lounge : : deep soul
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born in london (uk), dj pheel (aka: phil09) sought out an artistic pathway early, studying piano, saxophone and 1 year as a drummer between 12 and 18 years-old. while studying architecture at the renown barlett school in ucl, london , he was inspired by early jazz-funk fusions, including the works of miles davis and mongo santamaria. thus, in parallel, phil09 took up percussion, playing congas and effects before learning to play african rhythms on the djembé. he also participated in parties of the growing uk underground electronic scene in the late-80s, both as a percussionist and addicted partygoer
conscious of nu rhythmic tendencies in electronica, he worked on live fusions between these and percussion, strengthening his developing talent. he began mixing electronic and organic percussion with deep/progressive house and break beat during early 2002, researching his own language in experimental electronica and idm, inspired by the talent and integrity of djs and producers like john digweed (bedrock) and jay denes (naked music)
in 2004, he formed contacts in são paulo, after which his more recent musical research led him to the jazzistic, rhythmic world of the lounge/chillout scene, back to his early love of artists like miles, pat metheny and steve reich, and consideration of more recent broken beat/nu jazz mixes, including artists like jazzanova, bruno e, blue six & positive flow and to his inevitable encounter with digital pick-ups and the process of live mixing
dj with a tasteful, rhythmic, eclectic style, his lounge sets include down-tempo, nu jazz, broken beats, nu brazilian, neo soul, underground r&b & jazzy hiphop; his dance sets mix cool soulful house with nu black, jazzy, latina, deep & afro house, brazilian grooves & broken funk, in a style entitled "underground soul" by recognized exponent of the style, eleonora cutaia