Gilles Peterson is an influential DJ and record-label owner from Switzerlan… Read Full Bio ↴Gilles Peterson is an influential DJ and record-label owner from Switzerland, who moved to London (England), as a boy. Through his labels Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s.

He is also well known as a radio DJ: starting out in pirate radio in the early eighties Gilles worked on a number of stations including Solar, and hosted jazz oriented weekend sessions at Camber Sands, and club nights at Soho's Whisky a GoGo. He found a slot on Radio London following Jazz DJ Brian Priestly and built up his name and career in London on Radio and by hosting the now legendary Talking Loud & Saying Something sessions at Camdens Dingwalls Club. He moved onto to have a radio show on London's Kiss FM dance music station, but was recruited to the BBC's youth-oriented Radio 1 in 1998. Peterson is known for his eclectic musical selections. Though not as "anything goes" as the late John Peel, he plays anything from dub and reggae through jazz, nu-jazz, soul, neo soul, R&B to drum and bass, house, broken beat, hip-hop and Jazz-funk.

He has released numerous compilations of his favourite tracks over the years reflecting his wide ranging interests including the varied but soulful 'INCredible Sound of Gilles Peterson' and the African funking 'Gilles Peterson in Africa' going back to early Talking Loud compliations of Acid and Latin Jazz.

Gilles's official website is at www.gillespetersonworldwide.com

He also has a home page on Radio 1 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/index.shtml where you can listen to his latest radio show.

Matthew Halsall
Gilles Peterson Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Gilles Peterson:

A.N.G.E.L. Call me in the morning, Just to wake me with the…
California Soul Like a sound you hear That lingers in your ear You can't…
Circles Oh, my love has no beginning And my love it has…
De pauvres riches Jean Louis Baptiste a arrêté ses études A 20 ans en…
Didn't I Didn't I treat you right, now Didn't I Didn't I do the…
Easin In Easin' in, slick as he can He's easin' in, easin' in Easin'…
Evolution Evolution Evolution Evolution Evolution Evolution Evolution…
Happy Happy Make your happy baby Happy, Happy, Make your happy ba…
Higher Ground People Keep on learnin' Soldiers Keep on warrin' World, Kee…

Last Beat Are you dreaming me? Is this feeling you? Are you…
Les Fleur Will somebody wear me to the fair? Will a lady…
Little Suzie Got credit cards in my pockets But I walk past bums…
Mood Swing (Ya'll don't know right here this is the next single…
Portuguese Love Hey, baby, how you doin' Wow, huh, it's really been…
round the bend We don't have to worry Life goes where it does Faster than…
Skindo Le Le Will somebody wear me to the fair? Will a lady…
Slowly Surely Slowly, surely, I'll walk away from That old desperate and …
Solid Air You've been taking your time And you've been living on solid…
Spread Love Spread love, oh Spread love Spread love, oh Spread love Pe…
Take The Box Your neighbors were screaming I don't have a key for downsta…
The Heart's a Lonely Hunter The truth is unspoken, a promise is broken I'm under surveil…
The Last Beat Are you dreaming me? Is this feeling you? Are you…
The Truth Go Go to the mountain if you must Go to the…
Waltz We never seem to find peace of mind We're always on…
Who Is It? His embrace, a fortress It fuels me and places A skeleton of…
You Like Me Don't You I remember when we met Your eyes I can't forget They…

Your Revolution Yeah yeah, yeah this goes out to all the women…

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Comments from YouTube:

L'Danza maria STILE

6y↑5

oh my god i used to go there on friday nights what memories what great days they where i remember all thoses dancers i myself was one of them the film looks so old i'm sitting here crying while writing this

Goonerville Gonad

5y↑1

Great times and memories... that's what life is for!

Jazzalicious

13y↑3

Part.1 Excerpts from Dick Jewels Electric Ballroom film footage, with interviews by Giles Peterson and Paul Bradshaw of the magazine 'Straight No Chaser'. I remember the interview, because Giles was pushing the connection between Jazz and his new 'ward' Gang Star, in his new role as A&R. In my view he was making a connection between jazz dance and Hip Hop 'then'.

Troy Lewis

7y↑1

You tell the trut it was a amall unique scene and now it exploded and people have moved on .. but I was eye witness :)

ullscarf

9y↑3

Spotify playlist that includes the music from this video and over 300 legendary jazz-dance cuts including Airto, Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders, Baaska & Scavelli, Judy Roberts etc jazzy dance by jazzyjez.

Jazzalicious

13y↑4

Part. 3 And there's no doubting that footage shown such as this will be used to understand and map part of the London Jazz scene. We were quite young! As this was from a TV programme, I posted in good faith, but would you be happier if I pulled this and reposted with amendments?

