince Vella; Simbad (Gilles’ production partner in his remixing endeavours); and bass pioneer Mala (Digital Mystikz), to orchestrate and record new studio sound clashes with a fresh crop of Cuban talent.
Continuing on a production tip, Gilles recently produced two tracks for Roberto Fonseca’s new album ‘Yo’ and co-produced cuts with RedLight and Switch.
More at http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
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GILLES PETERSON (Brownswood / BBC RADIO 6 / Worldwide) - 3 hour set
in his 1st Bay Area appearance in 5 years
+ co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / AFRO FUNKÉ / MUSAICS - LA)
WISEACRE (LOUIE & CHAN / FOUND LOVE - NYC)
our fearless ringleader: JONATHAN RUDNICK
(Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill)
+ just added:
AMP LIVE (Plug Research)
w/ special guest CODANY HOLIDAY
Download AMP LIVE music @
http://www.plugresearch.com/2013/02/free-amp-live-kaleidoscope-theory/
+ in the Upstairs LOFT:
SWEATER FUNK DJ CREW
the city’s most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE since the summer of '08. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack The Knockout in SF's Outer Mission District every Sunday. They’ve won SF Weekly’s Best new club 2009, hosted DJs such as DJ Spinna, Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, Onra, Daz-I-Kue, Kon and Amir, Benedek, Monk-One, Cool Chris, and many more. Come join us, have a dance and introduce yourselves to our little family of bon vivants!
SAN FRANCISCO.... it's been a minute since we were in the bay... all the more reason we are so excited to bring you GILLES PETERSON and his worldwide sounds! our humble opinion... GILLES is the planet's finest musical tastemaker.... how does one begin to describe his influence and seemingly magical ear for music of all types. certainly we are so fortunate to host him once again at theLIFT... so it goes without saying, this is sure be another epic evening! expect the unexpected.... and in true LIFT fashion, no musical genre left unheard! many thanks in advance to PUBLIC WORKS for hosting us all!
$20 advance (((limited amount)))
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5599757024
$25. at the door
9pm-3am • 21+ w/ ID
about theLIFT:
One nomadic, romantic good time under a mirrorball.
Since it's humble beginnings in january 2010, theLIFT has developed into a powerhouse LA and roaming event. Created and hosted by JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) and ERIC TUCKER (DJ WISEACRE), together with the production talents of JONATHAN RUDNICK (Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill) to strengthen their unbridled love and energy of a well-executed party, dedicated to the dance and music community of los angeles and beyond. Each month theLIFT seeks to discover unique locations to house their monthly invocation that has seen the talents of GILLES PETERSON, BONOBO, BLACK COFFEE, MOODYMANN, DANNY KRIVIT, PSYCHEMAGIK, BENJI B, NICKODEMUS, COSMIC KIDS, KARIZMA, DJ SPINNA, RICH MEDINA, KING BRITT, MARK DE CLIVE LOWE & CHURCH, JODY WATLEY, LEON WARE, SPACEK, SIMBAD, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE and LEFTO to name some. theLIFT is committed not to musical genres, but does delight in fine music radiating from many different points of this planet.
about GILLES PETERSON:
When all is said and done, whichever role Gilles is performing – DJ, broadcaster, producer, compiler, label boss or plain old record collector – the music is always the bottom line.
Starting off life as a club DJ, Gilles continues to spin regularly around the world. This year alone has seen him in Rio, Martinique, Tokyo, Havana and most parts of Europe as well as East London of course. As for the radio, his new 3-hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers whilst the syndicated Worldwide radio show continues to spread his musical gospel… well, worldwide. From Sun-Ra to James Blake to Theo Parrish to Flying Lotus – if it swings in the right places, it’s in.
From Acid Jazz to Talkin’ Loud and now Brownswood Recordings, Gilles’s work as an A&R, as a producer; as a remixer and, of course, as the curator of compilations only seems to intensify. His longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical subcultures has manifested itself in five albums under the auspices of the “Havana Cultura” project. The latest of these excursions – ‘Mala in Cuba’ – released in September 2012, sent tremors (literally!) through the electronic underground.
Gilles’ broadcasting roots lie with the burgeoning pirate radio movement in South London during the early 1980s. Inspired by the exciting blend of music broadcast on pirate stations such as Radio Invicta, he set up his own – Civic Radio – and went on to present on a string of pirate stations during it’s golden era – Invicta, KJAZZ, Solar Radio and on Horizon, before landing at BBC London with his show Mad On Jazz and a box of soul, jazz, Latin and boogie records.
