Phil Reynolds Explained

Phil Reynolds
Genre:Hard trance, Hard house
Occupation:Record producer, Disc Jockey
Years Active:1990 -
Label:Tidy Trax, Nukleuz

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

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.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6] 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.[3] [5] [7]

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.[8] The collaboration with Blake also extended to setting up a record label together, called Impact.[3] As of 2022, Reynolds continues to perform live DJ sets.[9]

Discography

Phil Reynolds singles
Title Artist Year Peak
UK Dance
Frantic EP[10] Nick Sentience & Phil Reynolds200184
Back 2 FrontNick Sentience & Phil Reynolds200191
Instru(mental)Nick Sentience & Phil Reynolds2001
Computer Logic/Vinyl Addiction[11] Mark Richardson/Phil Reynolds20018630
Phase 2[12] [13] Steve Blake & Phil Reynolds200231

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hazard Hickey . Andrew . Phil Reynolds & James Lawson . beat.com.au . August 2012 . 9 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Hammond . J . winter on the boil . The Gold Coast Bulletin . 9 March 2024 . 7 July 2005. .
  3. Web site: biografie · biography · Phil Reynolds · DJ · DJ Phil Reynolds . partyflock.nl . 13 June 2014 . 9 March 2024.
  4. Web site: COMING UP . . 19 September 2002. .
  5. News: CLUB LIFE . 9 March 2024 . . 26 September 2002 . . 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. Web site: FRANTIC 2002 . . 9 March 2024 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118143006/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-frantic-2002/ . live .
  7. Web site: Nukleuz Bomb . Muzik . 9 March 2024 . 44 . May 2001.
  8. Web site: Phil Reynolds · Biography . . 9 March 2024 . 9 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240309121253/https://ra.co/dj/philreynolds/biography . live .
  9. Web site: Phil Reynolds · Past Events . . 9 March 2024 . 9 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240309121416/https://ra.co/dj/philreynolds/past-events . live .
  10. Web site: NICK SENTIENCE & PHIL REYNOLDS songs and albums - full Official Chart history . . 9 March 2024 . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028192333/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10603/nick-sentience-and-phil-reynolds/ . live .
  11. Web site: COMPUTER LOGIC/VINYL ADDICTION – MARK RICHARDSON/PHIL REYNOLDS - Official Charts . . 9 March 2024.
  12. Web site: STEVE BLAKE & PHIL REYNOLDS songs and albums - full Official Chart history . . 9 March 2024 . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127170926/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13073/steve-blake-and-phil-reynolds/ . live .
  13. Web site: Kavanagh . Mark . Reviews . Muzik . December 2002 . 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.. 86.

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