News — Erol Alkan

The cat’s out the bag! Erol Alkan has produced the forthcoming Duran Duran record, out 22nd October."There is something you should know.. I've been biting my tongue on this since November 2018 and it's as surreal as it is exciting to be able to share with you that I've been producing the next Duran Duran album, titled 'FUTURE PAST' and out on 22.10.21. Joining us on guitar is the ace Graham Coxon. Here we all are, pictured during our first session together. We've spent the last 2 and a half years working on a number of songs which for me embody the spirit...

Palms Trax joins LA Priest in remixing Erol Alkan's 'Automatic', the 100th release on Phantasy Sound. Out now on 12" vinyl and digitally. Stream, download or buy the 12" vinyl here The landmark hundredth single on Phantasy, Erol Alkan’s ‘Automatic’ returns accompanied with two remixes that further take the London DJ and producer’s psychedelic club vision in distinct directions. The original 12" pressing, limited to 100 and hand-numbered, sold out in less than an hour. Palms Trax builds on the sensual reverie of Alkan’s production with an electrifying rework full of touches both French and personal. Throwing out a gloriously chic...

The first remix of Erol Alkan’s ‘Automatic’, the monumental 100th single on Phantasy, goes back to the beginning with a unique adaptation from LA Priest, out now digitally.Stream / download hereInitially the first artist to release on Phantasy upon its foundation in 2007, the former Late of The Pier member and DIY synth auteur strengthens this connection further with beguiling and typically indefinable reimagining of 'Automatic’s club energy, melting it’s french-touch into sticky cosmic bliss."Sam Eastgate aka LA Priest was the first person I wanted to ask to remix 'Automatic'. We worked together making Late Of The Pier's 'Fantasy Black...

The landmark 100th single on Phantasy arrives courtesy of label founder, DJ and producer, Erol Alkan. Originally recorded less than a year after Phantasy’s inception in 2007, ‘Automatic’ arrives in 2021 to both celebrate and anticipate resurgent dancefloor abandon, blending elements of French touch and disco psychedelia with driving, raw percussion, as charismatic and gloriously high-energy as anything from Alkan’s extensive back catalogue of productions and remixes.Stream or download here‘Automatic’ is initially available as a limited edition pressing of 100 single-sided vinyl, housed in a screen-printed sleeve with each copy individually hand-numbered by Alkan himself. Pre-order here "I spent some of...