Upon leaving BBC London in 1986, Gilles took up a new residency at Dingwalls in Camden, which ran for 5 years. Coinciding with the rise of acid house in UK clubland, the popularity of Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls grew and grew, establishing itself as a legendary session.
This was just one amongst many other significant clubs that Gilles was associated with. Special Branch, Electric Ballroom, Wag Club, Babylon at Heaven, Fez, Talking Loud at the Fridge and not forgetting That’s How It Is at Bar Rumba and his long association with Plastic People. Gilles now curates a number of extraordinary live music events in the UK and internationally including the Worldwide Festival in the south of France, now in its 7th year.
Gilles’ forays into the world of A&R began with Street Sounds, with whom he complied the Jazz Juice series. He then complied the first collection for Blue Note aimed at the new DJ culture and went on to set up his own BGP records and Hardback Recordings. It was 1986 when he co-founded the Acid Jazz imprint – releasing records by the likes of A Man called Adam, Galliano and Brand New Heavies. Then in 1989 Gilles was offered the opportunity by Phonogram to create an imprint label born out of Britains flourishing club culture: Talkin’ Loud. It was with Talkin’ loud that he really cemented his relationship with the new and the old, with innovation and heritage, releasing note worthy material by Omar, Incognito, Galliano and The Young Disciples. Talkin’ Loud became synonymous with Gilles’ own broad taste in music and with no less than 5 Mercury Music Prize nominations under his belt (4hero, Courtney Pine, Young Disciples, MJ Cole and Roni Size Reprazent – the winner in 1997). His reputation was assured.
As a compiler, Gilles has put together over 100 compilation releases making him the undoubted world record holder! He always maintained that he wanted to score as many releases as his early hero Art Blakey… He still has a few more to go!
Having launched Jazz FM as one of the stations founders in 1990, Gilles found himself in hot water after he publicly condemned the first Gulf War on air and was subsequently sacked. Having kicked off his first show for them by playing ‘Fight the Power’ by Public Enemy, it was probably no surprise to them that they were in for an interesting ride.
However Kiss FM opened the doors for an 8-year residency where he built the foundations of his enduringly popular Worldwide radio show. The Worldwide name having been given to him by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots (who’s debut EP had just come out on Talkin’ Loud). Taking Worldwide to BBC Radio 1 in 1998, he has enjoyed 14 years broadcasting the “Worldwide” sound to receptive ears. April 2012 saw a natural progression for Gilles Peterson the broadcaster, swapping his late night BBC Radio 1 slot for a peak time Saturday afternoon session on BBC Radio 6 Music (3pm-6pm). His new 3 hour long Saturday afternoon show on BBC 6Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers and its no surprise that his show regular features in the Top 3 of the most listened to shows at the BBC.
The formula for Gilles’ radio shows is a simple one: the finest new music he can lay his hands on… and that’s it. His shows are a marker for everything that is great about underground music from Brooklyn to Benin and beyond. In addition to his BBC 6 Music show, Gilles records a separate weekly Worldwide programme that is syndicated to 8 stations across the globe including France’s Radio Nova, VRT StuBru-Belgium, Arrow FM in the Netherlands, CRO Wave- Czech Republic, FM4 in Austria, Radio X and WDR Funkhaus Europa – Germany.
Every year, the musical heroes of the global underground are brought together and honoured at the Worldwide Awards – an annual celebration of the best music from the show that year held in London and hosted by Gilles.
Today, Peterson is at the forefront of his own independent label – Brownswood Recordings – which launched in 2006 as an outlet for his favourite new discoveries. Early successes included Ben Westbeech, Jose James (now signed to Blue Note) and last year’s Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet but his favourite remains the debut album by solo pianist Elan Mehler.
2009 saw the birth of a new collaborative project with Havana Club under the moniker “Havana Cultura”. Travelling to Cuba in 2009, Gilles teamed up with the award-winning Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca to find the very best up and coming musical talent in Havana.
These sounds were documented on ‘Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound’ – the biggest collection of contemporary Cuban musicians in a single musical initiative since the highly acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club project in 1997. Continuing his longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical melting pot, Gilles returned to Havana in 2011 alongside co-producers Vince Vella; Simbad (Gilles’ production partner in his remixing endeavours); and bass pioneer Mala (Digital Mystikz), to orchestrate and record new studio sound clashes with a fresh crop of Cuban talent.
