Gilles Peterson

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Gilles Peterson (2019)

Gilles Peterson MBE (* 28. September 1964 in Caen , France as Gilles Jerome Moehrle ) is a French DJ , radio presenter , curator and music label operators. His musical spectrum includes Dub , Reggae , Jazz , Nu Jazz , Broken Beat , House , Drum and Bass and Hip-Hop .

Life

Peterson grew up as one of three children from a Swiss father from Thalwil and a French mother in south London. As a teenager he discovered his interest in music, especially jazz and funk . He started DJing at school discos and soon started his own pirate station, Civic Radio . He then received his own broadcast on the London pirate station Radio Invicta and from 1986 also worked for BBC Radio London .

In the mid-1980s, Peterson coined the term acid jazz for a style of music that was heavily influenced by jazz and funk of the 1970s. In 1988, Peterson founded the Acid Jazz Records label with Eddie Piller . In 1990 he left Acid Jazz and started Talkin 'Loud , which signed artists like Courtney Pine , MJ Cole , The Young Disciples , Reprazent , 4hero , Incognito , Terry Callier and Galliano .

As a DJ he presented a club night in the London Borough of Camden from 1980 to 1991 . From 1990 onwards, Peterson had a radio show on jazz station 102.2 Jazz FM . During the Second Gulf War , Peterson was fired after being noticed by broadcasters with “inappropriate” music choices and statements about ending the war. Shortly thereafter, he received a new show on Kiss FM that quickly found a large audience and that Peterson kept until 1998.

Peterson then presented the radio show Worldwide on BBC Radio 1 . In addition, he produced an international version of the worldwide show for various radio stations in 15 countries, including Funkhaus Europa ( WDR and Radio Bremen ), before that until its dissolution Radio Multikulti ( RBB ) and FM4 ( ORF ) . He has been running the Brownswood Recordings label since 2006 . In April 2012, Peterson moved to the digital radio station BBC Radio 6 Music , where he has since hosted a three-hour program. In 2016, Peterson launched the online radio Worldwide FM .

As of 2014, his music collection comprised an estimated 50,000 records. As a curator and presenter, he has been involved in the creation of over 100 compilation and mix albums since 1985. As a remixer, he provided reworks for pieces of music by artists such as Kalima , Erik Truffaz , Noro Morales , Raphael Gualazzi , Tito Puente , Keziah Jones and Chambao .

He lives with his Japanese wife Atsuko and their two sons in the London borough of Stoke Newington . Although he has lived in London since the 1970s, he still has French citizenship.

Web links

Commons : Gilles Peterson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bjørn Schaeffner: I'm not retired yet! In: nzz.ch of March 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Stéphane Davet: Gilles Peterson en quatre dates . In: lemonde.fr of June 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Lunch with Gilles Peterson at Primeur, London . In: emirates.com of September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Peter M. Boenisch: "I would rather call it soul ..." . In: spiegel.de of June 5, 2000.
  5. ↑ a b Gilles Peterson . In: bbc.co.uk, accessed on May 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b c Harry Robertson: Gilles Peterson: at home with the superstar DJ . In: ft.com of December 7, 2018.
  7. ^ The Record Sweep: Gilles Peterson . In: youtube.com from December 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Lizzie Enfield: My hols: Gilles Peterson . In: thetimes.co.uk of October 12, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Peterson, Gilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moehrle, Gilles Jérôme (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French DJ, radio presenter, curator and music label operator
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Caen , France