Pete Cannon

Born in Blackpool and based in London, Pete Cannon has been developing since the early 2010s a path between jungle, British hip hop and house, with a marked taste for textures drawn from the earliest rave and breakbeat aesthetics. Producer, DJ and sometimes vocalist under the name Peter Buchanan, he circulates his music between club formats, rap tracks and projects more directly rooted in sound system culture, while running the N4 Records label and co-founding Melonskin Records with Dirty Dike. Pete Cannon has collaborated with artists from the British rap and bass scene such as Inja, Dr Syntax, Foreign Beggars, SonnyJim or Stig of the Dump, and also produced two tracks for Roaring 20s of Rizzle Kicks in 2012, including Lost Generation. His discography, visible notably on Discogs and streaming platforms, spans several labels such as Hospital, High Focus, Kniteforce or Swamp 81. Pete Cannon's sound rests on broken rhythms, clean basslines, old-school samples and a direct approach to groove, at the crossroads of independent rap, jungle revival and English house.