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Pete Philly and Perquisite both had musical careers before they met in the autumn of 2002. Pete Philly was part of funk formation Gotcha! and hiphopgroup Nicotine and in 2002 took part as a solo performer in the 'Grote Prijs van Nederland' were he won the award for best musician. Perquisite released two solo EP's (2001 & 2002) on his own label Unexpected Records on which he worked with jazz musicians like [[Benjamin Herman (Saxophonist)|Benjamin Herman]] and David Kweksilber. Pete & Perq decided to collaborate and in January 2004 their first EP ''The Mindstate EP'' was released. The EP received a lot of critical acclaim which stimulated Pete Philly & Perquisite to create a full album out of the original EP. Each track of the album would represent a certain state of mind, hence the title ''[[Mindstate]]''. The actual writing, recording and producing of the much anticipated album took about a year, and included collaborations with fellow Dutch rapper [[Cee-Major]] ([[The Proov]]), Dutch singer Senna Gourdou and [[United States|American]] rapper [[Talib Kweli]]. |
Pete Philly and Perquisite both had musical careers before they met in the autumn of 2002. Pete Philly was part of funk formation Gotcha! and hiphopgroup Nicotine and in 2002 took part as a solo performer in the 'Grote Prijs van Nederland' were he won the award for best musician. Perquisite released two solo EP's (2001 & 2002) on his own label Unexpected Records on which he worked with jazz musicians like [[Benjamin Herman (Saxophonist)|Benjamin Herman]] [[:nl:Benjamin_Herman|(nl)]] and David Kweksilber. Pete & Perq decided to collaborate and in January 2004 their first EP ''The Mindstate EP'' was released. The EP received a lot of critical acclaim which stimulated Pete Philly & Perquisite to create a full album out of the original EP. Each track of the album would represent a certain state of mind, hence the title ''[[Mindstate]]''. The actual writing, recording and producing of the much anticipated album took about a year, and included collaborations with fellow Dutch rapper [[Cee-Major]] ([[The Proov]]), Dutch singer Senna Gourdou and [[United States|American]] rapper [[Talib Kweli]]. |
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The debut album was internationally considered by critics as one of the best albums ever to come out of the Netherlands. In march of 2005 the album was released in Japan through [[Unexpected Records]] / [[Handcuts Records]] and in april it wa released all over Europe through [[Unexpected Records]] / [[Epitaph Europe]]. |
The debut album was internationally considered by critics as one of the best albums ever to come out of the Netherlands. In march of 2005 the album was released in Japan through [[Unexpected Records]] / [[Handcuts Records]] and in april it wa released all over Europe through [[Unexpected Records]] / [[Epitaph Europe]]. |
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Introduction
Pete Philly & Perquisite is a hip hop duo, originating from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Pieter Monzon "Pete Philly" (born 1980 in Aruba) is the MC/vocalist and Pieter Perquin "Perquisite" (born 1982 in Amsterdam) plays cello, produces and composes all the music. Their music is best described as hip hop with inluences from jazz, broken beat and soul. They usually perform live together with DJ PCM (Misha van der Winkel), Remco Keijzer on saxophone, EWI and flute, Kasper Kalf on double-bass and Ruben Hein on keys.
Mindstate
Pete Philly and Perquisite both had musical careers before they met in the autumn of 2002. Pete Philly was part of funk formation Gotcha! and hiphopgroup Nicotine and in 2002 took part as a solo performer in the 'Grote Prijs van Nederland' were he won the award for best musician. Perquisite released two solo EP's (2001 & 2002) on his own label Unexpected Records on which he worked with jazz musicians like Benjamin Herman (nl) and David Kweksilber. Pete & Perq decided to collaborate and in January 2004 their first EP The Mindstate EP was released. The EP received a lot of critical acclaim which stimulated Pete Philly & Perquisite to create a full album out of the original EP. Each track of the album would represent a certain state of mind, hence the title Mindstate. The actual writing, recording and producing of the much anticipated album took about a year, and included collaborations with fellow Dutch rapper Cee-Major (The Proov), Dutch singer Senna Gourdou and American rapper Talib Kweli.
