Kit Phillips

Today I'm proud to present the work of a 18 year old Kit Phillips, a budding producer with bucket loads of talent. Residing in Sydney, Australia, Kit set foot on his current path at the age of 13, listening to commercial trance on the radio, while at the same time producing rock music, another passion of his which shines clearly in his production.

However, it wasn't until two years ago that Kit got his act together, purchased some soft synths, a copy of Ableton Live, and started teaching himself electronic production. Over the ensuing two years, his talent has sprung forth, giving rise to tracks that bely his relative inexperience within the scene.

Currently, his influences include trance acts such as Mirco De Govia, Kyau & Albert, Leama & Moor and First State. Far more telling in his own music is the influence of his favourite down-tempo artists such as Lamb, Apparat and Boards Of Canada, as well as rock acts Powderfinger, Foo Fighters, Whitest Boy Alive and Crowded House. Danish maestro Trentemøller also ranks highly.

All of these sounds are combined to form a truly unique sound; part trance, part soft rock, and wholly blissful. Kit plays all the guitars himself, and sings too in Breaking Down.

First up is my favourite, Tranceformer:

Second is a happy little number, Autumn Burn, with some beautiful pads in the second half:

Elastone is a short, seemingly experimental track:

Finally is Breaking Down, my least favourite track unfortunately, despite the beautiful guitar. However, this track is in the process of being fully re-worked - I look forward to the final results!

Beautiful, beautiful music, with a nicely polished sound for someone this young. A few years on and I envisage higher quality music with a more than just a bit of appeal to labels.

For more information, visit Kit's soundclick page:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=423205

No email address provided here unfortunately, but there is a contact form. Please contact Kit if you or someone you know is interested in signing his music!

Production is achieved using the following:

Native instruments Komplete 4
Ableton Live
Digidesign Mbox 1
AKG k240 Headphones

Ibanez SA160
Fender American Deluxe Strat
Line 6 Pod XT live
Roland JC 160