Black Boulder, by PHON.O

Black Boulder

by PHON.O

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1.	Nightshifts 04:45	buy track
2.	Twilight feat. Pantasz 04:35	buy track
3.	Yudasi 02:00	buy track
4.	Die Maschinistin 04:53	buy track
5.	Black Boulder 03:40	buy track
6.	ABAW 723 (Album Version) 04:25	buy track
7.	Mosquitos 05:13	buy track
8.	Leave A Light On feat. Tunde Olaniran 03:41	buy track
9.	Slavemode (Album Version) 05:18	buy track
10.	Hope Light 04:12	buy track
11.	12th 06:18	buy track

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Phon.o, the boy with the dot in his name and the dubby background, started to play records with his buddy Apparat in the early 90s far in the darkest reaches of the ruff'n'tuff Harz mountains, in former East Germany. 1997, seeking new and bright horizons, our boy moves to beautiful Berlin and is given the keys to his first apartment: a dingy shoebox which even the Russians had left unoccupied during their stint in Berlin.

During the wet autumn of 1998, he started to create his own music and emerged in the spring of 2000 with his first release on Cytrax (Kit Clayton and Dj Jasper's itchy, noisy, dubby Californian Techno label). Phon.o then found himself “misled, used and abused” by the notorious big Rock'n Roll swindler, T.Raumschmiere, who connives him into joining his gang Shitkatapult. Fire does take its toll on those who wield it and Phon.o eventually realized the need for an image change. He enrolled in the Kunsthochschule Berlin (KHB) in the fall of 2000 and began studying Communication Design. As a next chapter Chris De Luca and Phon.o joined forces in spring 2006. This unconventional combination of intergalactic Hip Hop, Ghetto Beats, sexy booty IDM and dirty Techno goes beyond typical contemporary genre boundaries. In 2008 the results of CLPs dirty collaboration got released as the EP Ready Or Not on Boysnoize Rec. including remixes by Diplo and Mixhell and as an eclectic, genre blending Hip Hop album called Supercontinental on Shitkatapult. In 2009 the boys did not take a rest while worldwide touring and kept on releasing. Following CPL Phon.o - in search for his next sound - did remixes for the likes of Modeselektor, Boys Noize, Schlachthofbronx and Robot Koch.

In 2011, Phon.o started to release on Modeselektor's 50 Weapons label with a new sound somewhere between the grooves of UK-Funky and Dubstep and the classic Berlin Dub- Techno school of Basic Channel/Hardwax. For many Phon.o has been producing some of his dopest material just now. His 2 singles in 2011 have been compared to the best moments of Burial and expectations for his debut album "Black Boulder" are high.

"Black Boulder" delivers exactly what the 2 pre-singles "Slavemode/Abbey Road" and "ABAW723/Sad Happiness" hinted on. A fresh blend of bleepin' Technoid Garage, the usual Dub elements and even 2 ear-catching vocal tunes featuring Pantasz of Bodi Bill fame and Tunde Olaniran, child of an American social-activist mother and Nigerian Christian immigrant father, who grew up and lived in Germany, Nigeria, England and the US.

While the first 4 artist albums on 50 Weapons have all been debut albums, this one isn't. On the other hand it feels like one, since this is the successful reinvention of an artist who has been active in various styles for over a decade.

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released May 18, 2012

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PHON.O Berlin, Germany

Musician and DJ from Berlin with releases on 50WEAPONS, TECTONIC, COLD REC. and BPITCH CONTROL.

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