After being warmed up by legendary Phil "Moonface" Thompson I started enthusiastic at 830pm with my own set at the Metronomes Villa Southampton. Oh men, I had the time of my life with all this crazy people dancing around the booth not realizing that I performed for over 7 hours without any break.
Due to the technical limitations of SoundCloud I had to split the 7 hour set into 2 parts. This is part 1 of 2.
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Phil Thompson is a DJ / Producer of electronic dance music for over 20 years. Since first getting his hands on a mate’s Technics back in 1993 he’s beaten a pretty impressive path through dance music consciousness.
Phil got his first break, warming up for John Digweed, at a Northern Exposure night in Southampton and has been an active player on the scene ever since. He’s had residencies at clubs and nights along the UK’s south coast and has played internationally as far afield as Moscow, Tokyo, Bali, South America, Greece, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and his second home Tbilisi, Georgia.
Digweed’s global heavy-weight brand Bedrock really helped solidify Phil’s status as an international DJ with the early millennium seeing him warming up for both Sasha and Digweed at John’s monthly nights in London & Brighton. Phil was Bedrock resident for over 5 years.
As well as playing all over the world at amazing parties; highlights include warming up for Digweed in an aircraft hangar in Tel Aviv, playing at Sasha’s Airdrawndagger album launch party at London club Heaven and playing at the atmospheric Tunnel Club, a former air-raid shelter in the side of a mountain in Tbilisi. Phil is equally happy at home in the studio producing under his Moonface moniker and has a very impressive discography to show for it.
His latest release ‘Across the Gulf of Space’ features on ‘Bedrock 18 - Signals’ a 3x CD album of exclusive tracks from some of Bedrock’s favourite artists alongside some exciting new names on the label’s roster. Phil’s first release was number four on Bedrock Records, the now classic ‘Futurized Fears’ - soon followed by a 6 track mini album ‘Between Worlds’ voted album of the month by several magazines at the time. Then came‘Layered Sounds’, mixed by both himself and John Digweed. Phil also has numerous releases on quality compilation CDs such as the ‘Balance Series 006’ on EQ Recordings and the legendary Global Underground and Nubreed series, as well as releases on Tulipa, Endemic and Wolf Trap.
Phil’s love of music started at home as it does for many DJ / Producers. His very early influences as diverse as his Grandma’s extensive 1950s vinyl collection to Howard Jones as a teenager, Kraftwerk, Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin to name just a few. Always searching for new music he’s never heard before, constantly evolving but always staying true to his underground roots, Phil’s sound is tough, tribal, and layered with outer world sounds.
Phil is also a very talented artist / illustrator and is responsible for release artwork on labels such as Wolf Trap, Greta Cottage; the most recent being Paxton Fettel’s 2nd vinyl album release on the label, and now for High Tide Recordings.
Getting noticed in the dance music scene wasn’t easy before the birth of social media and Phil’s story says a lot about his passion for the scene back in the mid 90’s until this day. He put in the studio hours regularly driving over to his friend’s studio-in-a-shed to begin his foray into music production. Searching for the right people to send out endless promo tapes but never getting any feedback for years - It was never a career move or about wanting to be a superstar DJ but about the feeling you get playing music you love to a crowd of people who want it.
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