Gilles Peterson on the tracks that changed his life | Loop

Filmed at Ableton Loop, author and music journalist Thomas Meinecke invites Gilles Peterson to play and discuss a selection of tracks that had a major impact on him. The music ranges across decades and continents and takes in Brazilian pop music, Nigerian high life, American jazz, British drum and bass and more.
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[@corski]

There is a high likelihood you’ll excel in music if you’re a 12 year old with 10 franks in his pocket and your first thought is to go to the record store and purchase Liberated Fantasies by George Duke. Tremendous.

[@shawnfunstuff]

So true, my 12 would at least know how to play a record, but his selection would be questionable.

[@stephendrew4683]

LOL

[@paultjader8699]

Been with Gilles since 1985, again this Sunday, always great music, and a nice bloke to boot

[@reecesestak4607]

The perfect antidote to listening to some div at work droning on about 'business development'. Simply bang on the headphones and listen to two, articulate and engaging chaps discuss the type of music that they like, I like and, I suspect, most other people on this thread like. Wonderful stuff.

[@bevboyz]

high yield stuff. thoroughly enjoyed. also nice to hear the tracks out unlike the RBMA vids

[@megmondo3212]

58:20 ..bye bye inner sleeeve ... welcome to vg+.

[@abase6610]

lol

[@SeanBoog]

LMAO

[@Metasystemio]

Wow! It's really easy to sink in it :) such a great pause in everyday job! Thanks for it :)

[@Titanionz]

nice tracks, thx for the inspiration

[@peacepuffz]

An artist on Gamm records - Love Drop did a nice mix of Liberated Fantasies recently.

[@michaeledwards3578]

Fantastic

[@velvetimpulse]

Really good stuff!

[@girlinagale]

Oh gosh, this makes me Alert.

[@LP-yc7ps]

What is the name of the cameo track?? I can't seem to find it under any of the titles on the LP cover. Help!

[@lac4forest]

L P it’s called The Sound Table

[@LP-yc7ps]

@@lac4forest Thanks Luke!

[@wiggyflat]

Haggle vinyl...run by a Jewish guy...forgot his name....used to get a load of rare jazz near the front counter and yes he was miserable...he also ruined a lot of Blue Beats i bought by stickering them

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

1:03:53 their is a fine line between music and noise and that is just noise !

[@zipplemonster77]

*there

[@liquidgroove]

Super entertaining and informative. This should be a Netflix series with Gilles presenting, chatting to guests and playing music.

[@dfrl1980]

Fck Netflix

[@jesmiscellaneous8938]

LOL. It used be called Gilles Peterson's radio DJing job at BBC :)) honestly, it was much better as it was mostly audio only and one could focus on just listening

[@liquidgroove]

@@jesmiscellaneous8938 I love the radio shows. But video is a different nuance. And I kinda prefer it :)

[@bluelines1]

​@@masmas6463goodbye!

[@gbambagirl]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[@jaysilverstone7221]

Been listening to Gilles since 1988 on pirate Kiss. Most important taste-maker in the world, now Peel has gone

[@alm4655]

The DJ's DJ. Great selection, as always

[@gee3883]

Brilliant, Gilles is my single biggest musical influence, legend. I feel privileged to own two of the tunes he played.

[@nickmary1234]

Ditto. When I heard his radio1 show for the first time in 94 or 95, I forget...my ears were opened. From Ravi Shankar Dancing drums one minute to some completely different next song. Bar Rumba, Far East, World wide radio...just brilliant. My biggest musical influence.

[@MilesAway31]

I love Gilles Peterson. Definately one of the best DJ's and seems like a very genuine nice bloke. Thomas also conducted himself in a very gentlemanly way. Lovely to see.

[@irishofling2300]

abosultely I agree💯

[@bossaplaya]

was a great little insight but Gilles pulled out a ltd edition 12" -four from Cameo does not contain the track he played- the track he played is called 'The Sound Table' from the album the Knights of the Sound table.....he plays the track out as I've heard him play it on a few occasions.That said he is a excellent dj......interesting choice of vinyl

[@deanthornby2026]

This could of been 24hours long and still be no where near long enough

[@satchelm0uth]

The Cameo track blew me away. I thought I knew the type of music Cameo was putting but did not expect a Latin jazz funk workout from them. Didn't realise they had it in them!

[@martinerms537]

me too! I thought I knew them. Stunning tune

[@mrjamescurry]

He has it in the wrong sleeve! but its a BANGER

[@ianpass2562]

If you don’t know that track.. you can’t possibly know Cameo.!!??

[@carlottanot8665]

I think this might be my favorite video on KZbin...

