News — Erol Alkan

The excellent Farr Festival have invited Phantasy to host a stage this year.  First line up announcement, featuring Erol Alkan and Ghost Culture, is here: Âme, Erol Alkan, Midland, Prosumer, Waze & Odyssey, Heidi, Gerd Janson, Leon Vynehall, Tom Trago. Hunee, Tama Sumo, Mr Ties, Pender Street Steppers, Citizen, Ghost Culture, Robert Owens, Romare, Mr Tophat & Art Alfie, Young Marco, Mr Beatnick, Medlar, Dan Beaumont. Thunder, Bad Passion, Tom Rio, Dan Wild, Admin, Hesseltime, Love Glove, Park Ranger & Mr Solid Gold, Rupes & Nic Baird (Make Me), Pardon My French, Jacques Adda, Magnier (House Disco), Harri Pepper, Robin Sure,...

Erol Alkan joined LD on the Spacebass show on NTS Radio . Listen again on Mixcloud.   Spacebass w/ LD & Erol Alkan - 10th January 2015 by Nts Radio on Mixcloud    

'The three labels growing up that I always thought were stunning and inspirational were really obvious ones: Factory, Creation and Heavenly. They always felt like more than labels which is something I always want Phantasy to feel like for other people. When you see the name or the sleeve art, or see what they did with clubnights, it feels like a universe.'Erol Alkan discusses with Gigwise his memories of his decade spent running London club night Trash (including it's early days at Plastic People) , and why he's taken to buying entire record collections in one go. - click here...

'Last week I supported the Manic Street Preachers for 2 dates at the Roundhouse as part of "The Holy Bible" tour. After the first date, quite a few people were asking for the track list, so I recorded the second show and it is now streaming on my SoundCloud It is obviously very different to the kind of sets I play most weeks, but also very true to the records I would play at clubs like Trash, and how I cut my teeth when I started Djing. Due to it being a support slot for a live show (the recording...