Hiya. Recently went to Bar Rumba in London to see Gilles Peteson and Ben
Wilcox playing there. Gilles played some great music (except for a few
garage and comercial house tracks) but did not mix once all night and did
that annoying "Rewind" thing 5 times (the bastard). Not bad, but nothing too
exciting.
This last friday went to the Jazz Cafe to see the Bobby Hughes Experience
live on stage. Brilliant. They started slowly but picked up the tempo and by
the end of the gig they had most of the people there dancing away. Then
Espen Horne played some tunes with some guy from London Elektricity. It was
great. I had a chat with him towards the end and I can say that he kicks
ass. The rest of the band were really friendly too. It made a great change
from most moody dj's who have their heads up their arse. Fuck them. (Not
sure if this is applied to Gilles, but he's getting quite close).
-----Original Message-----
From: Orlando Andrade [mailto:oandrade@mail.utexas.edu]
Sent: 18 April 2000 20:58
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Gilles Peterson
Hi, I was wondering about the DJing ability of Gilles Peterson. I've
noticed his contributions throughout acid jazz mainly in production, but
I'm starting to notice his ability as a DJ getting recognized. He was
voted in the top 100 djs of the UK magazine's 1999 reader's poll. I also
noticed him listed as a 'garage' dj. So what exactly are his styles of
djing? Is it 2-step, acidjazz, funk, trip-hop, or all the above? Would he
be someone to go out of your way to see? Does he have mix CDs?
Btw, if he was a 2 step garage DJ I would be very interested. My interests
in 2 step garage has increased recently and I would like to hear more and
see more of it. Problem is I'm living in Texas where 2 step is a little
hard and limited to find, especially vinyl. Anyone have or know of a US
representation of 2 step? I have found a few DJs here and there, but I
would love to find US produced 2 step.
Orlando
Orlando Andrade
Measurement and Evaluation Center
University of Texas, Austin
(512) 232-2635
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