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Phantasy
by Phantasy
Founded in London in 2007, Phantasy has steadily transformed into one of the UK’s most diverse and artistically ambitious small labels. Neither rooted in electronic or alternative music, Phantasy small but expanding stable of artists work closely with founder and creative director Erol Alkan, to achieve the best possible sound and vision for a diverse audience.
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PHANTASYMIX62 - Georgia Bird
From Naarm/Melbourne and now living and recording in Berlin, Georgia Bird has developed an instinctive ear that builds a bridge between the cosmic, psychedelic potential of forward-thinking electronic music, and the power of a well-deployed soundsystem in the early hours, bridging hemispheres…
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PHANTASYMIX 61: Auntie Flo
Auntie Flo is always looking for exciting new frequencies, which is why he remains one of the most unique DJs and producers of the last two decades. Otherwise known as Brian D’Souza, his journey as a DJ, producer, radio host and live performer has carried him on strange winds, away from the club...
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PHANTASYMIX 60: Galaxians
To those who know, Galaxians have already cemented their reputation as one of the best live dance bands in the world. Brewing their grooves in Leeds and having shared stages with the likes of ESG, Tom Tom and Dâm Funk, Galaxians step up to PHANTASYMIX ahead of their upcoming third LP ‘Feeling In...
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PHANTASYMIX 59: Roman Flügel
For the 59th edition to Phantasy’s mix series, we are proud to welcome DJ, producer and innovator, Roman Flügel. Raised near Frankfurt, and later swept up in the life-altering tides of Germany’s 90s rave culture Flügel now lives and records in Berlin, where he continues to contribute his…
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PHANTASYMIX 58: James Welsh
James Welsh expands the musical and emotional terrain of his critically-acclaimed LP ‘Filaments’ with a contribution to the PHANTASYMIX series, diving deeper into his own musical influences alongside recent techno, electronic and experimental highlights from his record collection. Imprinting...
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PHANTASYMIX 57: Rosie Ama
Phantasy are pleased to welcome Rosie Ama to our mix series. A significant figure on the outer fringes of the UK’s electronic music scene, Rosie has risen from a keen documentarian of bold sounds via her work as writer and editor for Stamp The Wax and Ransom Note, later taking to the decks and...
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PHANTASYMIX 56: Nadia Ksaiba
A key figure in London’s underground dance music scene, charismatic co-host of NTS’s long-running house and disco mixup Rhythm Connection, alongside Dan Beaumont, as well as previously appearing on Phantasy with the timeless single ‘Virtual Lover’, it’s a delight to welcome Nadia Ksaiba back into...
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PHANTASYMIX 55: FAFF
Following up their Phantasy debut with the wide-eyed and wistful ‘A Few Good Days’ EP in 2025, FAFF return to the fold with a much-anticipated mix that trips masterfully through their myriad influences, from offbeat techno and experiments in chug, UK hardcore, sizzling acid and dreamy…
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PHANTASYMIX 54: Public Display of Affection
Public Display of Affection consists of Jonah Considine and Tam Tam, the core DJs, residents and organisers of Berlin soiree PDA, whose truly underground and headturning parties in the city act as a celebration of alternative dance culture. Optimo, Babyschon, Curses, John Loveless, Boys’ Shorts…
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PHANTASYMIX 53: Tom Sharkett
As a member of W.H. Lung, Tom Sharkett has provided electronics for one of the best bands in the UK, including on their most recent, critically acclaimed LP, ‘Every Inch of Earth Pulsates’. These DIY, indie-oriented experimentations have slowly led Sharkett to unexpected places as a solo artist…
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PHANTASYMIX 52: Casper Clark
Phantasy’s long-running mix series continues apace with a contribution from a key figure in London’s electronic and alternative underground, Casper Clark. Perhaps best known under his former Volte-Face alias, this wide-ranging hour finds Clark reigniting his fundamentally eclectic sensibility,...
