Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tinker Podcast Presents Phil Weeks
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Podcast Episode Summary
This week it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Phil Weeks. This is an EXCLUSIVE mix for the Tinker podcast which coincides with Phil's second album Love Affair.
DJ/producer Phil Weeks is a house music purist. His mixing is old school Chicago with a nu-school French flare going from the deepest house to the techiest. His production sounds like it could have been released in the 90’s partly because he uses the same gear – 808’s, 909’s, 606’s, even vintage keys. He prefers vinyl, likes his mixes dirty, and knows how to rock a crowd with a heavy hitting bass line. Phil Weeks is a house purist dedicated to bringing the world only proper house music with his DJing, his producing and his label, Robsoul Recordings.
Tracklisting
01. Matrix – Get Out – Kerri Chandler Mix
02. Tommy Largo – Can’t Lose
03. Soundstream – Deeper Love
04. Cajmere & Gene Farris – Edge of the looking glass
05. Hector Moralez – That’s Hard
06. Vernon & DaCosta – Wanna Be (Sneak Remix)
07. Craig Hamilton & Esteban Carracas – Release
08. Sek – Swing That
09. DJ Sneak – I Know The Rhythm
10. Pedro Goya – Movida
11. DJ Pisti – Disco 2000 (Orlando Voorn Mix)
12. Craig Hamilton – Glasgow Acid
13. Inland Knights & Da Sounlounge – Freak Out
14. Gemini – Where Do I Go
15. Cajmere & Gene Farris – Le Mirage
16. Soundstream – Tease Me
17. Peven Everett – Stuck (Phil ashers’ Soul Heaven)
18. Phil Weeks – All Day Every Day
The Lowdown on Phil Weeks new album 'Love Affair' that is released on the 25th February 2011.
Phil Weeks presents his second artist album, ‘Love Affair’, released through his own Robsoul Recordings imprint in late February. ‘Love Affair’ will be released on CD, digital download and limited edition double pack vinyl. The 11 track LP marries the classic and unmistakable sound of the Parisian producer with a more soulful and funky side: “I got inspired by listening to a lot of soul, hip hop and love songs. It s a particular side of me that I’m really into at the moment - there’s no acid or techy tracks on the album (I love that also as people know) - it’s all about soul music and funk influences.”
‘Love Affair’ has been crafted on no more than an MPC3000 sampler with beats, samples and Phil’s own vocals manipulated expertly into house rockers. Speaking further of the album concept and it’s production Phil Weeks explains, “It’s all about sampling, cutting, tweeking the samples in pieces and doing a puzzle. Like they do in Hip Hop - producers like Jay Dilla, DJ Premier and 9th Wonder. I was inspired a lot by this. The MPC3000 has a special groove and a sound that I love and I’m trying to do that with House music for this project.”
The first single taken from the album in late 2010 ‘All Day Every Day’ was extremely well received and set the tone for the full-length project. DJs including DJ Sneak, Danny Howells, yousef, KiNK, X-Press 2, Mark Farina, Seth Troxler and countless others showed their support, it placed at #2 in Resident Advisor’s most charted tracks of December, picked up strong reviews from iDJ, DJ Mag, Only For DJs and 5 Mag, and coverage on influential blogs Homegrown, DSA, MyCuppaT and Urbnet.
Since 2000 Phil Weeks has released his unique brand of house music on some of the world’s leading underground labels including 2020 Vision, Music For Freaks, Brique Rouge, Detour, Adult Only and his own Robsoul, which is responsible for the majority of his original output. He has also graced more mainstream imprints along the way such as Cr2 and Toolroom, and is one half of renowned duo Fries & Bridges with Hector Moralez. His debut album ‘Yeah I Like That’ was released in 2002. His rise as a hotly in-demand international DJ has matched his production career.
Phil Weeks 'Love Affair' Album Teaser
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A Massive thanks to Phil Weeks for a fantastic set, until next week cheerio
Jen
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