[@countfrankleton]

If gilles wanted to rob me of vinyl I'd feel really really cool.

[@whtwht]

GILES P E TEER....SON WORLDWIDE!!! Legend . Been listening to him since I was about 15 .. I'm 46 now. Met him and been to Dingwalls a few times. got me listening to amazing .music I'd probably not found by myself

[@marshal18439]

i went to paul murphy's record shop a few times smoking weed and dropped a couple of moves in there !! , looked for a couple of tunes that he did not have for sale at the time !! , i remember bumping into Giles Peterson a couple of times in west end london , i don't know if he would remember.

[@chris45rpm]

I like Gilles's glasses

[@ooo11791]

What a gem of a conversation and listening session. Thanks Abelton for the masterclass.

[@irishofling2300]

Tolle story über Muffathalle Galliano, leider ist Thomas always busy looking while Gilles enjoys the music.

[@radiowaves13]

Great vid, thank you but a shame the host interrupted Gilles so much

[@dfrl1980]

Beautiful By the way Fck Netflicks

[@bensmith372]

Roni size reprazent still fresh as fuk

[@AliBellinchouse]

Has anyone got the track listing for every record in those bags of gold?

[@festfotodesign]

great journey in nice music, thanx

[@tomtheeagle1]

If Gilles handled one of my records like that, he'd have stumps for fingers! Jeez! The other guy is worse!!

[@ianpass2562]

Ha ha.. very true.!!

[@davidebertolani6158]

Simply the best gilles…

[@gregc7699]

Gilles is so right the guy who owned Haggle was a misserable old git lol

[@MilesAway31]

Loved the way Gilles pinched Thomas's record and he was just so nonchalant.

[@matheuskerr9222]

que hilário, né? um dos DJs mais renomados do mundo, quando precisa de uma carta na manga infalível p/ pista de dança, lança um Milton Nascimento. algo que pra nós é tão familiar e próximo.. engraçado ver como a galera lá fora pira e idolatra a música brasileira! dois cara pálida lá da europa chamando o som brasileiro do "pop mais sofisticado que há"... ê laiá... é cada tesouro

[@JamesLRPolk]

George Gendi & Giles Peterson They Sound The Same

[@perrypelican9476]

Both of my eyes require 1.5 lenses too. Big councdence. People with that prescription do not require lenses to drive. Anyway that is a big digression. George Duke is great. Its wonderful to listen to great music, not always current stuff only. I love Jackson Browne and saw him playing live a few months ago in Mintreal. The point is that young people these days go with music like fashion. They see it as a fashionable thing and will only listen to what everyone else is listening to. Its not about really loving the music, its more about belonging to a group. You are into rap and hip hop or danse music or something else as opposed to just what is great. It bothers me because creativity suffers. Musicians become successful by singing or performing the fashionable sound, not from their hearts. What a pity because everyone sounds the same and perform stuff that sounds like something else. That what the young people want, music that sounds familiar, as opposed to good. The dance lovers want music with the beat that gets them moving a certain way so they can stand and sway their arms above their heads. Nothing wrong with wanting to get into a certain groove and dancing, but its so boring as far as creativity goes. I worry about the direction of society in general and music is part of it all. Great video amd great music. Thanks.

[@charliejoeralph62]

I get where you're coming from but i'm not sure I agree with your point. Pop music has existed for the whole of the 20th century and arguably before then, is it really anything new for music to go in and out of fashion?

[@robearl5073]

Muffathalle München 1997: Roni Size, DJ Krust, MC Dynamite .. I was there

[@TraceTaylor]

Fab!🎉 Thank You 💜

[@irishofling2300]

wow! der tolle Thomas Meinecke mit one if my heroes

[@mortenrobinson]

I've never heard a french person so proficient in the english language.

[@whtwht]

😁😁

[@modigit]

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

[@velvetimpulse]

Don't forget to attribute the quote to Elvis Costello :P

[@modigit]

​@@velvetimpulse ...or was it by Laurie Anderson, or Frank Zappa, no wait I think Steve Martin or Miles Davis but maybe George Carlin ;-)

[@exhainca]

Great guys, but they listen to a lot of cheese too.

[@alicksasylum]

Maybe they wouldn't like some of the cheese that you like. Different strokes for different folks.

[@exhainca]

@@alicksasylum whatever.

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

25:20 song title?

[@BurnedVideos]

"Bademba Toma" / www.discogs.com/Franka-Deep-Into-My-Heart/release/5936260

[@AudioPervert1]

Giles is cool, or maybe was till the end of the 1990s... But Ableton a dead-end software company which did not change no life.