Mark Champagnie

Fantastic big shout to JAZZ GARY...and all the lads and ladies and electric ballroom....the fashion alone brings back memories...Ohhhh man good ol' days.....🇬🇧🇯🇲❤️💯

ullscarf

9y↑3

The Spotify playlist mentioned below is now called jazz dancefloor legends

ullscarf

Third time lucky - it's jazz dance legends

Jazzalicious

13y↑2

Part. 2 After all he had some legitimacy, as he was DJing at Electric Ballroom in Camden at the time, with Electro, soul and disco downstairs and Jazz played upstairs. In my excitement to post.., I wasn't trying to peddle misinformation. Rather I meant that this footage, in it's entirety, charted a 'slice' of what was happening then! Maybe in hindsight it was open to misinterpretation. Well spotted!

debbie r david

Can anyone suggest who I can license Jazz Dance footage from to be used in a Kickstarter photography book campaign? Preferably shot at the Electric Ballroom or Dingwalls during the 90s?

Tony D The Original inda mix

5y↑2

Knuff Respect for ThoSE who!!

neil

2y↑1

Fantastic era....up the brummie

surzen

10y↑3

Interesting footage and dialogue by j491 and Holyroller TV who was part of IG Culture's "Floor Violence" jazz dancers documentary which I took part in too.... let us not forget our connectedness brothers. I remember the controversy and dialogue between IG Culture and Paul Bradshaw in 2009 over IG using Dick Jewell's Electric Ballroom "Jazz Room" footage for the "Floor Violence", as it was said that the "Jazz Room" material had never been released or used before, as Dick had not given anybody permission to do so relative to his own plans for its commercial release. Yet the video evidence here shows that his Electric Ballroom material was used during the 1990s in this Acid Jazz documentary, without Dick Jewell being credited for the footage in the original VHS Tape. Hmmm....

gee god

6y↑1

Maybe ig cultures fellow bredrins dem were the ppl that made and create the dances, trends, vibe, fashion, atmospheric ambience, swirling and hard stepping sensual sistrens on the deserved a feature of what his sweat and blood toiled for the love of this sub culture for no cost or exposure whom were the humble stars of this creation and didnt ask for a penny or a magazine, radio media tv show wld have been at leastban exception to lend a supportuve hand for the IGs of this world In my humble opinion.

surzen

9y↑1

@Jazzalicious Thanks for the reply Jerry (after 8 months... : ) It was said that the footage had not been used before and hadn't been released, as it was "a work in progress" and was going to be sold/released commercially. I am surprised then that Dick was not credited on the documentary. I agree that Dick should have come to an arrangement with IG, as the "Floor Violence" was a great little documentary, and so much more could have been done if both parties had got together with the collaboration of the dancers involved.

Jazzalicious

9y↑2

He had given his permission to use the footage. Indeed at the time, he was only too pleased.
I think that he (Dick), should've come to an arrangement with IG, as there's still a great deal more material for IG's 'Floor Violence' documentary to be told. I believe this was only to be a taster, but to tell it right, he would need access to Dicks' material. There's

Matthew Jones

Hi - any idea what the name of this documentary was or who directed / produced it?

omalone11

thanks many, I need to find this

Jazzalicious

Other than tell you it was media magazine type show, that informed us on what was happening around the capital weekly, not really...
The programme was called '01 For London', which was a reference to the telephone dialling code you were told by the operator way back when.
This is the only other reference I could find...
http://alturl.com/vyc45

JazzMan Dean

12y↑1

Great thanks

Gavin K

12y

Its a cool post.when you say certain parts of Holland, what was going on there at this time? Who was djing jazz dance back then?

Samuel Spoons

What were the years this great scene it seems were about ?

Grant Christy

3y↑1

1980's. I was there upstairs at Electric Ballroom, Camden Town.

Troy Lewis

10y↑2

idnt know there was this scene in Holland too ??

Barbara Rouwendal

There was, smaller I guess. Cassie6 in Havanna, Rob Manga, Jazz bop Paradiso, some other DJ's. We were going to Southport at the time, Seymour en Levy, Gary, all living in Amsterdam those days. David came over now and then. Casper is still DJ, different places. follow him on Facebook. Marc Good vibes was living in Amsterdam too, but they all went back to the UK. A lot of French dancers came over on a regular base.

Redblue22

3y↑1

In the 90s Fridays were Goth Nights

greencream1

11y↑4

Was there all the way wearing those silly cut jeans and loafers. BUt out taste in music was way above every once else at the time. (snob). Proud to have been part of it all! Who remembers Jaffars Tottenham Ct Road. Jazz heads only with teh best music!!

Louis Okeefe

@FHI Prince Peter Rock city jazz room nottingham pure fire,,, early 80s.

FHI Prince Peter

6y↑5

Jaffa's was the best in my opinion - The Jazz room that was.

Troy Lewis

7y↑3

`Spatz, on a saturday afternoon too were still alive :)

sir lord Comixx

11y↑5

Jazz Fusion still going in london Jazzcotech Shiftless Shuffle, Perry Louis.on facebook.

Troy Lewis

10y↑5

Mr Paul Bradshaw .. what up :) But before Gilles there was Paul Murphy and other Jazz DJ''s even Pete Tong :)

Soloist94

look at them trying to breakdance

fail

FHI Prince Peter

3y↑2

Obviously you were never on the scene back in the day. You are certainly not from London. London back then was very departmentalised so at the Electric Ball Room, like the Horseshoe it's predecessor , you had the Funk, Soul and Hip Hop rooms then separately the Jazz Dance rooms where the real dancing happened. Hip Hop was in the OTHER room.