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Since the early nineties, Cinthie’s life and passions have led straight to the heart of house music. Raised in Germany’s heartland, Cinthie experienced the cultural riches of a nineties electronic music boom, learning her craft as a local, teenage resident, finding fame on the circuit and then slowly but confidently earning a reputation as a rarely beloved figure on the club and festival circuit.2020 should have been a seminal year for Cinthie. COVID-19 curbed an international tour and, more locally, a debut appearance at Panorama Bar, a venue so close to Cinthie’s apartment, that it’s often quicker for her to...

PH71 On PH71, James Welsh continued his hugely satisfying streak of idiosyncratic electronic masterpieces with yet another distinctive two-track, ‘Zurich/A65’.Opening the EP, ‘Zurich’ seamlessly blends a rich seam of melancholy with an intensity, which, like the best of Welsh’s work, is both wistful and physical.From Leeds to Kendal on the flip, ‘A65’ sets the scene by sampling the unmistakable sound of speeding Yorkshire traffic, opening up a breathless musical autobahn, driven by luminescent synths that pulse with euphoria and energy. The 12" was released 21st September 2018 and we have 10 copies left on our web store here PH72Daniel Avery: "I...

In 2017, John Thorp interviewed Erol Alkan on the subject of his 'Reworks Volume 1' collection. Originally available as an inlay exclusive to the vinyl boxset, the interview is featured here as part of Phantasy 100, ahead of our upcoming 100th single. The 'Reworks Volume 1' boxset is currently back in stock here featuring a career-spanning collection of Alkan's reworks, including tracks from Daft Punk, Tame Impala, Justice, Hot Chip, Conan Mockasin and many more.Hello Erol. First of all, the dry business of semantics. What does the term ‘rework’ mean in comparison to the more commonly used ‘remix’?That’s a good question! I...

PH61PH61 was the first in a collection of Erol Alkan remixes, released in full as ‘Erol Alkan Reworks Volume 1’. The first installment dealt with two of Erol’s most beloved remixes from utterly different ends of the spectrum. The era-defining remix of Justice's ‘Waters of Nazareth’, that offered a notorious sonic shift of the French duo’s landmark sound into the rhythmic structure of Chicago house, and on the flip, Erol’s first rework of Tame Impala. ‘Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind’ that took a highlight from debut album Innerspeaker, a remix that Gabriel Szatan wrote for Resident Advisor “elevates...