This week’s featured Album comes from New York drummer Jaimeo Brown, who samples early African-American spirituals on his ‘Transcendence’ album, combining it with jazz. Plus there’s a Do Over, 1 sample used over 3 different decades, featuring the JBs, Public Enemy and Hyperdub label boss Kode9. There’s new music from Ghostface Killah, Thundercat, The Heliocentrics, [...]
Gilles brings three hours of the best singles and albums to have come out so far in 2013, as well as recapping some of the re-releases/reissues and some old rediscoveries of the past 4 months. Including music from Neneh Cherry, Bonobo, The Hics, Nick Mulvey, Mount Kimbie, Koreless and Laura Mvula, to name a few. [...]
Album of the week comes courtesy of British soul singer/songwriter, Omar, featuring his new LP ‘The Man’, and Gilles pays tribute to US soul/folk singer Richie Havens who recently passed away. There’s brand new music from the frontier of club culture, featuring producers such as Gold Panda, Pearson Sound, Nicolas Jaar, Romare and LV remixing [...]
As part of Record Store Day, Detroit hip hop producer and vinyl enthusiast, Tall Black Guy joins Gilles in the studio, to discuss some of the records that have influenced him as a producer, playing both classic original samples and the TBG tracks that have sampled them, in a Do Over special. Discussing both the [...]
Gilles is joined in the studio by singer/songwriter James Blake, who performs tracks from his new album ‘Overgrown’. Gilles first supported the South London producer’s debut EP, CMYK back in 2010, and since then his profile has continued to rise, with his cross-over hit cover of Feist’s ‘Limit To Your Love’ entering the charts later [...]
Gilles catches up with Simon from Bonobo, whose new album ‘The North Borders’ came out this week. Simon is currently practising with his band in Nashville, Tennessee, ahead of dates in the US and Europe. Album of The Week comes from Atoms For Peace, and there is a Bloodlines feature involving jazz legend Thelonious Monk [...]
As part of BBC 6 Music’s David Bowie week, Gilles’ significant record is Bowie’s 9th studio album ‘Young Americans’ which came out back in 1975. The album features a host of legendary musicians including John Lennon, Luther Vandross, the drummer from Sly And The Family Stone, Andy Newmark, and legendary producer Tony Visconti on the [...]
Gilles Peterson is joined in the studio by Om’Mas Keith. Gilles first championed the work of Om’Mas over a decade ago, when Sa Ra Creative Partners first broke onto the leftfield soul/hip hop scene. The group got signed by Kanye West, and although their debut album never saw the light of day, Om’Mas’ output both [...]
Gilles is joined by the godfather of Jazz Funk, keyboard wizard and musical innovator, Lonnie Liston Smith, who’s performed alongside greats such as Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane and Sun Ra during a remarkable career spanning 6 decades. His techniques and genre-blending performances, released on the legendary Flying Dutchman Records in the 1970s, contributed to the [...]
This week Gilles is joined by Nashville-based British soul singer Jamie Lidell, discussing his current project and performing live session tracks on the show. Famed for his layering looped vocals and percussion live, as well as recent collaborations with Brandt Brauer Frick and Simian Mobile Disco, the session which combines electronics and soul, should make [...]
Don Letts sits in for Gilles Peterson. His selections range from Curtis Mayfield and Linton Kwesi Johnson to Ennio Macaroni and Paco Zambrano y su Combo. The Last Poets – Jazzoetry The OrB FT. LEE SCRATCH PERRY – SOULMAN (GAUDI RMX) The Relatives – Things Are Changing Goldie – Petal Of A Rose (Full version) [...]
Bobby Friction is renowned for his specialist knowledge of British Asian and South Asian music worldwide and currently presents the drivetime show on the Asian Network every weekday. He will be sitting in for Gilles Peterson playing an eclectic selection of beats. Laura Mvula – Green Garden [RCA] The Maytals – Monkey Man [Quality Television] [...]
This week Gilles catches up with Brooklyn’s finest, jazz vocalist, Jose James. The two discuss his past, as well as his recently released album, No Beginning, No End, which includes a formidable list of collaborators, pianist Robert Glasper, bassist Pino Palladino and Chris Daddy Dave on drums. Gilles Peterson has a skill for joining the [...]
Gilles broadcasts live from the legendary Maida Vale studios in West London, with a very special live session from Laura Mvula. Following on from October’s 6Music Live show featuring a session from Portico Quartet , this week Gilles returns to the legendary studios for another special broadcast in front of a studio audience. This time, [...]
At the end of 2012, Gilles caught up with Don Was, record producer to the stars, and current President of Blue Note Record, at his offices in New York city. The two discuss their shared love of jazz, whilst touching on Don’s career as an artist, his work as a record producer, and now his [...]
Gilles is joined by a man who first came to prominence as part of the US Chillwave movement of 2010. Hailing from South Carolina, 25 year old Toro Y Moi, also known as Chaz Bundick, released his debut album on Carpark Records, with the follow up, Underneath The Pine, garnering further praise in 2011. With [...]
This week, Gilles is joined in the studio by the vocalist behind Haitus Kaiyote, who goes by the name of Nai Palm, straight of Melbourne. First discovered through Taylor McFerrin who tipped Gilles off about the soulful four-piece last year, they self-released their debut album, Tawk Tomahawk which led to praise from many of the [...]
This week Gilles focuses on the music, playing live tracks from Flora Purim, Sun Ra and Marlena Shaw in tribute to Claude Nobs, the man behind the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, who died this week. There’s a play of jazz poet Jayne Cortez as well, who also passed away recently. On the new music front, [...]
Gilles showcases tracks and artists that he thinks will be breaking through over the next twelve months. Fontella Bass – Since I Fell For You [Chess] Volta Cab – Don’t Give Up [Illusion Recordings] Romare – Your Love (You Give Me Fever) [Black Acre] Alt-J – Breezeblocks (Romare Remix) [Infectious] Short Stories – On The [...]
This week Gilles presents a pre-Christmas best of 2012 special, covering the most requested songs, and the tracks that produced the biggest buzz on the show, since he joined BBC Radio 6 Music in April. Some soul nuggets from Philip Owusu and Hiatus Kaiyote, the biggest house tunes from Todd Terje and Ashley Beadle, through [...]
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