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Gilles Peterson

February 2024

  • A scene at Cosmic Slop in Leeds.

    Club culture
    Disco, jazz and frogs doing techno: Cosmic Slop, the Leeds club night resisting gentrification

    Four Tet and Floating Points are among the star DJs obsessed with this west Yorkshire party which raises funds for local kids – and has kept the developers at bay

October 2022

  • Tents are seen at the We Out Here festival in Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire.

    ‘There is no safety net’: music festivals in UK raise ticket prices as costs soar

    Organisers grapple with increasing financial challenges amid ongoing effects of Brexit and the pandemic

September 2022

  • Gilles Peterson DJing at Worldwide FM.

    ‘It feels harder than ever’: independent radio stations under threat from rising bills

    Gilles Peterson and other station bosses explain how the passion projects that sustained music scenes and consoled listeners over lockdown now find themselves in jeopardy from rocketing costs – with little sign of government help

August 2022

  • The Comet Is Coming performing at Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here festival.

    We Out Here festival review – celebratory weekend of raucous dance and cosmic jazz

    Showcasing rising UK talents like Two Shell and the Comet Is Coming alongside Detroit legends Underground Resistance, Gilles Peterson’s festival is a delight

March 2022

  • From left: Sherelle; Little Simz; Lizzo; Dry Cleaning; Wet Leg

    ‘It was a Lazarus story’: how BBC 6 Music rose from the dead to become the home of new music

    As the indie station celebrates its 20th anniversary, key players explain its humble roots, how it survived the threat of cancellation, and how they see its future

April 2020

  • Gilles Peterson press image

    City guide playlists
    Feel the heat: Gilles Peterson's Brazilian playlist

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    Gilles Peterson: ‘This period is going to be one of nostalgia'

July 2019

  • Miles Mosley said the re-emergence of jazz comes as a natural reaction to rampant 30-second ‘micro music’

    Rising numbers of younger fans spark a UK jazz renaissance

  • Musicians Perrin Moss and Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote

    ‘Confidence and swagger’: how Melbourne’s future jazz scene won over Gilles Peterson

April 2018

  • Moses Boyd, drummer.

    The British jazz explosion: meet the musicians rewriting the rulebook

    The UK is home to a diverse, collaborative and newly confident jazz scene. We meet seven musicians reinvigorating the genre

February 2018

  • Nubya Garcia.

    Gilles Peterson: 'The boundary between club culture and jazz is finally breaking'

    There’s an exciting DIY mindset in the UK live scene that recalls the buzz around jazz when I DJed at Dingwalls in the 80s

March 2017

  • Moses Boyd

    The UK jazz invasion: 'I’m sure that some purists wouldn’t even call it jazz'

    Experimentation and cross pollination are at the heart of a new jazz, combining it with grime, jungle and house to make a sound that works at clubs and festivals

November 2016

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    Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura Anthology review – a seamless collection

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July 2016

  • Gilles Peterson at Lucky 7 Record Shop, Stoke Newington, London, Britain - 01 Nov 2012<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Laura Lewis/REX/Shutterstock (2623535d) Gilles Peterson Gilles Peterson at Lucky 7 Record Shop, Stoke Newington, London, Britain - 01 Nov 2012

    Gilles Peterson’s Rio de Janeiro playlist

    We asked the Brazilian music expert and DJ to warm us up for the Games with a soundtrack to Rio. There are some real gems here

April 2015

  • 'I am happy to prescribe some music for you, so you can glide about like Gilles Peterson behind your console.'

    Gilles Peterson's guide to record buying, bullies and beating the competition

    Ahead of this year’s Record Store Day, the broadcaster and vinyl obsessive on how to be crafty when crate digging – and what to do when you’re new to the game

February 2015

  • Gilles Peterson in Brazil.

    Music blog
    Best of BBC 6Music – the station's six essential shows

    As the alternative station becomes the first digital-only radio platform to notch up 2 million regular listeners, here are our favourite six on 6

December 2014

  • DJ Gilles Peterson with Sarah Phillips.

    Do Something brainy
    Get into the groove – how Gilles Peterson helped improve my DJ skills

    Sarah Phillips: Superstar DJs, here we go! Can a master of the wheels of steel teach an enthusiastic music fan how to beat-match?

July 2014

  • Gilles Peterson in Brazil.

    Music blog
    Gilles Peterson's Brasil Bam Bam Bam: watch an exclusive clip of the accompanying film – video

    Watch an exclusive clip of the film documenting the DJ's trip to Brazil to make a new album

May 2014

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    Crane.tv videos
    Gilles Peterson on Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam – video

    As the World Cup approaches, DJ Gilles Peterson discusses his new album Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam, recorded in Rio de Janerio

April 2014

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    Music blog
    Gilles Peterson debuts 7in Southern Freeez for Record Store Day

    World music DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson has unveiled his Record Store Day release, the bossa rework of Freeez's 1981 hit. Let us know what you think
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