by Hannah Kane | May 28, 2015 | Culture
What was the first big job you got as a producer? I would say when we made ‘Written in the Stars’ with Tinie Tempah. None of us expected the song to become that big. The tracks are quite varied – what do you think is your signature production style? I would...
by Hannah Kane | May 22, 2015 | Culture
“So in what I can only describe as a serendipitous moment,” writes American photographer and photo journalist Ted Russell, “I, totally ignorant of the folk-music world, was given unlimited access to photograph a nascent creative genius… soon destined for international...
by Hannah Kane | May 19, 2015 | Culture
Since the last Mad Max film – 1985’s wacky Beyond Thunderdome – Director/writer/visionary/filmic shaman George Miller has kept his film-making mojo flowing with true-life disease weepie Lorenzo’s Oil, talking-pig flick Babe and its sequel, and two Happy...
by Hannah Kane | May 7, 2015 | Culture
The Ibiza opening parties are almost upon us; prepare yourself for heat and hedonism with this tidy little playlist made especially for PHOENIX by ace new music streaming service audiosplitter. Unlike its competitors, audiosplitter collates various music platforms...
by Julie Reid | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture
Economic instability, political dissatisfaction, uncertainty over whether your vote will count – welcome to the issues of the day, circa 1647. A nobleman sits at the banqueting table of King Charles I and enquires about a servant’s sick child. We all suffer, he...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 17, 2015 | Culture
Greg Taylor explores the film world’s zeitgeist for troubled men As though frantically nourishing our minds in preparation for the lean nutritional offerings being prepped for summer’s onslaught of explosive lunacy, cinemas are currently awash with challenging...