Welcome to the website of multi-percussionist Pete
Lockett. Pete Lockett 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, 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, Rory
Gallagher, Pet Shop Boys, Beth Orton, Hari Haran, Mel C,
A R Rahman, Eumir Deodato, BBC concert orchestra, DJ
Judge Jules, Sinead O'Conner and lots more!
This web site is more than a standard artists web site.
Besides being a showcase for Pete and his projects, the site is one of
the most visited drum and percussion resource sites on the net with
hundreds of drum / percussion lessons free to
download without registration.
TAALISMAN;
Feat Pete & Amit Chatterjee
[Great new duo.
A rich fusion of contemporary and
traditional Eastern sounds, global percussive styles, Raga melodies,
cutting edge harmonies and electronics.]
TAIKO
TO TABLANETWORK OF
SPARKS
[Multi-cultural World music
[Dynamic
and versatile percussion
project featuring Joji Hirota ]
quintet featuring Bill Bruford ] PARALLAX
BEAT BROTHERSFORTHCOMING GIGS [An
electro-acoustic duo with the
[Come and see Pete in action]
digital
media artistry of Scanner]
JAN 2008. NEWSFLASH; Pete has just signed with
MUSIC TODAY in India for the worldwide
release of his new album, 'Journeys with the master drummers of India'
The album features percussion greats T.H. Vikku
Vinayakram and Bickram Ghosh.
Click here to
visit the Music Today web site
[Check
out the videos below, inc lots of solo stuff and duets with STEVE SMITH,
SELVA GANESH, ZORO, JOHNNY RABB, BENNY GREBB, BICKRAM GHOSH & lots
more!!]
Pete was voted best live percussionist 2005 by readers of Rhythm
magazine and best percussionist 2005 by subscribers to mikedolbear.com.
Pete's Album, Taiko to Tabla with Joji
Hirota included in top 55 rhythm albums of all time in Songlines
magazine, August 2006
"...the
man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic—the
man who actually does the work, not the
man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done." Theodore
Roosevelt
“The imagination is only free when fear of error is temporarily laid
aside”. Toffler; Future Shock.
"Don't seek to merely follow in the
footsteps of men of old. Seek what they sought"
