Festivals
Peterson has made very many regular appearances at music festivals across the world including Lovebox in east London, The Big Chill in Hereford and the Southport Weekender in the north west of England. Away from the UK he has appeared at the Exit Festival in Serbia, INmusic festival in Croatia and in 2005 the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Gilles also curated his own stage at Montreux Jazz Festival for 10 years during the 1990s.
Peterson and Freshly Cut, a French event production company from Montpellier, collaborated to create the Worldwide Festival. This started out as a small intimate festival during the summertime in the coastal town of Sète in France in 2006. It was expanded to include a mini version of the festival in Singapore from 2008.
Dipping his toe into the world of production, Peterson has collaborated with Switch (DJ) and DJ Clipz in the past, but currently works with his engineer Simbad, remixing the likes of Noro Morales and Fatoumata Diawara to date.
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