May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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Here is the first track from the new Bobby Womack album, “The Bravest Man In The Universe”, which I co-produced with Damon Albarn at the end of last year. We recorded 16 songs in 3 sessions, 10 of which will be on the final album. It didn’t take us long to make, but it felt like all of our lifetimes of musical enthusiasm went into the record. Everything seemed to happen...
November 2011
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Trevor Jackson and I making a UK Rap Mixtape in the XL studio, Nov 7 2011
September 2011
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DRC Music “Hallo”
Our fixers in Kinshasa, Florent and Renauld, were deeply immersed in the musical culture of Kinshasa (they made the film “Staff Benda Bilili”), and they gave us access to the ghetto, and to the best musicians. Without them what we achieved in a week- recording a whole album from start to finish- would have taken us years.
Within 2 hours of landing in...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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The last conversation I had with Gil Scott-Heron was on March 19 2011.
He rang me on a Saturday, the day after my birthday, I answered his call whilst browsing in Foyles bookshop in London.
We spoke for an hour. Conversation like this with GIl were a gift.
He was a father figure of sorts to me, and I learnt a huge amount of him.
Gil was not perfect in his own life. But neither is...
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UK pirate radio music to me is one big genre: rave/ jungle/ garage/ grime/ dubstep & beyond. Sound system music that evolved from reggae and soul. Bass music.
I made a mixtape called “Fuck The Legal Stations” (after the 1990 Rum n Black song on the Shut Up and Dance label) containing my personal favourite UK Pirate Radio tunes, ‘90 to now. I did the mix live at home off vinyl and CD. I...
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here’s me and gilles nattering and playing tunes
download: gilles peterson’s worldwide, 25th May 2011
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