Continuing on a production tip, Gilles recently produced two tracks for Roberto Fonseca’s new album ‘Yo’ and co-produced cuts with RedLight and Switch.
More at http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
theLIFT & KCRW proudly present the long awaited return of
GILLES PETERSON (Brownswood / BBC RADIO 6 / Worldwide) - 3 hour set
in his 1st Bay Area appearance in 5 years
+ co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / AFRO FUNKÉ / MUSAICS - LA)
WISEACRE (LOUIE & CHAN / FOUND LOVE - NYC)
our fearless ringleader: JONATHAN RUDNICK
(Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill)
+ just added:
AMP LIVE (Plug Research)
w/ special guest CODANY HOLIDAY
Download AMP LIVE music @
http://www.plugresearch.com/2013/02/free-amp-live-kaleidoscope-theory/
+ in the Upstairs LOFT:
SWEATER FUNK DJ CREW
the city’s most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE since the summer of '08. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack The Knockout in SF's Outer Mission District every Sunday. They’ve won SF Weekly’s Best new club 2009, hosted DJs such as DJ Spinna, Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, Onra, Daz-I-Kue, Kon and Amir, Benedek, Monk-One, Cool Chris, and many more. Come join us, have a dance and introduce yourselves to our little family of bon vivants!
SAN FRANCISCO.... it's been a minute since we were in the bay... all the more reason we are so excited to bring you GILLES PETERSON and his worldwide sounds! our humble opinion... GILLES is the planet's finest musical tastemaker.... how does one begin to describe his influence and seemingly magical ear for music of all types. certainly we are so fortunate to host him once again at theLIFT... so it goes without saying, this is sure be another epic evening! expect the unexpected.... and in true LIFT fashion, no musical genre left unheard! many thanks in advance to PUBLIC WORKS for hosting us all!
$20 advance (((limited amount)))
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5599757024
$25. at the door
9pm-3am • 21+ w/ ID
about theLIFT:
One nomadic, romantic good time under a mirrorball.
Since it's humble beginnings in january 2010, theLIFT has developed into a powerhouse LA and roaming event. Created and hosted by JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) and ERIC TUCKER (DJ WISEACRE), together with the production talents of JONATHAN RUDNICK (Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill) to strengthen their unbridled love and energy of a well-executed party, dedicated to the dance and music community of los angeles and beyond. Each month theLIFT seeks to discover unique locations to house their monthly invocation that has seen the talents of GILLES PETERSON, BONOBO, BLACK COFFEE, MOODYMANN, DANNY KRIVIT, PSYCHEMAGIK, BENJI B, NICKODEMUS, COSMIC KIDS, KARIZMA, DJ SPINNA, RICH MEDINA, KING BRITT, MARK DE CLIVE LOWE & CHURCH, JODY WATLEY, LEON WARE, SPACEK, SIMBAD, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE and LEFTO to name some. theLIFT is committed not to musical genres, but does delight in fine music radiating from many different points of this planet.
about GILLES PETERSON:
When all is said and done, whichever role Gilles is performing – DJ, broadcaster, producer, compiler, label boss or plain old record collector – the music is always the bottom line.
Starting off life as a club DJ, Gilles continues to spin regularly around the world. This year alone has seen him in Rio, Martinique, Tokyo, Havana and most parts of Europe as well as East London of course. As for the radio, his new 3-hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers whilst the syndicated Worldwide radio show continues to spread his musical gospel… well, worldwide. From Sun-Ra to James Blake to Theo Parrish to Flying Lotus – if it swings in the right places, it’s in.
From Acid Jazz to Talkin’ Loud and now Brownswood Recordings, Gilles’s work as an A&R, as a producer; as a remixer and, of course, as the curator of compilations only seems to intensify. His longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical subcultures has manifested itself in five albums under the auspices of the “Havana Cultura” project. The latest of these excursions – ‘Mala in Cuba’ – released in September 2012, sent tremors (literally!) through the electronic underground.
Gilles’ broadcasting roots lie with the burgeoning pirate radio movement in South London during the early 1980s. Inspired by the exciting blend of music broadcast on pirate stations such as Radio Invicta, he set up his own – Civic Radio – and went on to present on a string of pirate stations during it’s golden era – Invicta, KJAZZ, Solar Radio and on Horizon, before landing at BBC London with his show Mad On Jazz and a box of soul, jazz, Latin and boogie records.
