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Pete Lockett is one of the most versatile multi-percussionists currently in the UK, having immersed himself in percussion and drums from every part of the globe. The wide range of artists he’s worked with reflects the diversity of his playing. He has recorded and / or toured with: Björk, Afro Celt Sound System, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Nitin Sawhney, Bill Bruford, Natacha Atlas, Texas, Trans-Global Underground, Mel C, Bedlam, Beth Orton, Edwyn Collins, Trevor Jackson, Craig Armstrong, John Bergamo, Bernard Butler, David Mcalmont, Metro Voices, London Sinfonietta, Catherine Bott, Playgroup, Evan Dando, Adria Sherwood, On-U-Sound, Kula Shaker, Vanessa-Mae, David Arnold, Evelyn Glennie, Errol Brown, Rory Gallagher, Gary Husband, Pet Shop Boys, Junior Delgado, The Aloof, David Toop, Lowell Fulson, Joji Hirota, A R Rahman, Luke Vibert, Eumir Deodato, Andy Gangadeen, Steve White, Youth of Killing Joke, B J Cole, Catriona MacDonald , Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses/Simply Red) DJ Judge Jules and French band INTIK, Sinead O'Conner and more!
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. Cuban/Brazilian 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 and 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 electronic looping to create densely alternative percussion fabrics.
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 Pete’s 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.
He has also worked extensively in the film industry and can count the two recent Bond movies, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough amongst his credits, along with City of Angels (Meg Ryan), The Insider (Al Pacino), Plunkett & Maclean (Robert Carlisle), The Bone Collector, Kevin & Perry Go Large and the new Guy Ritchie film Snatch, Moulin Rouge, The Quiet American as well as TV and advertising credits which are too numerous to mention.
He has also taught and lectured in Britain and the USA, including The Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music in London and performances and workshops at the PASIC 99 percussion conference in Columbus, Ohio. Technique articles in drum magazines number over one hundred and include MODERN DRUMMER’ in the US and RHYTHM in the UK. He has also published a series on drum and percussion programming using computers and sound modules and supplies midi files / samples for the cover CD for THE MIX magazine. Pete regularly conducts workshops and gives lectures all over Europe.
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