Pete Rann / Talking image

Drum n' Bass / Breakbeats / Electronica

Burnham, United Kingdom

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About

AIM - prannus1

www.myspace.com/peterann

Pete Rann started his musical career after a school friend introduced him to the legendary Mike Allen hiphop/electro show on Capital radio back in 1985. This exciting new scene and sound inspired him to get a pair of Technics sl1210s and start djing. Whilst accumulating a large record collection with frequent trips to all the underground record shops at the time, Pete was also exposed to the early house sounds of Chicago and Detriot. This lead to an interest also in Acid house, early bleep/euro Techno and early breakbeat sounds such as Shut up and dance. From there the musical journey continued to early hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, electronica, Techno and hiphop. During this time Pete had been honing his mixing skills and started compiling many mix tapes. He managed to win a few competitions, one was for the legendary Eternity magazine. The next was for Muzik magazines` bedroom bedlam as a runner up. A slot at the legendary Blue Note in London beckoned playing along side Nicky Blackmarket and finally a set at Movement in London. This all lead to stints playing various clubs and bars around the London area as well as numerous residencies in Brighton where he lived for some time. Drawing inspiration from such clubs as Speed@Mars, Metalheadz Sunday sessions@ Blue Note and many clubbing experiences in Brighton. Pete turned his hand to production and purchased his first studio set up around 1997. His first ideas were what can only be described as techno influenced breaks, he also started to make drum and bass. A chance demo to 720 label owner Blame led to a very encouraging response. From there Pete knuckled down and spent many sleepless nights honing his studio techniques. His first release came in 2001 with a track entitled `Spiral Motion` for the downtempo label Tru-thoughts ran by Rob Luis whom Pete knew from his Brighton days. Now a bit more confident with his output, Pete sent a demo to LTJ Bukem. Surprisingly he received a phone call from the man himself `a most surreal experience` he adds ` I`d spent years watch Bukem on the decks, now I`m talking to him about life and signing tracks to Goodlooking!` His debut track `Free spirit` did very well and received rave reviews on its release. The rest as they say is history, more tracks were signed as well as appearances on other similar style labels. Though not recording for Goodlooking anymore, Pete is still producing his own recognisable style of d+b for other labels. He has also turned his hand at making other styles of music including Nu Jazz/Broken beats, funky breaks and House/electronica under a new guise called`Talking Image` Pete has also since been lucky enough to spin along side some of the scenes biggest names both home and abroad including Holland, Germany, Estonia and Austria.