News — Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan is back on Beats in Space with Tim Sweeney delivering a new guest DJ mix and interview. Available to stream only on Apple Music.

Approaching a decade in existence at Phantasy, ‘COWBOYS ONLY’ is a new compilation celebrating Cowboy Rhythmbox, the fundamentally dancefloor oriented partnership of prolific pop visionary Richard X, working alongside DJ and raconteur Nathan Gregory Wilkins, and featuring a previously unreleased track finished off in collaboration with Erol Alkan.Stream or download here Having founded a town more than big enough for the both of them, Cowboy Rhythmbox mine a shared love of esoteric popular culture spanning from Dance Mania to eighties video arcades, broken hard drives and obscure TV theme tunes, transforming the luminous debris of their crate digging passions into...

Having already forged a scene-shifting career as a DJ, producer, remixer and collaborator, it was only in 2013 that Erol Alkan released a debut EP, 'Illumination' on the label. Its shimmering opener was 'A Hold On Love', the soaring, glossy chords that have remained a staple in Alkan's DJ sets in the decade since.Upon its tenth anniversary, Erol Alkan presents two subtle but hugely effective reworks that transport one of the London producer's most enduring tracks onto contrasting dance floors. Out now digitally. Stream here.The two tracks will be pressed onto extremely limited edition vinyl with hand screen printed sleeves,...

Do you remember the first time?The softly stirring visual accompaniment to Erol Alkan's debut solo 'Illumination EP' was directed by Daniel Brereton, conceived based on his own life-changing experience of raving in the Lake District in the UK, where he was raised.Sidestepping cliche and excess, the now iconic video for 'A Hold On Love' instead finds understatement and bittersweet melancholy in the most powerful memories, contrasting a subtitled story with the area's stunning natural beauty. Ten years on, the video has been remastered in HD and is now available to stream.