Upon leaving BBC London in 1986, Gilles took up a new residency at Dingwalls in Camden, which ran for 5 years. Coinciding with the rise of acid house in UK clubland, the popularity of Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls grew and grew, establishing itself as a legendary session.
This was just one amongst many other significant clubs that Gilles was associated with. Special Branch, Electric Ballroom, Wag Club, Babylon at Heaven, Fez, Talking Loud at the Fridge and not forgetting That’s How It Is at Bar Rumba and his long association with Plastic People. Gilles now curates a number of extraordinary live music events in the UK and internationally including the Worldwide Festival in the south of France, now in its 7th year.
Gilles’ forays into the world of A&R began with Street Sounds, with whom he complied the Jazz Juice series. He then complied the first collection for Blue Note aimed at the new DJ culture and went on to set up his own BGP records and Hardback Recordings. It was 1986 when he co-founded the Acid Jazz imprint – releasing records by the likes of A Man called Adam, Galliano and Brand New Heavies. Then in 1989 Gilles was offered the opportunity by Phonogram to create an imprint label born out of Britains flourishing club culture: Talkin’ Loud. It was with Talkin’ loud that he really cemented his relationship with the new and the old, with innovation and heritage, releasing note worthy material by Omar, Incognito, Galliano and The Young Disciples. Talkin’ Loud became synonymous with Gilles’ own broad taste in music and with no less than 5 Mercury Music Prize nominations under his belt (4hero, Courtney Pine, Young Disciples, MJ Cole and Roni Size Reprazent – the winner in 1997). His reputation was assured.
As a compiler, Gilles has put together over 100 compilation releases making him the undoubted world record holder! He always maintained that he wanted to score as many releases as his early hero Art Blakey… He still has a few more to go!
Having launched Jazz FM as one of the stations founders in 1990, Gilles found himself in hot water after he publicly condemned the first Gulf War on air and was subsequently sacked. Having kicked off his first show for them by playing ‘Fight the Power’ by Public Enemy, it was probably no surprise to them that they were in for an interesting ride.
However Kiss FM opened the doors for an 8-year residency where he built the foundations of his enduringly popular Worldwide radio show. The Worldwide name having been given to him by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots (who’s debut EP had just come out on Talkin’ Loud). Taking Worldwide to BBC Radio 1 in 1998, he has enjoyed 14 years broadcasting the “Worldwide” sound to receptive ears. April 2012 saw a natural progression for Gilles Peterson the broadcaster, swapping his late night BBC Radio 1 slot for a peak time Saturday afternoon session on BBC Radio 6 Music (3pm-6pm). His new 3 hour long Saturday afternoon show on BBC 6Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers and its no surprise that his show regular features in the Top 3 of the most listened to shows at the BBC.
The formula for Gilles’ radio shows is a simple one: the finest new music he can lay his hands on… and that’s it. His shows are a marker for everything that is great about underground music from Brooklyn to Benin and beyond. In addition to his BBC 6 Music show, Gilles records a separate weekly Worldwide programme that is syndicated to 8 stations across the globe including France’s Radio Nova, VRT StuBru-Belgium, Arrow FM in the Netherlands, CRO Wave- Czech Republic, FM4 in Austria, Radio X and WDR Funkhaus Europa – Germany.
Every year, the musical heroes of the global underground are brought together and honoured at the Worldwide Awards – an annual celebration of the best music from the show that year held in London and hosted by Gilles.
Today, Peterson is at the forefront of his own independent label – Brownswood Recordings – which launched in 2006 as an outlet for his favourite new discoveries. Early successes included Ben Westbeech, Jose James (now signed to Blue Note) and last year’s Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet but his favourite remains the debut album by solo pianist Elan Mehler.
2009 saw the birth of a new collaborative project with Havana Club under the moniker “Havana Cultura”. Travelling to Cuba in 2009, Gilles teamed up with the award-winning Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca to find the very best up and coming musical talent in Havana.
These sounds were documented on ‘Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound’ – the biggest collection of contemporary Cuban musicians in a single musical initiative since the highly acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club project in 1997. Continuing his longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical melting pot, Gilles returned to Havana in 2011 alongside co-producers Vince Vella; Simbad (Gilles’ production partner in his remixing endeavours); and bass pioneer Mala (Digital Mystikz), to orchestrate and record new studio sound clashes with a fresh crop of Cuban talent.
Continuing on a production tip, Gilles recently produced two tracks for Roberto Fonseca’s new album ‘Yo’ and co-produced cuts with RedLight and Switch.