The debut album was internationally considered by critics as one of the best albums ever to come out of the Netherlands. In march of 2005 the album was released in Japan through Unexpected Records / Handcuts Records and in april it wa released all over Europe through Unexpected Records / Epitaph Europe. The duo did create a very solid fanbase with performances with their live formation across Europe and also in the USA and South Africa. Success rose because of their performances and hitsongs like Mellow and Grateful. Their success led them to winning an Essent Award and a Zilveren Harp. They were also nominated for a Dutch MOBO-award, three TMF awards, the MTV European Music Award and for the prestigious Edison-award. On August 20, 2006 they performed at the A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise-festival for the second time, this time performing with the New Generation Big Band. In september of that same year they finished the Mindstate tour in a sold out Melkweg, Amsterdam.
Remindstate
After the last show of the Mindstate tour Pete & Perq took a break to work on their second album. During this non-touring period 'Remindstate' was released, the totally remixed version of the Mindstate album. The record, which was released January 2007, included remixes from several musical friends of the duo like Seiji (Bugz in the Attic, Nicolay, C-Mon & Kypski, Morgan Spacek, Laidback Luke and the Metropole Orchestra and was well received by both the audience as press.
Mystery Repeats
In September 2007 the second album, Mystery Repeats, was released in The Netherlands through Unexpected Records / ANTI Records. A Belgium release followed on January 21st 2008, the European release on February 18th and the Japanese release (through Handcuts Records) on March 5th 2008. The album entered on the first position in the Dutch album charts in the week of its release and the first single 'Time Flies' received a lot of radio- and airplay, especially in The Netherlands. Pete & Perq started their live tour in a sold out Melkweg again and started to play all over Europe. In march of 2008 they toured around Japan and in April of that same year they toured togeher with Leeroy from Saian Supa Crew in Germany. In the summer of 2008 they played on well known festivals acroos Europe like Sizget (HU), Nuke (AT), Exit (SR), Lowlands (NL), HipHop Open (DE), North Sea Jazz (NL), Printemps de Bourges (FR), Gurten (CH) and Summerjam (DE). When they got back they received the prestigious 'Amsterdam Award of Art', the most important award of the city, out of the hands of Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen. At the same time their third single 'Mystery Repeats' entered the Dutch Top 40 to stay in there for about a month, becoming their most succesfull single so far. They were also nominated for the second time for the MTV European Music Award. Currently Pete & Perq are touring across Europe. The first three shows were all sold out and they will finish their European tour in Amsterdam pop venue Paradiso on December 6th of 2008.
Awards and Nominations
2005:
- Mindstate ‘Disque Pop de la Semaine’ (VPRO radio)
- Winner Essent Award
- Nominated for Best Album of the year by 3voor12
- Nominated for 2 Dutch Mobo Awards: Best Live Act and Best Album
2006:
- Winner Silver Harp (Zilveren Harp)
- Winner Kink FM Live XS Award: Best New Live Act
- Nominated for 2 Edisons: Best Group and Best New Group
- Nominated for 3 3FM Awards: Best Artist R&B & HipHop, Best Album and Best New Artist
- Nominated for TMF Awards: Best New Artist
- Nominated for MTV European Music Award: Best Dutch/Belgian Act (Other nominees: Kane, Deus, Anouk, Gabriel Rios)
- Nominated for Urban Awards: Best Live Act
- Nominated for Party Peeps 2000 Awards: Best Live Act
- Winner of the Gouden Greep 2006 for Most Original Collaboration and nominated for Best Group and Best Live Act
2007:
- Nominated for 2 Urban Awards: Best Album & Best Live Act
- Nominated for 6 Gouden Grepen: Best Group, Best Album, Best Live Act, Best Song, Best Video, Best Producer
2008:
- Nominated for Gouden Notenkraker: Music
- Nominated for 3FM Awards: Best Artist Alternative
- Winner of the Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst
- Nominated for MTV Europe Music Award
- Nominated for three State Awards: Best Group, Best Live Act & Best Single
Discography
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| Mindstate |
Remindstate
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Mystery Repeats
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Mystery Repeats - The Live Edition
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