Phil_Reynolds

Phil Reynolds

Phil Reynolds

British hard house disc jockey and record producer


Phil Reynolds is a British electronic dance music disc jockey and record producer.[1][2] He is known for his "unique blend of harder house and trance".[3]

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Career

Reynolds has been a resident DJ at a number of London's harder dance club nights, including Frantic, Fevah, and Convergence, and has also been guest DJ at a wide range of nights including at Heaven and headlining at Turnmills and Brixton Academy.[4][5] Reynolds mixed the first two Frantic - Future Sound of Hard Dance compilation albums, released in 2001 and 2002 respectively. The first was reported to have sold over 50,000 records, and the second peaked at #15 in the official UK compilation chart.[1][6][7] Reynolds collaborated with Nick Sentience to produce the track Instru(mental), which was voted hard dance tune of the year, named as the Ministry of Sound single of the month, and was featured on the cover CD for the May 2001 issue of Muzik magazine.[1][4][6][8]

Reynolds has regularly collaborated with fellow hard house DJ Steve Blake, including producing several tracks, such as Phase 2 which made #31 in the official UK dance singles chart.[1][9] The collaboration with Blake also extended to setting up a record label together, called Impact.[4] As of 2022, Reynolds continues to perform live DJ sets.[10]

Discography

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References

  1. "Phil Reynolds · Biography". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. Hazard Hickey, Andrew (August 2012). "Phil Reynolds & James Lawson". beat.com.au. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. Hammond, J (7 July 2005). "winter on the boil". The Gold Coast Bulletin. ProQuest 376009913. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. "biografie · biography · Phil Reynolds · DJ · DJ Phil Reynolds". partyflock.nl. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. "CLUB LIFE". The Press. 26 September 2002. ProQuest 314483576. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Resident at the popular Frantic and Convergence nights in London, he is famous for his unique combination of harder house and trance. His massive Nukleuz anthems with Nick Sentience (Instru)mental/ DMC was Ministry single of the month (May 2001), and his single Back to Front received intensive playlisting by the likes of Andy Farley, BK, and Dave Randall. As well as his own productions, Reynolds has done remix work for artists including K90, Steve Blake, Dubious Brothers, and Phlash. Reynolds mixed CD1 of the first Frantic album which sold 50,000 copies. He has also mixed CD2 of the second Frantic Album, The Future Sound of Hard Dance, which has just been released. Both albums have been released on Warners. On the industry-based Energy UK website annual readers poll, Phil was voted resident hard- house DJ of the Year, Most Inspiring Set of the Year for his set at Timeless II, and Instru(mental) was voted tune of the year.
  6. "FRANTIC 2002". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. "Nukleuz Bomb". Muzik. May 2001. p. 44. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  8. "Phil Reynolds · Past Events". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. Kavanagh, Mark (December 2002). "Reviews". Muzik. p. 86. If Steve's 'Get A Rush' (also on Tripoli) was your bag, then the simple but effective trancey hooks on this will also grab you.

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