Pete Philly & Perquisite Recent News

Pete Philly & Perquisite to release remix album in late January, 2007!

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:01:00 -0800

After their successful debut album Mindstate, Pete Philly & Perquisite are about to release their remix album Remindstate on January 29th (January 22nd in the Benelux).

Remindstate contains all 16 tracks of the debut album remixed by Pete & Perquisite's favourite beat creators and groups from all over the world, such as Seiji (Bugz in the Attic, UK), DJ Mitsu the Beats (Japan), Laidback Luke (NL), Nicolay (Foreign Exchange, NL/USA), Morgan Spacek (Spacek, UK) and the New Generation Big Band (NL) and many others.

Pete Philly & Perquisite shared stages with James Brown, Kanye West, Leela James and Blackalicious and rocked crowds at festivals such as North Sea Jazz, Sonar, Lowlands and Capetown Jazz. Remindsate will surely take their musical diversity to a new height.

Pete Philly & Perquisite are nominated for an MTV Europe Music award

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:09:00 -0700

Their latest album, Mindstate, dropped a few months ago and now Pete Philly & Perquisite are up for a MTV Europe Award in the the category of Best Dutch/Belgium act!

You can caste your vote for them at the link below, so if you are fans of this hip-hop duo, hit the link below and do so!

www.mtvema.com

Pete Philly And Perquisite win Dutch Silver Harp!

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:01:00 -0800

Pete Philly And Perquisite win Dutch award for most promising act
The Dutch Silver Harp of 2006 for most promising musical talent has been awarded to Pete Philly and Perquisite. Their debut album 'Mindstate' came out in Europe and South Africa in April 2005 and received critical acclaim from international press. English magazine Q states: "hip hop looks good in orange", according to UK daily The Sun the Mindstate album "harked back the glory days of A Tribe Called Quest", and German magazine Intro describes the band as �unpolished diamonds.� Praise from the hip hop community came from Talib Kweli who claimed: �these guys are musically light-years ahead of the game�. Kweli makes a guest appearance on the album on the track 'Hope'. The Amsterdam based band toured extensively in The Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia and South Africa, and will be touring Germany and the Czech Republic in February/March 2006. For those in America and Canada, the album will hit your recordstores later this year. Stay tuned for an official street date.