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Phil Western

.......into the LIGHT!!!!

About Me

Buy Music by Phil Western now!! ..
KONE - Cirrhotic Psychotic 20$
Worlds End - 20$ - Double CD
Frozen Rabbit - 20$
4am - 15$ (Repress - unnumbered)
1221 - 20$ (Repress)
Send your hard earned money to [email protected] (paypal) and I will send you music.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!! - The Yellow Door has closed it doors, for now, while I make the move to Los Angeles to make another Download record. Whether or not the studio re-opens in Vancouver is simply unknown at this point. Time will tell what happens.....perhaps a Yellow Door in California? Hmmmm....We shall see. I have left the equipment list/photos up for interested parties.

Phil Western, engineer, producer and operator of Yellow Door Studio - background in programming and writing music with Skinny Puppy and Download. Engineer for many artists, and writer of several releases on labels such as Exist Dance, Harthouse, Nettwerk, Map, The Record Company and others. Currently offering a comfortable recording environment for artists and bands looking for a studio to work in. Always writing music. Songs old and new will be featured on this site. Contact for rate quotes and more info.


current equipment list:

Synths and Processors:
Alesis Andromeda Jupiter 6, MC303, MC505, TR808, TR909, SH101, MC202, TB303, MPU101, MPC100, Korg Prophecy, Korg Kaoss Pad, Korg MS2000, Kurzweil K2000, Emu E4, Eventide DSP4000, Korg SDD1000x2, Lexicon Jamman, LexiconLXP5 RolandSpace EchoRE301 EmuOrbit
PreAmps and Dynamics Processors:

API Lunch Box with 2 512preamps and 2 550b Parametric EQ's, Universal Audio 6176, Teletronix LA2A Levelling Amp, Universal Audio LA3A


Converters and Software:

ApogeeAD16x ApogeeDA16x Logic AbletonLive Reaktor

Microphones:

ShureSm58x3, ShureSM57x3, SennheiserMD421x3, AKGC414, AudioTechnicaAT4050, NeumannKM184's(2), OktavaMK012's(2), CAD100, Yamaha SUBKICK, AKG 451's(2)

Amplifiers:

VOXAC30 MesaBoogie400+ Bass Cab with 8x10

Guitars and many pedals

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/25/2004
Band Website: philwestern.net
Band Members: An ever rotating cast of characters, consisting mainly of Phil Western, Squid, Tim Hill, Anthony Roberts, and Dave King

Studio Inquiries and bookings can be directed to [email protected]
Influences:
children laughing, the view from a train, kaleidoscopes, ant clusters, old tape machines, wildfires, steam engines, sad girls, big screens, silent movies, aging gangsters, skid row hotel rooms, dopamine, shooting stars, rivers and creeks, grey novembers, blank stares, television snow, geese eating bread, ferry terminals, tunnels, cold mornings, shaved eyebrows, rotten tree stumps, bakery smells, new drumsticks, freeways, oil slicks, dusty roads, dead pigeons, transistor radios, burning coal, bus exhaust.

aphex twin . amp . boards of canada . bowie . beatles . cramps . big star . mirror . maeror tri . troum . .guided by voices . circus devils . .phantom tollbooth . .red krayola . download . plateau . robert pollard . mathew jonson .konrad black . elevator . iron and wine . oneida . mirror . mimir . pink floyd . spacemen 3 . plaid . yoko ono . esquivel . joe meek . elliott smith . john lennon . lou reed . supergrass . velvet underground . suicide . can . neu . harmonia . cluster . kate bush . eno . cevin key . skinny puppy . shins . L. Subramaniam . zoviet france . wire . dome . steve reich . butthole surfers . thrones . acid mothers temple . buzzcocks . fall . ike yard . acid mothers temple . residents . robert wyatt . magazine . mbv . sound . martin hannett . adrian sherwood . frozen rabbit . low . mercury rev . red krayola . four tet . luxury . queen . download . swell maps . nikki sudden . porter ricks . maurizio . villalobos . severed heads . sonic youth . spiritualized . syd barrett . todd tobias . kraftwerk . white noise . beefheart . queen . lee perry . seefeel


I hate Beck. I also cant stand Interpol. I think She wants Revenge really suck. I hate that guy who sings "youre beautiful" - I also hate that guy who covered mad world by tears for fears. And the Spiderman song guy. Ugh, grow a pair.
Sounds Like: what about the children?!?!
Record Label: the record company/subconscious communications
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

the forum is up!

The forum at www.philwestern.net has gone live! Its in its first two days of existence, so new members are welcome!Thanks to Aaron Campbell and his brother for getting it up on the site!pw...
Posted by Phil Western on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:27:00 PST

www.philwestern.net

The most comprehensive resource online for my releases is now up. Aaron Campbell is a God.www.philwestern.net
Posted by Phil Western on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:53:00 PST

4am on itunes

My new album - 4am - released earlier this year is available now for download from the itunes music store!
Posted by Phil Western on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:08:00 PST

busy busy time

Its possibly the most active I have been for releases in a long while. Maybe ever. Mark and I finished our record (almost)...we did it very quickly, and without ever being in the same studio. So I am ...
Posted by Phil Western on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:53:00 PST

LIVE CD for Dec 21st show

A strictly limited edition of 100 cds will be made from the recording of the show I am doing on Dec 21st. Almost all copies have been reserved. If anyone wants to reserve a copy, send an email to musi...
Posted by Phil Western on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:21:00 PST

kone myspace

whoever the guy was who contacted me about doing the kone myspace page, please get in touch with me again....cant find your email.pw
Posted by Phil Western on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:37:00 PST

DVOA/PW release

Mark Spybey and I are working on a project together. Sort of a meeting of DVOA and Frozen Rabbit. I am very excited about this!Also working on the new Kone material. Lots of work to do!
Posted by Phil Western on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:31:00 PST

dat hell

So I got my mom to send this big box of dat tapes down from Vancouver, and I bought a DAT machine and started transferring all of the tapes, one by one, to my computer/hard drive. Its hell. It is goin...
Posted by Phil Western on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:27:00 PST

seeking sh101

if ANYONE has an SH101 by Roland for sale, please let me know!
Posted by Phil Western on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

INLAND EMPIRE

holy shit.see this movie.
Posted by Phil Western on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:00:00 PST