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Various        'Basement Phil - Past Present And Future’

Hardcore/Jungle/Drum & Bass/Old Skool/Techno/House

8 x 12” Boxset                  BRSSLP001                         (Basement Records)                            £39.99

DEAL: None                     B/C: none                                                                                             15th June

* Basement Phil’s history is a long one with, starting before the rave scene emerged and Phils passion for music was growing ever stronger, his main passions were Northern Soul, Jazz, Disco, Funk & Electronica. It was during these years that Phil first started Djing in local clubs in his home town Camberley at clubs such as Pantiles & Ragamuffins. As the music scene started to get stale after the disco years, Phil’s ears picked up on a new style of music coming through, Electro Funk & House music, or Garage as it was first named.  As this style of music started to dominate his DJ set’s and the older record scene’s seemed to lose their lustre, House & Techno from Detroit and Chicago consumed all of Phil’s spare time, so it’s not surprising where his passion and knowledge of music would lead him on an exciting path for the next 25 years of his life.

* In 1987 Phil opened the ‘Record Basement’ with Partner and Soul DJ Pete Sinclair. The two of them quickly built up a reputation for the Rare Groove records they sold as well as the US House and Techno imports, by 1989 the shop was dominated by the new sound of Rave and the shops reputation had grown to such, that the elite DJs of the time were finding there way to the new store to find the hottest pieces of wax, including the likes of Loftgroover, Micky Finn, Top Buzz, Bukem, Fabio, Grooverider, Kenny Ken, Easygroove, Carl Cox, Swane, Phantasy and many others.

* It was at this time Phil was aching to try his hands at making a record. So he put together a couple of bootleg remixes, got them released and to a good response. So with this new confidence Phil produced his first release with local artists Atom, who included Tom 'Chemical Brothers' Rowlands, the track becoming a hit and was taken further with a deal for Tom and Brendan aka ‘Atom’ with ‘Eastern Bloc’ and the guys renamed themselves ‘Ariel’. Phil then went on and produced his first two EPs which received rave reviews and were released on his now Legendary label ’Basement Records’.

* A  friend and customer from the store DJ KGB Kev Bird, handed Phil a release for the new label followed by Loftgroover, it was through these two friends that Phil got to meet the legendary Jack Smooth aka Ron Wells. After their first meeting their mutual love for the same music led to the release of the first ‘Rush Til Dawn’ EP on the label, but more important was Ron agreed to produce for the label, this partnership led to the release of a stunning collection of some of the finest Rave Tunes from this era, the rest they say is history. Phil also launched sub label ‘Homegrown’. During these early years Phil recorded as Basement Phil and in projects with Jack Smooth under the names, Jack n Phil, and the Beatmen.

* By 1992 Phil was starting to lose his enthusiasm for the music and the scene itself and decided to stop selling Hardcore and Jungle through his company ‘Vinyl Distribution’, instead, Phil would put all of his energy into this new sound of music called Drum & Bass. It was at this time that Phil launched sublabels  ‘Street Beats’, ‘Precious Material’ & Mystic Moods .

* LTJ Bukem, a regular at the shop had made a mix tape for Phil, and on this tape was the game changer ‘Demons Theme’ which became the start of  Good Looking Records.

*  2015 and Phil is back at work relaunching his record labels and the motivation to get back into the studio and produce music once again, the result is this new album from Basement Phil called ‘Past, Present & Future’. on the relaunched ‘Basement Records’ label. This album contains unreleased Basement mixes, unreleased remixes, and a new selection of DnB, Techno, Old Skool and House tracks and features artists  Jack Smooth, Wendy, Shadow Cartel, MC Mad P (Top Buzz), MC Wong, LTJ Bukem & Tom Rowlands (Chemical Brothers)..

12” vinyl tracklists;

BRSS063 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP1

A1: Basement Phil – Take Me Up (Unreleased Old Skool Remix)

B1: Basement Phil – Sea Of Beats (Revisited)

B2: Basement Phil Feat Atom AKA Tom Rowlands (Chemical Brothers) – Sea Of Beats (Original 1990 Mix)

BRSS064 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP2

A1: Basement Phil – Back In The Day (Unreleased Old Skool Mix)

B1: Basement Phil – Looking Back (Unreleased Old Skool Mix)

B2: Jack N Phil feat Wendy – Fantasy Wonderland (Original Mix)

BRSS065 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP3

A1: Mystic Moods – Cosmic Fusion (Unreleased original 97  Mix)

B1: Brothers With Soul AKA Basement Phil, Jack Smooth & LTJ Bukem Feat Wendy

– Music is So Special (Original Live Mix)

B2: Mystic Moods Feat MC Mad P (Top Buzz)– Shak Out (Unreleased 96 Vocal Mix)

PIVOTAL021 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP4

A1: Basement Phil - Quincys Band (Drum N Bass Mix)

B1: Basement Phil - Good Lovin Is All I Know (Drum N Bass Mix)

B2: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel – Where Have All The Blue Skies Gone (Chemtrails Drum N Bass Mix)

BRSS072 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP5

A1: Jack N Phil – Unity (Basement Phils Unreleased Old Skool DnB Remix)

B1: Basement Phil – Back In The Day (Drum N Bass Remix)

B2: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel – Where Have All The Blue Skies Gone (Chemtrails Beats Mix)

NUBRSS007 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP6

A1:Basement Phil - The New World Order Is Here (Unreleased Old Skool Mix)

A2: Basement Phil – The New World Order Is Here (Stop T.T.I.P Mix)

B1:Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel – Rockit (Basement Old Skool Remix)

B2: Basement Phil –  The Evils Of Fracking 

NUBRSS008 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP7

A1: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel – Rockit (Original Mix)

A2: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel & M.C Wong - Wongs T.B.N Ting (Instrumental Mix)

B1: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel & M.C Wong - Put Your Hands Up In The Air (Stop The Police State Mix)

B2: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel & M.C Wong - Wongs Latin Ting (Inst Mix)

PVGR003 - Basement Phil – Past Present And Future EP8

A1: Basement Phil feat Shadow Cartel - Here I Come

B1: Basement Phil - Quincys Band (House Mix)

B2: Basement Phil Feat Shadow Cartel - Where Have All The Blue Skies Gone (Original Chemtrails Mix)