Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson (born 28 September 1964 in Caen, France, as Gilles Jerome Moehrle to a mother from Paris and a father from Zürich), is a Swiss DJ, record collector and record label owner residing in London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai. He is also well known as a radio DJ.

After starting out on pirate radio, and having shows on various legal London-based radio stations, most notably Kiss FM dance music station, he was recruited to the BBC's youth-oriented Radio 1 in 1998. Peterson is known for his eclectic musical selections, and has even been occasionally mentioned as the new John Peel. However whilst John Peel had an "anything goes" range of tastes displayed on his show, Peterson's focus has always been Jazz music, generally Modern Jazz, with a strong emphasis on its translation to a club environment, mixed with associated music styles.

Widely acclaimed as a musical tastemaker, he spreads his influence on music listeners around the world mostly through his Saturday afternoon radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music which is also broadcast live on the 6 Music website and available for audio streaming online for seven days from broadcast. He also broadcasts the WW15 show, at drivetime on Japan's largest commercial radio station J-Wave. Parallel to this, his frequent DJing gigs around the world also have cemented a worldwide following.