Gilles Peterson Worldwide

A year on from the devastating tsunami that hit Japan, our good friend Toshio Matsuura shares this mix, following on from Gilles’ ‘Ganbare Nippon’ mix a year ago. Much love to all crew in Japan! You can download the podcast HERE [right-click-and-save on a PC // ctrl+click on a Mac]… or subscribe to Gilles’ podcasts [...]

Gilles takes a look back at his journey of discovery with the Havana Cultura project which has so far thrown up multiple trips to record in Cuba alongside the likes of Roberto Fonseca, Mayra Caridad Valdes, Los Aldeanos, Danay Suarez, Edgaro, Francis del Rio and a string of other amazing Cuban musicians, vocalists and rappers. [...]

GP in the mix ahead of his “All Night Long” party on Friday… You can download the podcast HERE [right-click-and-save on a PC // ctrl+click on a Mac]… or subscribe to Gilles’ podcasts via iTunes DJs // Gilles Peterson Afrobuddha (Kay Suzuki & Koichi Sakai b2b DJ set) Visuals by Inumikaku (Doggytastes) New Empowering Church [...]

Earlier this year Gilles met up with Idris Ackamoor – multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of afrocentric spiritual jazz collective The Pyramids – to chat about his early influences; his time studying at the artistic hotbed that was Antioch College (Ohio); his spiritual journey in Ghana, Uganda and Ethiopia; and the amazing albums that The Pyramids recorded [...]