Gilles Peterson

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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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

Country

CA

Active from

1925-08-15

Active to

2007-12-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

80,666

Total plays

700,325

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

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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

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