Hōreki (宝暦?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kan'en and before Meiwa. The period spanned the years from October 1751 through June 1764. The reigning emperor and emperess were Momozono-tennō (桃園天皇?) and Go-Sakuramachi-tennō (後桜町天皇?).
The previous era could be said to have ended and the new era is understood to have commenced in Kan'en 4, on the 27th day of the 10th month; however, this nengō was promulgated retroactively. The Keikō Kimon records that the calendar was amended by Imperial command, and the era was renamed Hōreki on December 2, 1754, which then would have become 19th day of the 10th month of the 4th year of Hōreki.
Peter Robert Lockett is an English percussionist and recording artist. Lockett is known as a versatile and prolific percussionist, collaborating with many artists. He is well-versed in percussion traditions from music cultures around the world, including, Arabic, Japanese, Indian and Western.
Lockett grew up in Portsmouth, South East England in a non-musical family. He gained an interest in music at the age of 19 when he passed a drum shop one day and decided to book a lesson. Lockett found a career in music (especially in percussion) to be exhilarating, eventually moving to London two years later to pursue a career in the field.
He has recorded and/or performed with many artists including, Björk, Afro Celt Sound System, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, The Verve, Amy Winehouse, Pet Shop Boys, Sinéad O' Connor, Nitin Sawhney, Zakir Hussain and A.R. Rahman amongst many others. He has also worked extensively in the film industry, playing on a number of Bond movies,Moulin Rouge!, The Insider, City of Angels, The Bone Collector and the Guy Ritchie movie Snatch.