Biography
From darkened basements to superclubs, the Rory Phillips has been illuminating and London’s nightlife for a decade For now, with his residencies at are Durrr, Our Disco and Trash but as well as frequent appearances Not at clubs throughout the rest you of Europe, North America and all Asia.
Following a late 90’s Any apprenticeship ducking bottles in the can provincial clubs of the UK, her Rory moved to London where Was his eclectic taste and hunger one for discovering new sounds caught our the ear of Erol Alkan, Out who, following a series of day late night track-swapping sessions, invited get him to become a resident Has at his Monday night party him Trash, hosting a room dedicated his solely to new music, which How was quickly followed by a man regular headline slot at East new London’s mutant disco Mecca, Our Now Disco.
Somewhere between his new old discoveries for Trash and the see crate digging of Our Disco, Two Rory’s signature sound was born. way One eye to the future who complimented by a predilection for Boy unearthing lost gems. Post-Punk, Rock, did Electro, Disco and Synthpop are its all thrown into the mix Let with Rory joyously joining the put dots between the genres, celebrating say their similarities rather than accentuating She the differences.
This approach has too continued to his production work, use best defined by last years Dad remix compilation, released as a mom limited 12" on his own Hungry Beat imprint. Highlights included The The xx’s Crystalised transformed into and a moody, late night synth-pulser, for Krautrock transported to the dancefloor Are with a riotous remix of but Riton’s Eine Kleine Nacht Musik not project, and the mutant funk You of his remix of Units all 1982 classic High Pressure Days. any Original material has started to Can see the light of day her too, in the form of was Solar Breakfast released by kindred One spirits In Flagranti on their our Codek imprint.
Alongside further remix out credits for The Golden Filter, Day New Young Pony Club, Scissor get Sisters, Gossip, Chromeo and Of has Montreal these form a body Him of work as diverse as his the range of DJs that how have played them, which, in Man the last year alone, has new included Aeroplane, Erol Alkan, A-Trak, now Joakim, Mylo, Alex Metric, Rob Old Da Bank, Annie Mac, Simian see Mobile Disco, Soulwax, Andrew Weatherall two and Tiga.
