Peter "Peewee" Ferris is a DJ from Sydney. Ferris began mixing at an early age, being inspired by his older brothers Stephen and John who are also DJs. Peewee's pseudonyms include Evac, Slot Jockies and Pipi Le Oui. He has performed multiple times at

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fireworks spectacular. He composed music for the opening and closing ceremonies at the

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. and in 2002 for the

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. He has ranked highly in various dance magazine polls, gaining worldwide exposure and thus gaining work through Asia, Europe and Africa.

Career

1980s-present

Ferris first came to prominence in the late 1980s after producing label-requested remixes for Australian singles including Jenny Morris' " Lighthearted", " Love Dimension" by

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and "

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" by Mark Williams. In 1989, Ferris co-wrote the majority of tracks and produced Collette's '' Raze the Roof'' album. In 1992, Ferris worked with Mark James and David Berman on the dance group Bass Culture, who recorded an album with Geena,

and

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, titled ''

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''. In 1994, Ferris worked on the

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self-titled album. In 1995, Ferris released music under his own name. Single " I Feel It" peaked at number 20 on the ARIA chart and at the 1996 ARIA Music Awards, was nominated for Best Dance Release. Ferris' debut album ''Social Narcotic'' was released in 1997. In the late 1990s, Ferris remixed several Australian singles including

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's " I Want You",

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's " Don't Say Goodbye" and " Whisper Your Name" and

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". In 2000, he composed music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the

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and the Doha 2006 Asian Games and Shanghai World Expo 2010. In 2022, he released a single "1972" with Toni Pearen under the name Pipi Le Oui. This was followed in 2023 with "Whatever Will Be". In October 2024, a remix album titled ''Two Tribes 2021-2025'' was released with Mark James.

Discography

Albums

Charting singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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..ARIA Award previous winners. , - ,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, , "I Feel It" , , Best Dance Release , , , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, , ''Social Narcotic'' , , Best Dance Release , , , -

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferris, Peewee Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Sydney Australian DJs People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney)