Jerome De Pietro

After studying electro-acoustic music Jerome taught himself to play drums and joined his first band. Training as a tape-operator he worked alongside George Chkiantz (Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones) and was soon engineering his own sessions. Armed with the knowledge of the recording studio as an instrument in its own right, he collected his own equipment and started making music. Within a year he was working for the UK band "Dodgy". As well as programming on ‘412266’ he produced the additional music which dovetails the album tracks and contributed b-sides and dance mixes. He joined the band for the UK leg of their album tour then returned to the studio to remix the whole of the album. The result, '11765341', was well received on its release although it was overshadowed by the band's well publicised split. It is available as disc 2 of the greatest hits compilation 'Ace A's and Killer B's'. Post Dodgy, Jerome continued working with Nigel Clark - their singer, bassist and main song writer. Together they collaborated on the music for "2by4", “Refuge” and other film/tv soundtracks. The pair also worked on ‘fader5000’ – a band and multimedia project for which they recorded the unreleased album ‘Make Believe Love’. As ‘Baroque Dub’ Jerome has produced a number of eclectic underground releases. The album ‘It’s A Lifestyle Thing’ is considered by many to have been at the forefront of the bootleg and mash-up scenes. A part-time member of the Birmingham (UK) hip-hop/funk/reggae collective ‘Munchbreak’, he is also integral to the live experimental space funk of ‘FuzzMagic’. He now runs a netlabel promoting predominantly digi-dub and mixtape releases.