Perquisite

Composer/producer Perquisite (Amsterdam, 1982) became active as a film composer in 2008 when he was asked to compose the music for Carnen van het Noorden (2009). For this first endeavor he was awarded a Gouden Kalf (Dutch Oscar) at the Dutch Film Festival of 2009. Since then he has composed the music for several feature films like Brasserie Valentijn (2016) by Sanne Vogel, Huisvrouwen Bestaan Niet 1 & 2 (2017, 2019) by Aniëlle Webster - for which he worked together with Sliderinc -, and Niemand In De Stad (2018) by Michiel van Erp. For the latter he was nominated a second time for a Gouden Kalf. In 2021 he composed the music for television series Zina by Michael Middelkoop and together with Sliderinc he composed the music for feature film 'Ik Wist Het' by Jamel Aattache, which will be released in the spring of 2022. Composer/producer Perquisite - real name Pieter Perquin - started creating hip-hop beats at age fourteen. Having played the cello since his early youth, he has always been involved with, and inspired by all kinds of music, ranging from classical music and sixties to soul and jazz. In 2001 he founded record label Unexpected Records to release his first EP Outta Nowhere. This collection of jazzed up instrumental hip-hop tracks which featured saxophonist Benjamin Herman, became a big hit in Japan. After releasing two more EP's, Perquisite started working together with rapper/vocalist Pete Philly in 2004 as the hip-hop duo Pete Philly & Perquisite. This successful collaboration lasted until 2009 and brought forth two critically acclaimed studio albums: Mindstate (2005) and Mystery Repeats (2007). His next big project was a partnership with singer Kris Berry on their 2013-released album Lovestruck Puzzles. In 2015 Perquisite started a collaboration with Surinam-born singer-songwriter Jeangu Macrooy as his producer/arranger and manager. Jeangu's debut EP Brave Enough (2016), debut album High On You (2017) and sophomore album Horizon (2019) were all produced by Perquisite, as well as the two songs Jeangu took part with in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.