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Who's Pete and what's on the site

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. 

 

Site map

ABOUT PETE        NEWS/EVENTS       PHOTOS         CONTACT
   [Biography etc]         [The latest info]               [Hi & Lor-res]         [Email Pete]
FREE LESSONS    MEDIA ZONE           CD STORE       LINKS   
 
  [Learn, learn learn!!]       [lMP3's etc]                   [Albums online]       [Explore]   

Pete's Projects

 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 TABLA                       NETWORK OF SPARKS
[Multi-cultural World music                            [Dynamic and versatile percussion
project featuring Joji Hirota ]                        
quintet featuring Bill Bruford ]
PARALLAX BEAT BROTHERS        FORTHCOMING 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


Record Pete online from the comfort of your own studio;

http://www.esession.com/petelockett

Find out how it works here;
INTRO TO E-SESSION

 [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

Watch recent TV specials in India (Web page with links)


 

"...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere criticthe 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"
 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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