DURING 2006, Radio One 'Worldwide' DJ Gilles Peterson has consistently criss- crossed the planet, hopping from continent to continent, to play dozens of mind expanding club and festival sessions.

Fresh from spinning at the Coachella festival in Palm Springs, California in May 2006 he arrived in Brazil to play in both Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo. More importantly, he was there to present the Trocabrahma podcasts which have since introduced a new generation to the cream of Brazil's bossa and post-bossa generation. In the old skool mix was Milton Nascimento, Roberto Menescal. Carlos Lyra, Joyce, Joao Donato, Lo Borges and Marcos Valle. From the nu-skool there was B+'s mindblowing Brasil In Time project featuring Madlib & co., Baile Funk DJs Mr Catra and DJ Marlboro and movie star and rootical sambista Seu Jorge. WORD: over 100,000 people have downloaded these podcasts.

In Japan, where he hosts a regular radio show on the influential J Wave, he recently touched down on the turntables at a dazzling Shape Of Jazz To Come. Held in a 21st century style club on the Tokyo bay, 3 000 clubbers gathered to hear, amongst others, the inimitable Soil & Pimp Sessions, US horn player Joshua Redman and Detroit's Kenny Dixon Jnr aka Moodymann.

Gilles Peterson's experiences as a DJ for Radio One, KISS FM, Jazz FM (from which he was "sacked for playing peace jazz"), Radio London and those classic pirate stations like Invicta and K-Jazz continues to fuel a serious passion for broadcasting. Anyone who has sat in on a live'n'direct Worldwide broadcasts will testify that an alignment of pent up energy, deep knowledge and commitment to new music makes him capable of uniting totally unique diverse musical forces to create a deeply soulful, positive and ever expansive vibe.