The Phil-Harmonic Podcast Episode 65

One thing TPHP can’t be accused of is constantly hammering the same style. Another is never coming up with something different.

I find that a number of radio shows and podcasts, from professionals and amateurs, have really nailed their colours to the mast these days. You’re either ‘US-influenced’ EDM trouse music a la Hardwell, Estiva or Marcus Schossow, you’re either dark mid-tempo stuff like a Markus Schulz or, like most of the DJs I share the airwaves with at Renegade Transmission, you’re a full blooded 138+ DJ. Most are either the former or the latter; with all the bickering that goes on in between. Whatever the style, people seem to be pretty set on what they do, and you can sure it’ll be the same this week as it was last.

For me, the longer I DJ the more I yearn to really mix styles up; the more I want a podcast to be a 1 hour melting pot. This brings its own problems and we are by no means at our stylistic end point yet. There is actually no end point to be achieved, I think.

In the opening 20-30 mins of this week’s Episode 65, you may not be quite sure where the set is going, as it segways in and out of the melodic, the cheesey, the dirty and the dark. But somehow, it does fit together and it does eventually go somewhere.

The mixing isn’t perfect and the more holistic approach may be missed by some people, but what I love about this week’s is the unusual combinations that actually work, most notably the mix out of the very modern electro sounding Arigatou into the demonic trance/hard trance meshing (the old school staple of ID&T) of Lost Myself In The Way You Close Your Eyes from 2004. When I split the podcast in two and made it a weekly show, the end goal was really to create far more of these unheard of combinations and use them as centre pieces. This one works a treat.

By a similar token, Marcel Wood’s Yellin @ The Neighbours will be a track I expect most people haven’t heard in ages. The phrase ‘they don’t make um like they used to’ springs to mind. While the latest Mike Koglin collab, Crunk, has me thinking, ‘maybe they do’. Some real 2005-2006 era tech trance vibes on that record.

Also, look out for our ‘Tune Of The Episode’ (and so far vocal of the year) Discover by Faruk Sabanci and Jaren. Absolutely incredible vocal and one that resonates with me hugely at the moment.

THE PHIL-HARMONIC PODCAST EPISODE 65

1. Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Running To The Sea (Marcus Schössow Remix) [CDR - Free Download]
2. Faruk Sabanci feat. Jaren - Discover [Arisa Audio] <<<(Phil's Tune Of The Episode)>>>
3. EDX & Leventina - The Sun [Spinnin' Records]
4. Leventina - Hear Me [Unreleased Digital]
5. Dave Schiemann - Throne [Dedu Music]
6. Max Graham - The Evil ID [Re*brand]
7. Daniel Kandi & Jack Rowan - Arigatou [Enhanced Recordings]
8. Benjamin Bates - Lost Myself (In The Way You Close Your Eyes) [ID&T] <<<(The Phil-Harmonic Golden Oldie)>>>
9. Marcel Woods - Yellin @ The Neighbours [High Contrast Recordings]
10. Tempo Giusto & Mike Koglin - Crunk [Echelon Records]
11. Richard Durand - Ledged Up (Raw & Hard Mix) [Terminal 4]

All for now, kids.