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 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 Hannah Kane | Mar 25, 2015 | Culture
This Easter, let the SOLSINE shine in… Easter is, for most of us, a rather odd time of year – spiritually hollow, inevitably rainy and overindulgent, when it should be the perfect opportunity to spring-clean your body and soul. So this year, may we suggest...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 12, 2015 | Culture
Dan Mokades aka DJDJEW runs us through the perils and pleasures of at-home disc-spinning Illustration by Heidi Andreasen for PHOENIX Issue 12, Hide & Seek “Put Crazy in Love on, it will get the dancing started!” UGH. Just ugh, frankly. If a more flaccid phrase...
by Hannah Kane | Dec 9, 2014 | Culture
Re-live your summer antics with Ibiza Uncut It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… but for the latest online TV show it’s summer all-year-round. Ibiza Uncut is here to catapult you (mentally, of course) back to the balmy nights of...
by Hannah Kane | Dec 2, 2014 | Culture
Living in a quiet seaside town in winter, especially on Monday nights, usually means watching the locals doing interpretive dance with drugs still in their system from the weekend. But on the 1st December a diverse crowd packed into The Dragon Bar Hastings (sister to...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 16, 2014 | Culture
The annual Blisters: Sound Sessions poster show at Print Club London, a screen printing paradise nestled in the heart of Dalston, opened on Friday night and now that we’re over the initial excitement and have laid out our spoils ready for framing, we’re a...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 28, 2014 | Culture
Imogen Heap wows us with her month-long cultural festival, Reverb, at the Roundhouse. Pop-music as we know it tends to remain the sum of a set number of standard parts: a standard studio, a standard set of instruments, and standard recording software. But what would...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 23, 2014 | Culture
Listen up, cinephiles. You’re in luck. In our opinion there’s nothing better than getting the popcorn in, fixing a few drinks and snuggling up in front of a classic film. Moviegoing is simply one of the greatest pastimes there is. What isn’t so great...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 11, 2014 | Culture
Vampires, ear-licking, drag queen best friends and 70’s marching band uniforms: Emily Beeson joins Canadian dance rock’n’rollers The Wet Secrets for coffee at the Tate Modern… The Wet Secrets aren’t your typical rock’n’roll...