
BEST LIVE PERCUSSIONIST' 2006 - RHYTHM
MAGAZINE
"One of the hardest working musicians we know..
Pete’s relentless
studio and live schedule continues to keep him in our
hearts and minds"

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Pete Lockett is one of the most versatile
multi-percussionists currently in the world, having immersed himself in percussion and drums
from every part of the globe. The wide range of artists hes worked with reflects the
diversity of his playing. He has recorded and or toured with:
Björk, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Dido, Bill Bruford, Jeff Beck, David Torn, Vikku Vinayakram, Selva Ganesh,
Ustad Zakir Hussain, The Verve, Steve Smith, Chris Potter, John Spencer Blues
Explosion, David Holmes, Ganesh Kumaresh, Michael Nyman, Natacha Atlas, Texas, Trans-Global Underground,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Russ Miller / Nelly Furtado, Phil Manzanera,
David Arnold, Evelyn Glennie,
Bedlam,
Jon Hassell, Simon
Phillips,
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Lee Scratch Perry, Primal Scream,
Andrea Corr, Jojo
Mayer, Kai Eckhardt, Schlomo, Ed Mann, Michael Shrieve, Edwyn Collins, Damien
Rice, Jarvis Cocker, George Brooks, Trevor Jackson, Craig Armstrong, John Bergamo,
Kadri Gopalnath ,
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Pandit Shankar Ghosh, TVG,
Bernard Butler, David Mcalmont, Metro Voices,
Mick Karn, London Sinfonietta,
Natasha / Daniel Bedingfield, Euphoria, Catherine Bott,
Pandit Sharda Sahai, Kodo, Playgroup,
Taufiq Quereshi, U Shrinivas, Rajesh
Mandolin, Suga Babes, Hughes De Courson, Ronan Keating, Nitin Sawhney, Evan Dando,
Adrian Sherwood, On-U-Sound, Kula Shaker, Afro Celt Sound System,
Vanessa-Mae, Horacio El Negro Hernandez, Errol Brown, Rory Gallagher, Gary Husband, Baba Sissoko, Carlo Rizzo, Dave Dobbyn,
Vinny Appice, Denny Seiwell, Pet Shop Boys,
Beth Orton,
Mark Schulman, Martina Topley Bird, Shankar Mahedevan, Little Axe,
Bikram Ghosh, Ghatam Suresh, Dino Merlin, Doug Wimbish, Ronu Majumdar, Hari Haran, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Khan, Amy Winehouse,
Mel C,
The Players, Junior Delgado, Will
Calhoun, Zoro, Benny Greb, Johnny Rabb, Steve Sidelynk, The Aloof, David Toop, Lowell Fulson, Joji Hirota,
Skip Macdonald, A R Rahman, Archive, Luke Vibert, Eumir Deodato, Michael
Barker, Derek Roddy, Andy Gangadeen,
Julian Lloyd Webber, Steve White,
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bandish, Jim Kilpatrick, BBC concert orchestra, Seb Rochford, Jonas Hellborg, Youth of Killing Joke, Catriona MacDonald,
Reshma, Niladri Kumar, Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses/Simply Red) DJ Judge Jules, French band INTIK, Sinead O'Conner, Elefantes, Andy Wright, Farida Khanum, Qadir Shaggan, Attullah Essakhelvi, Paul Heard/Mike Pickering (M
People), Hands Ensemble, Antonio Forcione and more!
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Pete onstage with Viku Vinayakram and
Selva Ganesh in Chennai, 2003
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A basic list of instruments covered by Pete includes the following:
North/South Indian percussion: tabla, mridangam, kanjira, ghatam, vocal
percussion,
dholak, naal, bhangra 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.

Pete with Ustad Zakir Hussain after
appearing together in the
‘Homage to Abbaji’ concert in Bombay, 2004
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Pete on stage with Steve Smith 2004 |

Pete has worked in virtually every field of music conceivable, both
live and in the studio. From
pop and rock, to
free jazz and the classical avant garde.
From traditional Carnatic and
Hindustani music of North
and South India to traditional
Japanese taiko drumming. Straight
blues, funk and rock drumming to collaborations with
classical, folk, ethnic and
experimental musicians. One of Petes main calling cards
is his ability to play traditional instruments out of their normal cultural setting and
make them sit within the music comfortably. He has performed live at festivals and concert
halls all over the world.
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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 as soloist, 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).
Check out some of the Hollywood films here
Worldwide touring has included India, Nepal,
Thailand, Azerbaijan,
Pakistan, Sudan,
Malaysia, Hungary,
Palestine,
Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Israel,
America, Canada
and extensively all over
Europe.


Besides his busy schedule in the studio and on the
road with other artists, Pete has a number
of collaborative projects which have so far seen the release of ten
albums.
Projects include Taalisman with
guitarist, Amit Chatterjee,
Kingdom of Rhythm, with Indian master
drummer Bickram Ghosh,
Parallax Beat Brothers with sound
designer Scanner. Their first album featured American trumpet genius
Jon Hassell. Other projects include
Taiko to Tabla with Japanese drummer
Joji Hirota and the ensemble,
Network of Sparks featuring
Bill Bruford and the
Dhol Foundation. There is also the Force
of Two featuring Steve Sidelynk
(Madonna/Paul Weller/The Verve) and with co written tracks involving
Craig Armstrong and Aidrian Sherwood.
All Petes albums are available online through most digital sales sites
such as itunes.
These projects have 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.
Pete has also been active with solo shows,
including events in Turkey and India. A show recorded in
Istanbul was released mid 2007. The solo shows are multi media
affairs with Pete doing visuals himself for
the shows.
Petes collaborative live and recording projects in India include artists
as varied as, U Shrinivas, Pandit Shankar Ghosh,
Bickram Ghosh, Vikku Vinayakram, Loy Mendosa, Selva Ganesh and many more.

Roadside banner in Chennai 2007
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. Technique articles in drum magazines
number over a hundred and include 'MODERN DRUMMER
in the US, 'RHYTHM' in the UK,
'SA DRUMS' in South Africa and
'DRUMMER' in the UK. He has also published
a series on drum and percussion programming using computers and sound modules for THE MIX
magazine in Europe.
Pete
has also released two books on drum techniques. Most
recently
Hudson music released 'Indian rhythms for the drum set'. It is
the first book ever written covering this topic for drum set. The book was
considered 'Book of the year - 2008'
and given 10/10 by Slagwerkraant magazine in Holland.
There are also hundreds of free lessons on the
lessons page on Petes
web site. Pete
feels very strongly about making this available
free of charge and will be regularly up
dating with video, audio and
text format lessons, along with articles on everything from the
intricacies of Indian Tabla to a
Rock kit pattern or
how
to lap a drum head.

Beat This
.Pete was heavily involved in the BBC
Music Live record breaking percussion event,
Beat This,
which involved thousands of drummers across the UK drumming simultaneously to the same
rhythm. Pete devised and co-composed the drumming motif that was played on the day, along
with Evelyn Glennie, Steve White and a star studded group of percussionists.
2002 Rhythm Magazine readers poll; Best Live Percussionist
category;
"‘Intense’, ‘Energetic’ and ‘Hypnotic’ hardly begin to describe the Pete
Lockett approach to live performance. Caught up in the creativity of the moment, his natural gift is inspiring, making his live appearance
an absolute must-see."

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Pete is based in
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"You were born an
original; don't die a copy."


Pete with that extra large
Tabla in
Calcutta
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