By Ali Ikram
The music industry is paying tribute to the man credited with coining the term 'world music'.
Charlie Gillett died on Wednesday aged 58, but not before championing the causes of musicians whom without him, British audiences would never have heard - including a Kiwi favourite.
In December last year, Fat Freddy's Drop recorded a live session at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, where the pantheon of classical and popular music have performed and been discovered in the last 75 years
It turned out to be one of the last sessions for DJ Gillett, who discovered many of them.
Gillett was into Fat Freddy's Drop after a life spent uncovering talents as diverse as Dire Straits, Ian Dury and Elvis… Costello, not Presley.
But while he was a fan of Fat Freddy's Drop early releases, Gillett wasn't too impressed by debut album Based On A True Story, despite it being the Kiwi album that's spent the longest time topping our charts
In one of his final reviews, Gillett said vocalist Dallas Tamaira's voice bypassed his critical faculties and messed with his mind, adding right now, this is the favourite group in the world.
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