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“Spinning all around I don’t know what I swallowed / Something’s kicking in I don’t know where I’m going.”Returning to Phantasy for a triumphant fourth single, ahead of a debut album to be released later in 2023, Josh Caffé dons ‘Meine Lederjeans’ for a gloriously tight squeeze of electro-funk, accompanied by an unapologetically gritty, stroboscopic remix from Caffé’s frequent collaborators, Paranoid London. Out now on streaming platforms and 12" vinyl.Stream, download or order the 12" vinyl hereDialing the tempo down from the frenetic club play of previous releases ‘According To Jacqueline’ and ‘Do You Want To Take Me Home?’, ‘Meine Lederjeans’ finds the British-Ugandan...

Red Axes return to Phantasy with a double A sided single 'The Phone Call' that captures and expands on the creative relationship forged between the cult Israeli duo and the label. Out now digitally, with the 12" vinyl release to follow shortly after in February.Stream or download herePre-order 'The Phone Call' on 12" vinyl hereCarving a hypnotic path against the maximalism currently au-fait in club culture, ‘The Phone Call’ is as peculiar as it is powerfully effective, a stripped back groove serving as the backdrop to the Axes’ playful deconstruction of an obscure broadcast concerning telephone area codes. A lesser staple of...

Sublime To The Ridiculous: Phantasy Singles Collection 2022 captures the eclectic energy of another year of unexpected club pleasures, offbeat psychedelia and dominant rave hits from the London-based independent label, founded in 2007 by DJ and producer Erol Alkan. Out now on streaming platforms here.Opening with beloved pop-experimentalist Bullion’s untangling of PYTKO’s cryptic, avant-garde ‘Silent’ into one of the most memorable remixes in Phantasy’s history, the collection expands with the cosmic ‘Rhythm Passage’ from Red Axes, continuing their partnership with the label on transcendent form.Two nocturnal dispatches from the fringe of the dancefloor follow. TERR further diversifies from cosmic romance...

Daniel Avery's most ambitious and accomplished studio album to date, 'Ultra Truth', is out now on Phantasy + Mute. Stream or download hereOrder 'Ultra Truth' on limited edition double white vinyl, blue cassette or CD here'Ultra Truth' offers a very different listening experience to any of Avery’s previous records. It inhabits its own world of sound, a construct built in Avery’s Thames side studio with collaborative help from a host of friends: the production touch of Ghost Culture and Manni Dee, the vocals of HAAi, Jonnine Standish (HTRK), AK Paul and the voices of Marie Davidson, Kelly Lee Owens, Sherelle...