Gilles Peterson

The fact that i'm a big fan of the Stonesthrow emporium.... and have a certain penchant for Ethiopian music isn't exactly a newsflash.... So when this popped up in my inbox, my level of intrigue & excitement needs no description!!! (http://www.stonesthrow.com/uploads/news/0e9f50b30d3939069fa41d476e61bc5f.jpg) click here (http://stonesthrow.com/jukebox/dr-no-ethiopium-snippets-mix.mp3) to check the snippet mix. It's out later in the month..... more info here (http://stonesthrow.com/news/2009/08/ohno-ethiopium-coming-to-stonesthrow-com) yours, the bPm

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/img_6905.jpg) 28 years later, Gilles re-interviews the first person he ever interviewed, the legendary Bluey, from the band Incognito. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/53-gilles_bluey_podcast.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/soilandpimp-550x3651.jpg) In honour of the forthcoming London gig (9th July 2009), here is a taste of the live Death Jazz experience from The Roundhouse and Bush Hall in 2008. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/52-soi___pimp_podcast.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/gilles1.jpg) Gilles goes diggin' in the basement and gets in the mix. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/51-gilles_podcast.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/emanative.jpg) Nick Woodmansey aka Emanative passes through the basement having recently dropped an album of blissful, cosmic jazz-funk grooves - 'Space' - to universal critical acclaim. And if you don't know, now you know. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/50-emanative_podcast_ish.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/tony_allen.jpg) One of the co-founders of the Afrobeat scene as well as one of the greatest drummers the world has ever seen, Tony Allen, drops into the basement for some real talk with Gilles. (Mixed by Neal) Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/49-tony_allen_brownswood_basem_1.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/snowboy.jpg)       Gilles gets to the bottom of the book everyones talking about with legendary DJ, percussionist and now author, Snowboy. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/snowboy_podcast_1.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/mulatu.jpg) The father of Ethio-Jazz, Mulatu Astatke, visits the Brownswood Basement to talk about his amazing career and his latest project with the Heliocentrics. (Mixed by Mumblz). Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/mulatu_podcast_96_kps.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/mayer_h1__by_schiko.jpg) Stones Throw's latest signing, soul sensation Mayer Hawthorne, drops into the Brownswood Basement for a chat with Gilles. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/47-mayer_hawthorn_podcast.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/default4.jpg) Gilles brings Dobie into the Brownswood basement to talk about his New Madness EP release and life as an iconic producer. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/46-dobie_podcast.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/elan_finalalbum_revised.jpg) Elan Mehler visits Gilles in the Brownswood Basement on the eve of the release of his new album, The After Suite. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/45-elan_mehler_podacst_march_2009_1.mp3)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/phil_ashersmall.jpg) West London musical magnate, Phil Asher comes into the Brownswood basement to introduce his new album... Deep Electronic Sound. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/44-phil_asher____restless_soul_1.mp3)

So? As we remember the great lengths that John Martyn (http://www.johnmartyn.com/) went expand the musical spectrum.... (http://991.com/newGallery/John-Martyn-In-Session-At-The-367230.jpg) .....it becomes time to celebrate Martyn of a different kind. I managed to squeeze Martyns new album "Great Lengths" out of him a couple of weeks ago. (http://brownswoodonline.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/great_lenghts_front_lores1.jpg) It was a little upfront, so i've been sitting on it a little while and listening as closely as one can to it. Well? It's no secret that Martyn is one my most favored electronic producers at the moment... and his refixes of "Epileptic" by Shut up and Dance, TRG's "Broken Heart" and Steve Spaceks "Your a Star" were all up there as my favorites of 2008. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDo0cCtUulE&hl=en&fs=1] In fact my obsession with anything that he touched reached so far, that at one point Gilles was spreading the rumour that I was in fact Martyn. Well? I'm not... but I wish i shared his soundscape!!! The forthcoming album "Great Lengths" on his own imprint 3024 (http://3024world.blogspot.com/) is for sure a must have album.....!!! Martyn places himself amongst the new breed of electronic hierachy that includes Shackleton, Appleblim, Kode9, Burial, Skream, Benga, Flying Lotus and any other new generation don that you care to mention. Its hard to pick out the stand out track.... It truthfully is an  album that must be enjoyed from start to finish, and is seemless as an exploratory mixtape. SUBLIME!!! Check the mix below that Martyn did for Skreams Stella Sessions show on Rinse FM (http://www.rinse.fm), it includes album tracks Natural Selection and Vancouver as well as the afforementioned Epileptic and Broken Martyn on Skreams Stella Sessions (http://fourone.org/chris/audio/mirror/lowerdepths.com/martyn_skreamrinsefm230408.mp3) 1. Martyn (http://myspace.com/martyndnb) - Natural Selection (3024) 2. Slaughter Mob (http://www.myspace.com/slaughtermob) - No Snare (Slugs In The Mud) 3. Skream (http://www.myspace.com/skreamuk) - Trapped in a Dark Bubble (Dubplate) 4. Martyn - Suburbia (Applepips) 5. Geiom (http://www.myspace.com/geiom) - Reminissin’ [Kode9 remix] (Berkane Sol) 6. TRG (http://www.myspace.com/trgproductions) - Broken Heart [Martyn's DCM mix] (Hessle Audio (http://www.myspace.com/hessleaudio)) 7. Horsepower Productions (http://www.tempa.co.uk/art_horsepower.html) - Hand of Death (Tempa) 8. Benny - Jahroel (Dubplate) 9. Pantha du Prince - Florac [Jus Wan (http://www.myspace.com/juswan) remix] (Tube) 10. Martyn - Vancouver (3024) 11. Shut Up And Dance (http://www.shutupanddance.co.uk/) - Epileptic [Martyn's no strobe mix] (Shut Up And Dance Recs) taken from... Chris Bentano (http://fourone.org/chris/) blog AiiiiiGHT!!! the bPm

Jay Dee!! No need to tell you he's sorely missed. No need to pay tribute... as his music does a good enough job of that. No need to say thank you... as the now infamous THANK YOU JAY DEE mix by J. Rocc did it so sublimely. But there is a need to say Happy Birthday Jay Dee... and if you feel like having a mini Dilla Birthday Party then check this. JAYLIB LIVE (2004) (http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/jaylib-first-show-2004.mp3) (http://www.stonesthrow.com/images/madvillain/la2004live-jaylib.jpg) This was recorded at the Henry Fonda Theater, April 4, 2004, on the first night of the Madvillain/Jaylib tour for Madvillainy. Madlib & J. Rocc had performed Jaylib songs live, but this was the first show with J. Dilla, who had just moved to Los Angeles and joined the tour without being announced on the flyers. Another unannounced guest late into the set was Common. The voices you hear are B+ & Melo-D, who recorded this set. (http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2009/02/happybdayjdilla2.jpg) As we all know the T-Shirts compliment the muic... here's the latest edition!! Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, the mother of the late James “J Dilla” Yancey, is currently battling the same disease that took her son’s life. Dough from this tee goes to Ma Dukes. Cop it from Stonesthrow (http://www.stonesthrow.com)..... the bPm (http://akathebpm.blogspot.com)

(http://brownswoodrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/goi_q-tip-1-1.jpg) Dj Lefto jumps nto the one's and two's and brings in a pre-Worldwide 10 Q Tip mix. Check out www.worldwide10.co.uk (http://www.worldwide10.co.uk) and www.lefto.be (http://www.lefto.be) for info on the Lefto. Download HERE (http://media.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/content.blubrry.com/gillespeterson/43-qtip_1.mp3)