debut album ‘home’

Hey all,

here’s my debut album. I have followed my heart from Germany to the Southern hemisphere and back, and it has been a beautiful process of building trust with myself, as a music creator.

For a few years, my family and I lived in a pretty remote coastal village north of Auckland. We drank, showered and cooked with rain water. We enjoyed panoramic sea views, and we could hear the ocean waves rolling at night.

I was deeply inspired by this experience in New Zealand, an island far away from the country I was born. I felt compelled to create these tracks. They felt from the source.

Many immigrants search for a home nowadays. My heart is with them, today more than when I was young. On my journey, I was lonely often, and I learned to appreciate home not as a principle or a postcode, but rather as a transient cosmic feeling of togetherness. Like when someone invited me into the kitchen for a cuppa, or raised an eyebrow.

Thanks,
Phil

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autumn leaves

Leaves are turning yellow. Time to rug up a bit, sort out the winter jacket. The word is winters are freezing. Not so fast, though, for now the sun’s still shining when I chill out down at the park. Listening to the multitude of international tongues in the air. And music like this..

common goods

Good morning from a misty city street. Gentle winter sun sweeps the day into being. Calling for a new mix.

Common Goods

tracklist
01. merrin karras – the veldt
02. max cooper – origins (david august remix)
03. impellizzeri – gelatine (mendo colored remix)
04. lake people – glease 29
05. neil flynn – louise
06. matthew dekay – patience please (fuer die liebe mix)
07. matthew dekay – patience please
08. kaito – behind my life (michael mayer remix)
09. mk & lee foss – electricity (carl craig remix)
10. sailor and I – turn around (ame remix)
11. henrik schwarz – unknown touch two
12. bonobo – cirrus
13. ry x – sweat
14. rufus dipper – life in a day

Go to dj sets

mahana

Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge played my track Mahana at BPM festival 2015. Thanks a lot! You can listen to their set here.

edits of tracks

My idea was to rework and rewire these inspirational tracks in a way that pays credit to the original creators, and also takes the tracks into a different, more reduced, minimal direction.

lovebirds

“It’s more than just good, a brilliant track.” – Matthias Vogt [re:jazz]
“Really like the mood. Well done.” – Arnaldo [Smallville, Greta Cottage Workshop]

Welcome James Martin, a barista throughout the day, and DJ/producer at night. A New Zealander living in Melbourne, with his ears tuned into cosmopolitan time zone of what’s happening in Berlin and elsewhere, James likes it slow and dreamy. He says “the art and science of twisting out espresso and dropping bass lines are not too dissimilar. It comes down to taste.”

Grab it on iTunes..

Find dj mixes by James Martin on his Soundcloud page.

incantation

She is one of New Zealand’s leading lights in all things house music or whatever you call it, and recently moved to Berlin. I was humbled to stitch together a remix for ‘Incantation’ by Philippa.