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PHANTASYMIX 51: DJ City
With character and a refreshing light-heartedness, DJ City has built a strong following on European dancefloors over the last few years. Drawing from both old school Chicago, Italo, and contemporary producers, he playfully navigates the elements that make up a well-constructed dance floor. After…
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PHANTASYMIX 50: Factory Floor
The fiftieth edition of PHANTASYMIX arrives courtesy of our most recent signing, Factory Floor. Mixed and curated by both Nik Colk Void alongside long-term label associate Gabe Gurnsey, as well as new member Joe Ward, this momentous contribution to the label’s long-running series captures and...
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PHANTASYMIX 49: Ariane V
The first edition of PHANTASYMIX in 2025 arrives courtesy of London’s much-loved Ariane V, a DJ and radio host who represents a new vanguard of generous selectors with an audible appreciation for dance music with depth and character. Beginning with a three-year stint building her taste and record...
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PHANTASYMIX 48: Talking Drums
Since their inception in 2018, Talking Drums have provided some of the most inventive, quietly sophisticated and all round highly sought-after dancefloor cuts on vinyl, providing an “a home for poorly executed dance moves, misjudged vibes and narcotic bravery.” Emanating from Manchester’s musical...
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PHANTASYMIX 45: Kiaki
PHANTASYMIX returns with a fresh contribution from enigmatic producer Kiaki. Inspired by the ethos of our own Daniel Avery, alongside Aphex Twin and Detroit pioneers Drexciya, Kiaki specializes in deep, slow-mo, e-motional house and techno as well, punctured by the attitude and influences such as...
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#PHANTASYMIX 44: Dar Disku
Already residents on Worldwide FM and one of Mixmag’s Breakthrough DJs of The Year in 2021, it’s a delight to welcome Dar Disku to Phantasy for a contribution to the #PHANTASYMIX series, eighty-three glorious minutes awash in the diverse, psychedelic fervor we can’t get enough, ranging from...
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#PHANTASYMIX 43: Jay Carder
This International Women’s Day, spend an hour deep in the passionate, versatile selections of Jay Carder. There are numerous sides to Jay Carder that demonstrate a DJ, promoter and radio host truly at ease with their own taste. Describing her selections as a “concoction of heavier, leftfield bass...
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The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks - Fast Leather Jacket
Stream, download or buy 12" vinyl: http://lnk.to/TRODDPH114 Reuniting on record for the first time since 2015, The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr. Dunks arrive on Phantasy with a double-barrel delivery of legitimate weirdo disco, ‘El Cid’. Comprising of Chicken Lips’ own Dean Meredith and crate-digging DJ...
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The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks - El Cid
Stream, download or buy 12" vinyl: http://lnk.to/TRODDPH114 Reuniting on record for the first time since 2015, The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr. Dunks arrive on Phantasy with a double-barrel delivery of legitimate weirdo disco, ‘El Cid’. Comprising of Chicken Lips’ own Dean Meredith and crate-digging DJ...
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#PHANTASYMIX 42: Nikki Nair
Few artists have made as much of an underground impact in 2021 as Nikki Nair, and deservedly so. One of the most imaginative producers and DJs of 2021 polishes off a stellar year with a blistering contribution to Phantasy's mix series. Read the short accompanying interview here:...
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#PHANTASYMIX 41: W.H. Lung
Manchester-based band W.H. Lung contribute to our #PHANTASYMIX with an outsider dance mix full of warmth & rich in knowledge. Music that continues to inspire the band & firm favourites on the tour van stereo. Read the short accompanying interview:...
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#PHANTASYMIX 40: Nadia Struiwigh
Nadia Struiwigh has been releasing her emotive, patient electronic music for nearly a decade, including albums for IDM institutions such as CPU, split-twelves with synth legends such as Legowelt and most recently, Pax Aurora, her latest and sublime release on the brilliantly curated Nous K’lear...
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#PHANTASYMIX 39: Ambient Babestation Meltdown
Ambient Babestation Meltdown, otherwise known as Rachael Williams, is a true character. Her sets gravitate towards records old and new that pulse with energy, irony and intelligence, a sort of thinking-person’s party DJ, yet far less annoying than that might sound. As one half of DiASKi…
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#PHANTASYMIX 38: Ricardo Baez
A fixture of Italian club culture, Tropical Animals founder Ricardo Baez delivers a beautifully paced sixty-minutes of recent dancefloor heat for the latest #PHANTASYMIX. Read the short accompanying interview he did with John Loveless:...
