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Biography
Paul Pesce, better known as Peshay, is a British drum and bass, jungle, record producer andDJ.
Biography
Peshay began to come to prominence in the early 1990s, playing at East London raves and releasing classic tracks on Reinforced Records, Good Looking Records, and Metalheadz such as Protege EP, 19:5, Piano Tune/Vocal Tune, and Psychosis/Represent. In the mid 1990s, he would play at the seminal Metalheadz at the Blue Note nights.
In 1999, he released the well received jazz-influenced album Miles From Home on Island Records. This was followed up in 2002 with his disco-inspired album Fuzion working with Flytronix, which spawned the single You Got Me Burning. A further album Jammin' was released in 2004.
In 2013, he released a live jazz-funk album on the Tru Thoughts label named Generation.
Peshay launched his own label Peshay Music in 2019.
Selected discography
Albums
- Miles from Home (Island Records, 1999)
- Fuzion (Cubik, 2002)
- Jammin (Cubik, 2004)
- Generation (Tru Thoughts, 2013)
- Reflections (De:Tuned, 2018)
- Underground Vol. 1 (Peshay Music, 2019)
Mixes/compilations
- Renegades of Funk (Renegade, 2001)
Singles/EPs
- Rude (with Dave Charlesworth) (1993)
- Warped Science/Feel It (as Beyond The Future) (Paradise, 1993)
- Protégé EP (Gangster/Warning/Dreams/On the Firm) (Reinforced Records, 1993)
- Psychosis/Represent (Metalheadz, 1994)
- World of Music (Infrared, 1994)
- 19.5 (with LTJ Bukem) (Good Looking Records, 1994)
- Piano Tune/Vocal Tune (Good Looking Records, 1994)
- Predator (Metalheadz, 1996)
- Jazz Lick (Good Looking Records, 1996)
- Jah VIP Rollers Mix (Metalheadz, 1996)
- Miles From Home (Mo'Wax, 1998)
- Switch (Island Records, 1999)
- You Got Me Burning/Fuzion (Cubik, 2002)
- Jammin'/Bongo Music (Cubik, 2004)
- Funkster EP (V Recordings, 2013)
- Vanguard EP (Tru Thoughts, 2014)
- Face Peel/After Dark (Peshay Music, 2019)