Exactly two years after the phenomenal success that was Gilles Peterson in Brazil comes a new instalment of the very best music that Brazil has to offer, as we find Gilles Peterson Back in Brazil.

GPBiB is a double album with Das Velhas focussing on the timeless songs and performers of the 60s & 70s. For anyone who has checked Gilles behind the decks or over the airwaves, Das Velhas will bring smiles of recognition. Rare tracks by the incomparable Jorge Ben, the fabulously funky Trio Mocoto and the great Wilson Simonal sit side by side lesser known gems by Silvio Cesar, Wilson De Neves and Evinha. The accompanying Novas set is all about now, taking in Brazilian DNB, reggae dub, spiritual bossa jazz and the burgeoning new reggaeton sounding Rio funk scene including tracks by Drumagick, Bruno E, Rappin’ Hood & Seu Jorge.

Quite simply Gilles Peterson has been one of the world’s most influential DJs for many years. As a broadcaster, DJ, album compiler and record company A+R his way of relating and applying the world of music has touched countless listeners as well as influencing and inspiring an abundance of DJs and respected searchers for musical truth. He has been instrumental too in encouraging new music through his association with the Acid Jazz and Talkin Loud record labels via artists such as Terry Callier, 4 Hero, Roni Size, NuYorican Soul and The Young Disciples.

And then there’s Gilles’s abiding love for the music of Brazil, which goes back to his teens ever since he first broadcast over south London from his back yard shed. Brazilian music has featured heavily in his worldwide DJ sets and on his ground breaking WorldWide show on Radio 1. In the legendary Jazz Room at the Electric Ballroom in the 80s he fed London’s dancers with a staple diet of hard jazz and obscure but much loved, percussion fuelled, Brazilian fusion. Today, he is still diggin’ and discovering those lush jazz infected classics that provide the foundation for Brazil’s funk, drum ‘n bass and hip hop modernists and for the global nu-skool jazz crew.