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Important points for press interviews regarding main bullet points of
Pete’s career.
*
Bill Pete as;
PETE
LOCKETT; MULTI PERCUSSIONIST
*
Pete is one of the most versatile multi-percussionists in the world,
having immersed himself in percussion and drums from every part of the
globe, from Indian to Arabic and from Japanese to Latin.He has a number
of collaborative projects and has released five albums. The wide range
of artists he’s worked with reflects the diversity of his playing, inc:
Björk, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Bill Bruford, Jeff Beck, David
Torn, Vikku Vinayakram, Selva Ganesh, Ustad Zakir Hussain, The Verve,
Bickram Ghosh, Steve Smith, Texas, Damien Rice, Craig Armstrong,
Bernard Butler, U Shrinivas, Ronan Keating, Nitin Sawhney, Evan Dando,
Adrian Sherwood, Afro Celt Sound System, Vanessa-Mae, David Arnold,
Evelyn Glennie, Errol Brown, Jarvis Cocker, Rory Gallagher, Pet Shop
Boys, Beth Orton, Hari Haran, Mel C, A R Rahman, Eumir Deodato, BBC
concert orchestra, Sinead O'Conner and lots more!
*Pete
was voted BEST LIVE PERCUSSIONIST' 2006 - RHYTHM MAGAZINE
*His
book, ‘Indian rhythms for the drum set’ was ‘Book of the year 2008’ in
the dutch music press.
*Pete's
Album, Taiko to Tabla with Joji Hirota included in top 55 rhythm albums
of all time in Songlines magazine, 2006
*Petes CD releases include……..
> ‘JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER
PERCUSSIONISTS OF INDIA’
Feat Vikku Vinayakram, Bickram Ghosh, Rajesh Mandolin and Mahesh
Vinayakram. (Music Today label)
>Two albums
with his world drumming project ‘TAIKO TO TABLA’ feat Joji Hirota
and Pete.
>Two albums with his multi
ethnic quintet ‘NETWORK OF SPARKS’ which featured Bill Bruford,
drummer of ‘Genesis’ and ‘Yes’ fame.
>Two albums with sound
designer and electronics wizard, Scanner on the duo project ‘PARALLAX
BEAT BROTHERS’.
>One
solo album, ‘LIVE IN
ISTANBUL’
> ‘TAALISMAN’ Duo feat
Indian guitarist, Amit Chatterjee on the Indiabeat label.
>
‘ROR’
Trio with Henrik Anderson and Shashank on the Indiabeat label.
>
‘MADE IN CHENNAI’ Feat
Umarshankar Vinayakram on the Indiabeat label.
>
‘KINGDOM OF RHYTHM’
Duo with Bickram Ghosh coming out on
Saregama label.
Forthcoming releases include…..
>
‘MADE IN CALCUTTA’
Feat Pandit Shankar Ghosh, Prattyush Bannerjee and musicians of
Calcutta.
>
An album with Pete, Airto and musicians of India currently being
recorded.
* BOOKS……Pete
has released two books.
>
‘INDIAN RHYTHMS FOR THE DRUM SET’
on HUDSON Music USA. This is the first book of its kind covering North
& South Indian rhythms on the drum set. It was book of the year 2008 in
Holland and in the top five in the USA MD poll.
>
‘SYMMETRICAL STICKINGS FOR THE
DRUM SET’
* FILM WORK….. He
has also worked extensively in the film industry. Pete arranged and
recorded all the ethnic percussion for the recend Hollywood hits, The
Incredible Hulk 2, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale and can also count
the three previous bond movies, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies and
The World is Not Enough amongst his credits, along with Hollywood
blockbusters, City of Angels (Meg Ryan), The Insider (Al Pacino),
Plunkett & Maclean (Robert Carlisle), The Bone Collector, (Denzel
Washington), Amazing Grace, (Albert Finney), The quiet American (Michael
Caine), Moulin Rouge, (Nicole Kidman), and the Guy Ritchie film Snatch,
as well as TV and advertising credits which are too numerous to
mention. He has also recorded in the Indian film industry, most recently
in Chennai with AR Rahman on the 2007 blockbuster, SIVAJI, (Rajini Kanth)
* INSTRUMENTS….A
basic list of instruments includes: North/South Indian percussion: tabla,
mridangam, kanjira, ghatam, vocal percussion, dhol. Middle Eastern
percussion: darabuka, req, bendir, frame-drums. Latin percussion:
congas, bongos, timbales, berimbau. Also Irish Bodhran, Nigerian Udu,
West African djembe, Japanese taiko, Western drumset and many weird and
wonderful percussion effects such as waterphones & spring drums, along
with many strange percussive objects built and customised by Pete. He
also works extensively with electronics & samplers, both live and in the
studio, using samplers, effects units and live electronic looping to
create densely alternative percussion fabrics.
* LIVE WORK.....
Worldwide touring has included India, Nepal, Thailand, Azerbaijan,
Pakistan, Sudan, Malaysia, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina,
Palestine, Russia, Israel, America, Canada and extensively all over
Europe. Pete has performed to packed houses all over the world
including the Edinburgh Festival, Bruges Festival, Rhythm Sticks
Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London (sold out twice),
Drumusique Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Glasgow One World Festival,
Pontardawe Festival, Belfast Festival, Guildford Festival and Newbury
Festival to name a few.
*
EDUCATION.....Pete has taught
and lectured Worldwide, including The Royal College, The Royal Academy
of Music and Guildhall School of Music in London and performances and
workshops at the PASIC 99 percussion conference in Columbus, Ohio.
Technique articles in drum magazines number over a hundred and include
MODERN DRUMMER’ in the US, RHYTHM in the UK, Drums SA in South Africa,
Drummer mag in the UK, magazines in Argentina, Italy, Australia and
more.. He has also published a series on drum and percussion programming
using computers and sound modules for THE MIX magazine in Europe.
Petes website is also a valuable source of information for
percussionists worldwide and features hundreds of free lessons in video
/ audio / text and mp3 format. It has been voted website of the month
on the BBC in the UK during 2008.
Note regarding
photos if required. There are
plenty of hi res photos in the photo albums on Pete’s website,
www.petelockett.com
if required. These are between 2MB and 10MB in size. Click on thumbnails
to download hi res versions once in the respective photo albums.
Wherever possible please mention Pete’s website in an article.
www.petelockett.com
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