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Pieter Perquin (born 30 April 1982, Amsterdam, Netherlands), better known under the pseudonym Perquisite, is a Dutch musician, music producer and composer. == Biography == In 1996, at the age of 14, Perquisite started making hiphopbeats. Due to his classical musical background he often incorporated classical and jazzy elements into his creations. In 2001 he started his own record label Unexpected Records and made his debut with ''The Outta Nowhere EP'', in collaboration with Dutch Jazz musician Benjamin Herman. After this he composed and produced another solo EP ''Double Vision'', which was released in 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unexpected-records.com/releases/outta-nowhere-double-vision-ep )〕 In 2003 Perquisite started collaborating with Dutch rapper/MC Pete Philly, and together they had their break through as the hiphop duo Pete Philly & Perquisite. They released two albums, and toured around the world for five years. They played multiple festivals, including Lowlands,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lowlandsarchief.nl/Lowlands-2008/pete-philly-a-perquisite )〕 North Sea Jazz〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/2008/sunday-13-july/6095_pete-philly-perquisite/#.VSP8fkLB5UQ )〕 and Sziget.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/sziget/2008 )〕 Their studio album 'Mindstate' (2005) received a lot of critical acclaim, Talib Kweli stating; 'Musically, these guys are light years ahead of the game.'. Studio album 'Mystery Repeats' (2007) came in second position in the Dutch charts and stayed in the charts for 25 weeks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Pete+Philly+%26+Perquisite&titel=Mystery+Repeats&cat=a )〕 Together Pete & Perq won multiple prizes, including the Dutch 'Silver Harp', and the 'Amsterdam Prize for the Arts'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://m.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1211524/2008/06/11/Pete-Philly-amp-Perquisite-winnen-Amsterdamprijs.dhtml )〕 After more than 300 performances in and outside of the Netherlands, including providing the warm up act for James Brown and Kanye West, the duo ended their collaboration in the autumn of 2009 with a last 'Final Celebration Tour'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.melkweg.nl/nl/agenda/pete-philly-perquisite-s-final-celebration-tour-uitverkocht )〕 In 2009 Perquisite won a Golden Calf ((オランダ語:Gouden Kalf)),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2009/oktober/perquisite-wint-gouden-kalf-voor-soundtrack-carmen-van-het-noorden.html )〕 (which is the award for the Netherlands Film Festival) for composing the music for the film 'Carmen van het Noorden'. Around the same time, Perquisite was also working on his solo album 'Across', that saw its release in October 2010. On 'Across' Perquisite collaborated with twelve different Dutch vocalists. From 2009 onwards, Perquisite started focussing mainly on composing music for films, documentaries, plays and commercials. In 2012 he met singer Kris Berry at a weekly jam session in Amsterdam. They started writing tracks together and decided to release an album together. The joint album 'Lovestruck Puzzles'〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kris+Berry+%26+Perquisite&titel=Lovestruck+Puzzles&cat=a )〕 was released in September 2013 via Unexpected Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unexpected-records.com/news/lovestruck-puzzles-out-on-i-tunes )〕 Besides his career as an artist/producer, Perquisite has been running his own record label Unexpected Records since 2001. He has also been responsible for the management of Pete Philly & Perquisite and is a member of the board of Dutch copyright organisation BUMA/STEMRA〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bumastemra.nl/over-bumastemra/organisatie/bestuur-bumastemra/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perquisite (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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