Black Jazz Consortium

Black Jazz Consortium

Black Jazz Consortium is an alias of Fred Peterkin, a DJ and producer from Flatbush, Brooklyn. His background spans a broad mix of styles heard while growing up there, including 1970s R&B, funk and rock and roll, early 1980s electro, hip-hop, reggae and disco, and the house music of the mid-1980s to early 1990s.

Music and approach

Fred Peterkin describes the studio as a second home and uses music as a way to communicate. He treats DJing as the setting in which to present that outlook, and sees music as a universal language built around love, life and rhythm. His philosophy is that music brings people together through sound, groove and vibration, while each listener decides what to do with it.

Style and context

The act is associated with deep house, house, jazz, experimental music and broken beat. The material under the Black Jazz Consortium name reflects Peterkin’s wider interest in detailed, groove-led electronic music.