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| Introduction Chilled By Nature has been a labour of love over the last ten years. It is the realisation of an ongoing musical vision that has been distilling over time, shaped by a bewildering variety of musical influences, and real life experiences. I like to think of it as spiritual music, that celebrates being alive on earth, with all its beauties and imperfections, joys and sorrows. The Chilled By Nature sound is my personal travelogue - an attempt to capture the bigger picture and through it, to reflect my experiences and emotions. Pete Lawrence January 2006
Nowadays, while devoting much of his time to other artists music through The Big Chill's various music-led ventures, and his own globe-trotting DJ sets (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Italy, Ibiza, The Greek Islands, Hungary, Finland, Egypt and Siberia), Pete also finds time to record and perform his own music, as Chilled by Nature. Through Chilled by Nature's EPs, one-off tracks and collaborations, live performances at The Big Chill festival, and the imminent album - Pete combines his diverse influences to produce haunting, cinematic music of quiet beauty, which plays out in widescreen in the mind's eye. With previous releases championed by the likes of Chris Coco, Laurent Garnier, Charles Webster and Phil Mison and many of the more discerning dowtempo DJs, Chilled by Nature's forthcoming album, which Pete has been working on since the dawn of The Big Chill, and in recent months with new Big Chill Recordings artist Laura B as co-producer, is likely to make waves beyond The Big Chill community. The album will feature some surprising guest musicians and is due for release in 2006. Chilled By Nature's music illustrates a love of cinematic orchestral textures, drawn from components of musical traditions and forged ahead in new directions, perhaps best described as a new kind of electronic chamber music. Folk, classical, jazz, electronic, ambient, lounge - these are all sounds that he has spent a lifetime soaking up. A diverse panoply of musicians have been instrumental in shaping Pete's musical direction over the years: Pat Metheny, Andreas Vollenweider, Brian Eno, Michael Mantler, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Beach Boys, John Barry, Faure, Satie, Zappa, and more recently the new breed of eclecticism that has shaped his programming at the tastemaking Big Chill festival : Zero 7, Cinematic Orchestra, Sufjan Stevens, Hint, The Necks, Four Tet and Ulrich Schnauss to name but a few. These artists share a wide-screen palate of sounds, a desire to create 'big' music and a delight in the journey to the end destination.
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| SOME MUSICAL INFLUENCES |
in no particular order... Frank Zappa ...AND PLACES The Square and Compass, Worth Matravers |