The Phil-Harmonic Podcast Episode 57

Hello all,

The Phil-Harmonic Podcast returns for its slower-tempoed, progressive/trouse leg on this (in the UK at least) fine, sunny bank holiday weekend. We are on the cusp of summer now; you can just about smell it in the air. Cider, festivals, barbecues, weddings even... the summer promises much.

In the immediate here and now, there's more good news in that I have a brand new, custom-built PC winging its way to me in the post. That may seem like an extremely geeky thing to announce publicly; But it's good news for all listeners of the podcast, as recording, converting and processing files all get a damn sight more reliable. Fewer glitches, fewer data errors, fewer occasions when Audacity crashes before I can save the file! It also gives me even more incentive to start on the producing road soon. Watch this space.

The bad news though (ready your miniature violin) is that I have a little bit of man flu this weekend. The excesses of the last few months have finally caught up with me. The two episodes I've done today (this and next week's upload) are definitely those of a jaded DJ - good efforts nonetheless, but not quite shining like recent episodes have done. A podcasting holiday may be in order in a few weeks time to recharge the batteries, but for now, we press right on....

This week's podcast has Rank 1's fingers all over it - a new single (Floorlifter), a new remix (Under The Gun), a track that was originally engineered by them (Humanoid) and the ending oldie is also from their own label, High Contrast Recordings. So, regardless of any sub-standard mixing you may or may not hear, the Dutch duo ensure the standard of tuneage is still top shelf.

New Israeli producer, Avi, also serves up two productions, a couple of absolute electro slammers including our 'Tune Of The Episode', Stream. Also... look out for Basque The Dog. He's a big fella!


THE PHIL-HARMONIC PODCAST EPISODE 57

1. Hard Rock Sofa - Rasputin [Axtone Records]
2. Dannic - Clobber [Toolroom Records]
3. Tasadi & Aryas - Lost Garden (Faruk Sabanci Dirty Rock Mix) [Sedna Recordings]
4. Jochen Miller - Humanoid (Ali Wilson Remix) [High Contrast Recordings]
5. Solid Stone - Not Really [Saturate Audio]
6. Digital X - Stealth [Coldharbour Recordings]
7. Rank 1 - Floorlifter [High Contrast Recordings]
8. Conjure One feat. Leigh Nash - Under The Gun (Rank 1 Remix) [S107 Recordings]
9. Chris Schweizer & Tomas Heredia - Darksiders [A State Of Trance]
10. Bobina - Basque The Dog [Magik Muzik]
11. Mansel Scheffel - Cygnus (Avi Remix) [Inov8 Recordings]
12. Avi - Stream [Alter Ego Records] <<<(Phil's Tune Of The Episode)>>>
13. Marcel Woods feat. Elles de Graaf - Can't Sleep [High Contrast Recordings] <<<(The Phil-Harmonic Golden Oldie)>>>


Right, I'm off to bed to nurse my sorry ass back to health. See you next week!