Edinburgh born musician, rapper, poet, promoter and producer Pete Ferguson aka Pedro Solenoid has just finished recording his latest album ‘Hands Will Roll’ with his band The Landing Party, due to be released in January next year. Ferguson’s music is mainly influenced by jazz and hip-hop, but essentially all music is about good tunes and good rhythm, he says.
You are a white Rapper in Edinburgh – how did that come about?
I’ve been rapping since I was a young kid. I first heard rap when I was about six and I was immediately taken by it. I fell in love with the rhythm. Dad is a Jazz musician and there are quite a few similarities between Jazz and Hip Hop. I remember saying to dad, “Why do all the songs have to be about love? Why can’t they be about other stuff?” I learnt to play drums when I was 12 and started writing serious rap when I was about 16 and then began rapping at parties and the clubs in Edinburgh.