More at http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
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GILLES PETERSON (Brownswood / BBC RADIO 6 / Worldwide) - 3 hour set
in his 1st Bay Area appearance in 5 years
+ co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / AFRO FUNKÉ / MUSAICS - LA)
WISEACRE (LOUIE & CHAN / FOUND LOVE - NYC)
our fearless ringleader: JONATHAN RUDNICK
(Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill)
+ just added:
AMP LIVE (Plug Research)
w/ special guest CODANY HOLIDAY
Download AMP LIVE music @
http://www.plugresearch.com/2013/02/free-amp-live-kaleidoscope-theory/
+ in the Upstairs LOFT:
SWEATER FUNK DJ CREW
the city’s most dedicated purveyors of the funky subgenre known as BOOGIE since the summer of '08. Their vision to bring boogie, strictly on vinyl originals, to the masses has earned them a diehard following who pack The Knockout in SF's Outer Mission District every Sunday. They’ve won SF Weekly’s Best new club 2009, hosted DJs such as DJ Spinna, Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, Onra, Daz-I-Kue, Kon and Amir, Benedek, Monk-One, Cool Chris, and many more. Come join us, have a dance and introduce yourselves to our little family of bon vivants!
SAN FRANCISCO.... it's been a minute since we were in the bay... all the more reason we are so excited to bring you GILLES PETERSON and his worldwide sounds! our humble opinion... GILLES is the planet's finest musical tastemaker.... how does one begin to describe his influence and seemingly magical ear for music of all types. certainly we are so fortunate to host him once again at theLIFT... so it goes without saying, this is sure be another epic evening! expect the unexpected.... and in true LIFT fashion, no musical genre left unheard! many thanks in advance to PUBLIC WORKS for hosting us all!
$20 advance (((limited amount)))
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5599757024
$25. at the door
9pm-3am • 21+ w/ ID
about theLIFT:
One nomadic, romantic good time under a mirrorball.
Since it's humble beginnings in january 2010, theLIFT has developed into a powerhouse LA and roaming event. Created and hosted by JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) and ERIC TUCKER (DJ WISEACRE), together with the production talents of JONATHAN RUDNICK (Giant Step co-founder / Noise Pop Culture Club / Flavorpill) to strengthen their unbridled love and energy of a well-executed party, dedicated to the dance and music community of los angeles and beyond. Each month theLIFT seeks to discover unique locations to house their monthly invocation that has seen the talents of GILLES PETERSON, BONOBO, BLACK COFFEE, MOODYMANN, DANNY KRIVIT, PSYCHEMAGIK, BENJI B, NICKODEMUS, COSMIC KIDS, KARIZMA, DJ SPINNA, RICH MEDINA, KING BRITT, MARK DE CLIVE LOWE & CHURCH, JODY WATLEY, LEON WARE, SPACEK, SIMBAD, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE and LEFTO to name some. theLIFT is committed not to musical genres, but does delight in fine music radiating from many different points of this planet.
about GILLES PETERSON:
When all is said and done, whichever role Gilles is performing – DJ, broadcaster, producer, compiler, label boss or plain old record collector – the music is always the bottom line.
Starting off life as a club DJ, Gilles continues to spin regularly around the world. This year alone has seen him in Rio, Martinique, Tokyo, Havana and most parts of Europe as well as East London of course. As for the radio, his new 3-hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers whilst the syndicated Worldwide radio show continues to spread his musical gospel… well, worldwide. From Sun-Ra to James Blake to Theo Parrish to Flying Lotus – if it swings in the right places, it’s in.
From Acid Jazz to Talkin’ Loud and now Brownswood Recordings, Gilles’s work as an A&R, as a producer; as a remixer and, of course, as the curator of compilations only seems to intensify. His longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical subcultures has manifested itself in five albums under the auspices of the “Havana Cultura” project. The latest of these excursions – ‘Mala in Cuba’ – released in September 2012, sent tremors (literally!) through the electronic underground.
Gilles’ broadcasting roots lie with the burgeoning pirate radio movement in South London during the early 1980s. Inspired by the exciting blend of music broadcast on pirate stations such as Radio Invicta, he set up his own – Civic Radio – and went on to present on a string of pirate stations during it’s golden era – Invicta, KJAZZ, Solar Radio and on Horizon, before landing at BBC London with his show Mad On Jazz and a box of soul, jazz, Latin and boogie records.