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#PHANTASYMIX 37: Bakongo
Having already released on underground labels such as Livity Sound and Trule, Bakongo has made a serious impact over the past year or two, capturing the ears of dancers and collectors even without the benefit of a sub-heavy dancefloor to showcase his productions, which blend elements of “techno,...
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U - Ecstasy
Out now on 12" vinyl + digitally: lnk.to/UPH102 An infrequent but invigorating contributor to Phantasy, U returns with a beguiling new single entitled ‘Ecstasy’. Initially available as a limited pressing with a sleeve designed and printed by U themselves, this haunting return promises to draw the...
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U - Morpheus
Out now on 12" vinyl + digitally: lnk.to/UPH102 An infrequent but invigorating contributor to Phantasy, U returns with a beguiling new single entitled ‘Ecstasy’. Initially available as a limited pressing with a sleeve designed and printed by U themselves, this haunting return promises to draw the...
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#PHANTASYMIX 36: Lupini
Lupini has slowly, quietly established herself as a pivotal figure in Liverpool’s alternative music scene. Recently introduced to a wider audience via her recent NTS residency (already a firm favourite at Phantasy HQ), she’s known in Merseyside as a DJ, promoter, radio station manager and…
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#PHANTASYMIX 35: Kasper Marott
Brimming with energy and optimism, Kasper Marott contributes to our #PHANTASYMIX series with a high-energy techno trip full of character. Kasper Marrott has been fascinated with dance music since his teenage years in the Danish countryside, programming music since the age of ten and dreaming of...
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#PHANTASYMIX 34: Sepehr
One of the most prolific and charismatic producers emerging from the US underground, Sepehr trips fast through the fringes of electro, acid and DnB in the latest electrifying contribution to our #PHANTASYMIX series. Read the short accompanying interview here:...
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#PHANTASYMIX 33: Yr Lovely Dead Moon
Yr Lovely Dead Moon does not do things as one might expect. The performance and production project of Rachel Margetts travelled alongside it’s creator to far flung corners of Europe, from the North-East of England to the DIY art scene of Estonia, before landing in Berlin, where this engrossing…
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#PHANTASYMIX 32: Josh Caffe
One of London's finest club DJs, Josh Caffe rounds out 2020 in our #PHANTASYMIX series with an hour of seductive house and techno pleasure for your end of year enjoyment. An imaginary dark room soundtracked by the likes of DJ Hell, Carisma, Violet, Lady Blacktronica and former collaborators...
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#PHANTASYMIX 31: Lou Hayter
Lou Hayter has been a recognisable face on the London music scene since the mid-noughties, when she rose to prominence as part of the ludicrously stylish Mercury nominated electro-pop band, New Young Pony Club. Since then, she has maintained a presence at the always-evolving intersection between...
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#PHANTASYMIX 30: Ady Toledano
One of Berlin's most diverse and talented DJs and resident at the cult RIOT queer party series, we're pleased to welcome Ady Toledano as the thirtieth contributor to #PHANTASYMIX. Read the short accompanying interview here: https://shop.phantasysound.co.uk/blogs/news/phantasymix-30-ady-toledano
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#PHANTASYMIX 29: Valesuchi
Valesuchi is much tuned into the necessary physicality and community of dance music, “choosing people’s bodies as a limitless answer.” A fixture across Brazil’s lively club scene, long since proving herself as one of the country’s wiliest and most intuitive selectors, she has shifted fluidly not...
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#PHANTASYMIX 28: ELLES
ELLES may be a relative newcomer on the London scene, but her sound and discography already makes an impression. This is a run that continues on her contribution to #PHANTASYMIX, undoubtedly one of our most inventive entries yet. Whilst ELLES’ releases thus far have have found an open-hearted…
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#PHANTASYMIX 27: Stranded
Atlanta-based producer Stranded melts boundaries between post-punk, Midwestern house and trip-hop to vital effect in the latest edition of our #PHANTASYMIX series. Inspired by a lifelong fascination with dance-music centered cities such as Detroit, Berlin and Manchester, Stranded’s own music sits...
