Becoming Phill Explained

Becoming Phill
Birth Name:	Tshuutheni Emvula
Alias:	Becoming Phill, Phill Banks
Birth Date:	1981 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Berlin, Germany
Instrument:	Akai MPC 1000 & iMPC Pro, Turntables, Logic Pro, Reason
Genre:	Hip hop
Occupation:	Record producer, Entrepreneur
Years Active:	1997–present
Associated Acts:	Qonja, Gazza (musician), Pumpkinhead (rapper)

Tshuutheni Emvula (born October 19, 1981 in Berlin, Germany), sometimes known as Becoming Phill^[1] is a Namibian entrepreneur, hip hop record producer, DJ,^[2] composer, and video editor from Windhoek, Namibia.^[3] He has produced for various Namibian and international artists including Ricky Rick, Gazza, Black Vulcanite, Sunny Boy, TeQuila, Qonja, RUN N.A.M.S.,^[4] Lize Ehlers, and Zeus.

He has composed music, conducted sound design and supervised soundtrack music placement for^[5] the Namibian films 100 Bucks,^[6] Love Is..., (won Best Director at Namibian Film Awards 2012),^[7] My Beautiful Nightmare,^[8] (won Best Independent Film at Luxor Film Festival Egypt 2012),^[9] Try,^[1] (won Best Film at Namibian Film Awards 2012),^[10] Eembwiti,^{[11] [12]} Katutura (2015)^[1] and The Unseen (2016).^[13]

Becoming Phill has various production styles. He attributes his style to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and J Dilla and also musicians such as Kanye West, Brenda Fassie, Cameo, Osunlade and others.

Music career

Becoming Phill has been producing for over a decade, working with musicians across southern Africa and US. He began when his older sister gave him a copy of the then just released FruityLoops in 1998. He went on to work in a full studio environment becoming an understudy of French guitarist/producer, Christian Polloni,^{[14] [15]} from 2005 until 2009. He is currently working on several other projects.^[16] In 2016, he released his first official solo album, Electrum.^[17]

Discography

Solo albums

• 2009: Allsorts Vol. 1^[18]
• 2016: Electrum^{[19] [20]}

Production credits

• 2004: Gazza: produced "KKN" from Zula II Survive
• 2005: Gazza: produced "Nobody" and "My Love" on Stof-Lap Chikapute
• 2005: Hiphocalypse Mixtape various remixes^[21]
• 2007: TeQuila: produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Sound of My Heart
• 2008: Sunny Boy: produced "Jaiva Mfanyana" on The Sleeping Giant
• 2010: Run N.A.M.S.: produced The Mixtape Vol. 1^[22]
• 2011: Lize Ehlers: produced the whole of African Cleavage^[23]
• 2014: Pumpkinhead (billed as PH): produced tracks 1, 2 and 3 on This is Not a Tyler Perry Movie (2014)
• 2014: Malkovich: produced tracks 4, 12, and 13 on Great Expectations^[24]
• 2016: Riky Rick: produced the single "Spread Love"
• 2016: Black Vulcanite: produced "Playing with Dolls" and "Smoov as a Mutha" from sophomore album, Black Colonists^[25]
• 2017: Tha God Fahim featuring Mach-Hommy: produced backing track for "Chicken Milk Bomb" on The Dump Goat^[26]

External links

• BecomingPhill official website
• Becoming Phill on SoundCloud
• BecomingPhill on IMDb

Notes and References

1. News: The Namibian. The Namibian. 18 December 2021.
2. http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2013/march/article/the-cool-kids-at-kapana-soul-sessions/
3. http://www.observer.com.na/entertainment/149-run-conquers-local-hip-hop
4. News: RUN N.A.M.S making headway. https://archive.today/20140315203340/http://www.sun.com.na/node/1418. dead. 2014-03-15. Namibian Sun.
5. http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38436
6. Web site: 100 Bucks. 18 December 2021. IMDb.com.
7. Web site: Informante. Web.na.
8. Web site: My Beautiful Nightmare. 18 December 2021. IMDb.com.
9. Web site: LAFF concludes its second edition with Winners. Allafricancinema.
10. http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=117032&page_type=archive_story_detail&page=1535
11. Web site: Eembwiti. 18 December 2021. IMDb.com.
12. http://festivalafricano.altervista.org/festival/?p=4560&lang=en
13. Web site: Becoming Phill. IMDb.com. 18 December 2021.
14. Web site: Polloni The grand master of beats. https://archive.today/20140315203334/http://www.sun.com.na/content/tjil/polloni-grand-master-beats. dead. 2014-03-15. Namibian Sun.
15. Web site: Christian Polloni. Discogs.com. 18 December 2021.
16. Web site: Single: Becoming Phill and Mark Mushiva, "Uncanny" | Dunn Deal PR . 2015-07-17 . 2015-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721145908/http://dunndealpr.com/becoming-phill-mark-mushiva-uncanny/ . dead .
17. News: Becoming Phill Presents 'Electrum'. The Namibian.
18. Web site: All Sorts Vol1, by Becoming Phill. Becomingphill.bandcamp.com. 18 December 2021.
19. Web site: Electrum by Becoming Phill on Apple Music . . 2016-12-14 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180646/https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1182262743?ls=1&app=itunes . dead .
20. Web site: Get funky with Becoming Phil's 'Love Is Not Hard To Get'. 17 January 2017. Purplesneakers.com.au. 18 December 2021.
21. Web site: The Hiphocalypse Re-mixtape (2005, CDr). 18 December 2021. Discogs.com.
22. Web site: SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds. SoundCloud.com. 18 December 2021.
23. Web site: African Cleavage. 27 November 2011. 18 December 2021. Open.spotify.com.
24. Web site: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, by Malkovich Music. Malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com. 18 December 2021.
25. Web site: Black Colonialists by Black Vulcanite. 5 September 2016. 18 December 2021. Apple Music.
26. Web site: DUMP GOAT, by DUMP GOAT. Thagodfahim.bandcamp.com. 18 December 2021.