Upon leaving BBC London in 1986, Gilles took up a new residency at Dingwalls in Camden, which ran for 5 years. Coinciding with the rise of acid house in UK clubland, the popularity of Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls grew and grew, establishing itself as a legendary session.
This was just one amongst many other significant clubs that Gilles was associated with. Special Branch, Electric Ballroom, Wag Club, Babylon at Heaven, Fez, Talking Loud at the Fridge and not forgetting That’s How It Is at Bar Rumba and his long association with Plastic People. Gilles now curates a number of extraordinary live music events in the UK and internationally including the Worldwide Festival in the south of France, now in its 7th year.
Gilles’ forays into the world of A&R began with Street Sounds, with whom he complied the Jazz Juice series. He then complied the first collection for Blue Note aimed at the new DJ culture and went on to set up his own BGP records and Hardback Recordings. It was 1986 when he co-founded the Acid Jazz imprint – releasing records by the likes of A Man called Adam, Galliano and Brand New Heavies. Then in 1989 Gilles was offered the opportunity by Phonogram to create an imprint label born out of Britains flourishing club culture: Talkin’ Loud. It was with Talkin’ loud that he really cemented his relationship with the new and the old, with innovation and heritage, releasing note worthy material by Omar, Incognito, Galliano and The Young Disciples. Talkin’ Loud became synonymous with Gilles’ own broad taste in music and with no less than 5 Mercury Music Prize nominations under his belt (4hero, Courtney Pine, Young Disciples, MJ Cole and Roni Size Reprazent – the winner in 1997). His reputation was assured.
As a compiler, Gilles has put together over 100 compilation releases making him the undoubted world record holder! He always maintained that he wanted to score as many releases as his early hero Art Blakey… He still has a few more to go!
Having launched Jazz FM as one of the stations founders in 1990, Gilles found himself in hot water after he publicly condemned the first Gulf War on air and was subsequently sacked. Having kicked off his first show for them by playing ‘Fight the Power’ by Public Enemy, it was probably no surprise to them that they were in for an interesting ride.
However Kiss FM opened the doors for an 8-year residency where he built the foundations of his enduringly popular Worldwide radio show. The Worldwide name having been given to him by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots (who’s debut EP had just come out on Talkin’ Loud). Taking Worldwide to BBC Radio 1 in 1998, he has enjoyed 14 years broadcasting the “Worldwide” sound to receptive ears. April 2012 saw a natural progression for Gilles Peterson the broadcaster, swapping his late night BBC Radio 1 slot for a peak time Saturday afternoon session on BBC Radio 6 Music (3pm-6pm). His new 3 hour long Saturday afternoon show on BBC 6Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers and its no surprise that his show regular features in the Top 3 of the most listened to shows at the BBC.
The formula for Gilles’ radio shows is a simple one: the finest new music he can lay his hands on… and that’s it. His shows are a marker for everything that is great about underground music from Brooklyn to Benin and beyond. In addition to his BBC 6 Music show, Gilles records a separate weekly Worldwide programme that is syndicated to 8 stations across the globe including France’s Radio Nova, VRT StuBru-Belgium, Arrow FM in the Netherlands, CRO Wave- Czech Republic, FM4 in Austria, Radio X and WDR Funkhaus Europa – Germany.
Every year, the musical heroes of the global underground are brought together and honoured at the Worldwide Awards – an annual celebration of the best music from the show that year held in London and hosted by Gilles.
Today, Peterson is at the forefront of his own independent label – Brownswood Recordings – which launched in 2006 as an outlet for his favourite new discoveries. Early successes included Ben Westbeech, Jose James (now signed to Blue Note) and last year’s Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet but his favourite remains the debut album by solo pianist Elan Mehler.
2009 saw the birth of a new collaborative project with Havana Club under the moniker “Havana Cultura”. Travelling to Cuba in 2009, Gilles teamed up with the award-winning Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca to find the very best up and coming musical talent in Havana.
These sounds were documented on ‘Havana Cultura: New Cuba Sound’ – the biggest collection of contemporary Cuban musicians in a single musical initiative since the highly acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club project in 1997. Continuing his longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical melting pot, Gilles returned to Havana in 2011 alongside co-producers Vince Vella; Simbad (Gilles’ production partner in his remixing endeavours); and bass pioneer Mala (Digital Mystikz), to orchestrate and record new studio sound clashes with a fresh crop of Cuban talent.
Continuing on a production tip, Gilles recently produced two tracks for Roberto Fonseca’s new album ‘Yo’ and co-produced cuts with RedLight and Switch.
More at http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
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