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#PHANTASYMIX 26: J. Wiltshire
Based in Berlin, J. Wiltshire has been active since 2016, producing a string of sometimes complex, always charismatic and memorable club records that incorporate elements of acid, IDM, techno and electro. These occasional transmissions have appeared on labels such as Hypercolour and his own,...
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#PHANTASYMIX 25: Toshiki Ohta
Toshiki Ohta has been immersed in rave culture for thirty years. One of London's most knowledgeable DJs delivers a propulsive hour-long session as the latest contributor to our ongoing #PHANTASYMIX series. Read the short interview we did with Toshiki here –...
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#PHANTASYMIX 24: Jordan
Jordan has been DJing for a long time. More than half his lifetime, in fact. While most of us were studying for our high school exams, Jordan was zipping across Ireland with a roped-in mate, playing all manner of rowdy clubs, often lacking the ID requirements that would typically get him bounced...
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#PHANTASYMIX 23: BLD
Baldo Gallego lives an exciting dual life on the Barcelona club scene. A longtime Razzmatazz resident as Baldo, his tough, halcyon techno productions as BLD have created an underground stir. He adopts this persona for the latest edition of #PHANTASYMIX, providing an hour-long mix of techno, rave...
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#PHANTASYMIX 22: The Golden Filter
Formed in New York in 2008, and now based in London, The Golden Filter have existed on the undulating musical fringes of electro, disco and post-punk for over a decade. Consisting of the creative and romantic partnership of Penelope Trapps and Stephen Hindman, the past few years have been the…
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#PHANTASYMIX 21: Pris
Pris has been present and correct on the techno scene since 2013, initially making an impact on Resin and later releasing across tastemaking, singular labels such as Avian and Semantica. Pris’s music has always had a vulnerable quality weaved into powerful, dynamic tracks that became favourites...
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#PHANTASYMIX 20: Sally C
Helping cement her reputation as one of the UK's strongest emerging DJ talents, Sally C's bumping contribution to the #PHANTASYMIX series draws on obscure nineties house through to ruthless contemporary techno, mixed with physical flair and real personality. Expect sixty minutes of undistilled...
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#PHANTASYMIX 19: Body Horror [Bleaching Agent & The Niallist]
The past few years have seen a new-wave of exciting and daring parties re energise the Manchester scene, many taking place at the now notorious White Hotel and often within a daring continuum of queer and alternative rave culture. Alongside the likes of Kiss Me Again, High Hoops and the timeless...
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#PHANTASYMIX 18: Timothy Clerkin
Timothy Clerkin has long been a staple figure of the UK club scene. His new EP for Ransom Note Records, 'Unborn', establishes his vision as a forward-thinking force in UK acid house. For his #PHANTASYMIX, Clerkin explores the sounds and producers currently inspiring his incredible live set and...
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#PHANTASYMIX 17: Cardopusher
Born in Venezuela and long-since based in Barcelona, Cardopusher has established himself as one of the most consistent and versatile heads in the city’s bubbling underground, with a sound that has travelled far-and-wide to labels such as Hyperdub, Boys Noize, Super Rhythm Trax and more recently,...
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#PHANTASYMIX 16: Charlotte Bendiks
One of dance music's most endearing outsiders, Charlotte Bendiks is the latest contributor to the #phantasymix series, delivering an hour of energetic, charismatic club music, featuring almost-unknown DJs and producers through to established names such as Avalon Emerson and Paula Temple.…
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#PHANTASYMIX 15: Dark Circles
Dark Circles have only been releasing music over the past few years, each time with infrequency but serious impact, and always on their own, specially tailored imprint, DC Trax. They also nailed a weird and wonderful remix of Phantasy’s own Future Four (a creative partnership between Erol Alkan…
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Founded in London in 2007, Phantasy has steadily transformed into one of the UK’s most diverse and artistically ambitious small labels. Neither rooted in electronic or alternative music, Phantasy small but expanding stable of artists work closely with founder and creative director Erol Alkan, to achieve the best possible sound and vision for a diverse audience.
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