Event
HOLD IT DOWN PRESENTS
29 Feb 2008
Event times
9pm - 2am
Cost of entry
£12.50 plus bf
Address
- Exeter Phoenix, Bradnich Place
- Gandy Street
- Exeter
- EX4 3LS
- United Kingdom
Event map
HOLD IT DOWN PRESENTS GILES PETERSEN + BEN WESTCREECH (DJ SET) PLUS BELLERUCHE (LIVE) + FRANCIS REDMAN/MR ONIONS. IN THE BAR - HiD RESIDENTS LACK OF AFRO/HEAVY STYLUS (DJ SETS)
About
Tickets ' Exeter Phoenix, Solo, Reform, Onionheart, www.seetickets.com & www.exeterboxoffice.comSince he ran a pirate radio station out of his back garden shed in south London during his teens Gilles Peterson has devoted his life to promoting the jazz spirit and its contemporary urban manifestations around the world. As a DJ he initially honed his skills and deep knowledge in the tough, jazz dance atmosphere of the Electric Ballroom, before starting the legendary Talkin' Loud & Saying Something sessions at Dingwalls. His Talkin Loud record label boasted artists as diverse as Incognito and 4 Hero, while his new label, Brownswood Recordings, last year released the critically acclaimed debut from Ben Westbeech, who will join Gilles for this show. Widely acclaimed as a musical tastemaker, spreading his influence on music listeners around the world through his worldwide radio show on Radio 1, you can expect Gilles to play jazz ,nu-jazz, funk, soul, neo soul, quality R&B to drum and bass, house, broken beat, hip-hop, jazz-funk, latin, bossa nova, samba and beyond. In his own words, it's about 'joining the dots'.
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