Pip Wilson bhp

I was really shocked last week.
Upset even.
Totally unexpected.

It was announced that Gilles Peterson was being axed from BBC Radio 1.
He is at the cutting edge of all things new about music.
Broad range/as futuristic as you can get
yet he has been sacked, so it seems, because the nee to have younger DJs
stink

If yo click this way often
you will know I delight in his music.
I capture and have done for ten years.
I have a hard drive full of his two hour programs
Plus his albums with a wide range of artistes.

The beeb have replied to my complaint
upset but not nasty - never

Developing new DJ talent is a key part of this and we believe the changes to the schedule will ultimately strengthen the overall range and depth of our specialist music offering. There will be new programmes for Skream & Benga, Toddla T, Charlie Sloth and Friction; and we will also introduce another four new presenters to the station in early 2012 as part of the In New DJs We Trust show.

We do understand your disappointment regarding Gilles Peterson’s departure. He has enjoyed a fantastic 13 years with the network, but we felt it was the right moment to give an opportunity to one of the next generation of up and coming DJs. He is currently in talks with other BBC Networks about future projects, so this is not necessarily the last time you will be able to hear him on the BBC.

We hope that this explains some of our thinking regarding the changes. We’re sorry you’re not happy with them, but hope you will at least give the new presenters a chance once they start in April 2012 before making a final decision about them.

I remain upset.
My Wednesday morning will become and empty space
a naked soul suffering musical and emotional deprivation.
hmmmmmm

This weeks show GEMS

Listen now (120 minutes)

Folk starlet Liz Green delivers stripped back renditions of two tracks from her new LP.

Meanwhile, Gilles Peterson drops heavyweight bits from

Sinden, Darkhouse Family and Bad Bad Not Good!

Music played

1. Actress — Rainy Dub

   Honest Jon's

2. Troy Gunner — Heads In Hands

   Mindset

3. Julio Bashmore — Well Wishers

   Futureboogie

4. Darkhouse Family — Take On The World

   Earnest Endeavours

5. Sinden — High Demand (feat Jesse Boykins)

   Grizzly

6. The Twilite Tone — Mean Machine

   UNOUno

7. Liz Green — Displacement Song

8. Liz Green — Gallows

9. Yusef Lateef — Brother John

   ABC

10. Frank Minion — Black Opium Street

11. Shigeto — New Light

    Ghostly International

12. Actress — Rainy Dub

    Honest Jon’s

13. Troy Gunner — Head In Hands

    Mindset

14. Julio Bashmore — Well Wishers

    Futureboogie

15. The Real Thing — Children Of The Ghetto

16. Madlib — Deep

    Instrumental

17. 2Morrow’s Victory — Antfarm

18. Homeboy Sandman — New York Nights

    Stones Throw

19. Emanative — Lions Of Judah (Zara Mashup)

20. Bad Bad Not Good — Hard In The Paint

21. Bludd Relations — Even Steven

22. Darkhouse Fam — Take On The World (feat Om’mas)

    Earnest Endeavours

23. Sinden — High Demand (feat Jesse Boykins III)

24. Kindness — Seod

    Terrible

25. Unknown — Burial Blakey

26. Lv — Explosive (DJ Rum Remix)

27. Scrimshire — A Promise Is All It Was

    Wah Wah 45

28. Words and Music with Liz Green

    1. Liz Green — Displacement Song

    2. Liz Green — Gallows

29. The Staves — Icarus

    Atlantic

30. Ifan Dafydd — To Me

    Push & Run

31. Carmen McCrae & Dave Brubeck — Take Five

    CBS

32. Roots Manuva — Beyond This World

    Big Dada

33. Sound Of Rum — So Low

34. Bad Bad Not Good — Rotten Decay

35. Namshimada — Sunshower

36. Kindness — Seod (Philip Zdar Dub)

    hmmmmmm in mourning ........