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About Me

Percussionist,Promoter, Lounge Music selector and p/t Phd StudentResident Percussionist at UK's Best new bar (theme magazine awards 2004) www.apartment-luxebar.comPlayed with some of the world's best DJ's includingKenny Dope Gonzalez (Masters at work), Kenny Karpenter (Studio 54), Norman Jay MBE, K Klass, Ron Carrol, Grant Nelson, Bobby and Steve,Artful Dodger, Lenny Fontana, Jo Manji, Sir Piers, Scratch Perverts, Ricky Stone Terry Farley, Jeremy Healy,Brandon Block, Allister Whitehead, Rob Tissera, Matt Hardwick, Howard Donald, Miss Bisto, Pete Doyle, Binary Finary, Neil Pierce, Steve Butler, Farley Jack Master Funk etcAlan Shearer's party ( although Sunderland fan lol) Northern Rock, Malmaison Hotels tall Ships Festival, BBC RADIO 1 little PARTY, guest percussion with Alexander O Neal and Jocelyn Brownalso worked around UK for Galaxy Fm Bacardi -martiniInternational gigs in Milan for Lavazza, Lake Como for Binda as part of the lovetrain, Crete Akti Beach club, Rethymnon Nafpigio
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My Interests

Music, Vintage stuff, Cooking , European Cinema football table tennis
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I'd like to meet:

people that make cool music and people that believe that music is food for the heart and soul

Music:

Funk, Jazz, Soul, Latin,Bossas, Electro, House, and all GOOD music regardless of style (apart from death metal etc lol)

Movies:

Time of the Gypsies, Underground,Blaxploitation movies and soft porn 70's (for the tunes)Delicatessen, Pirates of the Carribbean,City of God,anything that Peter Sellers plays in

Television:

The television won't be revolutionised... Only Docs, Footie and Jools Hollandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CKDNTa3RY&mode=r elated&search=

Books:

Diego Maradona bio, Angels and Demons, History of Crete also in love with most cofee table books

Heroes:

Mam and Dad, The guy that invented the espresso machine ,Joao Gilberto,Tom Jobim, Serge Gainsbourg,George Clinton, James Brown ,Art Blakey, Stevie Wonder, Paolo and Nicola Conte, Serge Gainsbourg, the Funky side of NINA SIMONE, Sergio Mendes, Gilles Peterson, Jazzanova, Masters at Work, Sting, Ghandi, Diego Maradona, Socrates Peter Sellers, Stanley Kubrick, Emir Kusturica

My Blog

NEW SINGLE OUT FROM SMOOVE ( ACID JAZZ)

My man Smoove from acid jazz records has produced another cracker and i had the honour to play percussion. The tune is called NMS witness and its included in the compilation new master sounds from rec...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:50:00 PST

Ricky Stone World's top 50 DJs DJ mag

5 years ago we played 3 times at eivissa in South Shields. At that time Terry Taylor, the owner and one of the guys that pushed me into the scene ( many many thanks for that M...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:12:00 PST

James Brown

I have been lucky enough to see James Brown live at the Sage Gateshead a year ago.... The gig was on a friday so I had to leave quite early as I had to go to oneof my , gigs... As soon as I...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

thoughts about percussion

Well I started in and I still do clubs which is what I love, that was back in 1999 in South Shields along with my mate dimitri, together we formed the first percussion group for clubs. After...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:29:00 PST

jamming with Faustino Asprilla

I was in Newcastle ( Terry Farley gig) and as i had a break i saw a guy coming in the stage trying to play with my percussion kit... Argh..!!! Nobody touch my babies apart if I let them.. I treat...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:48:00 PST

Welcome

Hi to everyone, Thanks to a suggestion and motivation of my friend Simon I decided to slowly but surely set up this personal space. Thanks man! In this- not so occasional- blog you wi...
Posted by Pk Of The Percussionauts on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:40:00 PST