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Gilles Peterson
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French-Swiss DJ, record producer and radio presenter
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gilles Peterson is referenced by 304 other articles, and connects out to London, Vienna and jazz.
It is catalogued under topics including 1964 births, Acid jazz musicians and BBC Radio 1 presenters.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Freedom, Rhythm and Sound : Chapter Two
- Cuba : Music and Revolution : Original Album Cover Art of Cuban Music
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Film & TV
Caen, Calvados, France
Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (French pronunciation: [ʒil ʒeʁom muʁl]; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (/dʒaɪlz/), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with jazz at its core. From this base he has systematically championed a whole range of music from across the globe moving from dance music to…
Known for
- Desire: The Carl Craig Story — Self2025
- The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs — Himself2017
- The Man from Mo'Wax — Self2016
- Carl Cox 24/7 — Gilles Peterson2009
- Broken Vibes — Himself
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1964
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 80,666
- Total plays
- 700,325
Tags
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. <a hr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gilles
- Family name
- Peterson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Caen
- Occupation
- radio personality
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Record label
- Acid Jazz Records
- Official website
- www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
- Image
- Gilles Peterson 2019 DF1 2181 (49029291892) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Gilles Peterson
- date of birth
- 1964-09-28
- name in native language
- Gilles Peterson
- social media followers
- 146152
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
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