Peter Harris popularly known as Blu Peter, is an electronic dance music

Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 record producer

Record producer

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 and disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 from South Wales

South Wales

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 who pioneered the Nu-NRG

Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...

 music genre

Music genre

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 in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s he served as resident DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 at major London

London

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 nightclub

Nightclub

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s such as Heaven and Turnmills

Turnmills

Turnmills was a London nightclub on the corner of Turnmill Street and Clerkenwell Road in the London Borough of Islington. It closed on the morning of 24 March 2008....

, and found international acclaim performing at raves and nightclubs throughout the world.

Already an established DJ, Harris then began producing original music as Blu Peter, releasing dozens of 12-inch single

12-inch single

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s, CD single

CD single

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s, and remix

Remix

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es, many on the London-based React Music Limited

React Music Limited

React Music Limited was a London based independent record label that was formed in 1990 by James Horrocks and Thomas Foley. James Horrocks was initially involved with successful dance music independent Rhythm King, and React pursued a similar approach - specifically electronic dance music, house...

 record label

Record label

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, and in 1999 his first LP

Gramophone record

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 Widescreen & Digital. Harris also teamed up with Kevin White to form a production duo called Elevator, co-producing numerous singles and EP

Extended play

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s from 1994 through the early 2000s. Harris has also produced a small number of singles and remixes under the aliases Blu Peter & Sal, The Groove Council, Quench and Mass.

External links

• Blu Peter at Discogs
  Discogs
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• [ Blu Peter] at Allmusic