Pete Devereux
from Artful Dodger

Pete Devereux is one half of garage kings Artful Dodger, who teamed up with a series of up-and-coming r&b artists to sell over a million singles in the UK in less than a year.

Starting his music career as a DJ on pirate stations and in nightclubs, Pete met his partner in crime Mark Hill at a club in Southampton and went on to hit the big time with 1999 smash ‘Re-Rewind’ featuring Craig David.

Mark and Pete are both classically trained musicians - Pete is a pianist and Mark played for the Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra. Although they bill themselves as producers, they say their music is more about instruments than sampling.

Since pioneering two-step in England, Artful Dodger have had hits with Lifford on ‘Please Don’t Turn Me On’, Robbie Craig and Craig David on ‘Woman Trouble’, Romina Johnson on ‘Movin Too Fast’, and - most recently - Michelle Escoffrey on ‘Think About Me’.

As well as guest DJ-ing around the world last year Pete and Mark still found time to release their debut album ‘It’s All About the Stragglers’.

Question of Pop caught up with Pete backstage and you can click on the links below to hear our exclusive interview.
Listen to Pete talk about:

(o)   The most trouble he’s ever been in
(o)   Fighting Liam Gallagher & Anne Robinson
(o)   What song describes him best
(o)   If he could be anyone for a day

Click here to read a transcript of the interview