About Phantom Network

Hello everyone !

My name is Rich, and I'm based near London, UK.

At last my 'Hokkaido' album is available for download, featuring recordings I've made over the last year.

My 'Gravitational Lensing' EP is inspired by my interest in cosmology, and I've also released an album of older tracks... My 'Deep Scan' EP here is mainly comprised of my more ambient material.
I hope you find something you like.

I've been making music for over a decade now. I moved over to mostly software operation about 5 years ago, but I still like to fiddle with synths occasionally. I previously used my Nova, a Korg M1 for a while, a couple of drum machines, a sampler (+ effects units and compressor), connected to a Mac running Logic software... I still use Logic now, but not so much hardware.
My music here is quite minimal, but I like to think it has an organic feel to it - not just loops.
In varying degrees I like ambience, grooves, bass and beats in my music, and generally I aim for a warm,deep sound.

My musical heroes are Basic Channel's Moritz Von Oswold and Mark Ernestus(including Rhythm and Sound/Main Street/Burial Mix and the rest) and Chain Reaction. Rene Lowe(Vainqueur)is a favourite, and Rod Modell & Steve Hitchell with all their Deepchord/Echospace projects.
I like a lot of US music, especially from Detroit and Chicago, such as Larry Heard, Juan Atkins, Alton Miller, Norma-Jean Bell, Jay Denham, Fanon Flowers, Drexiya, Phuture... too many to list.

I'm a big Science Fiction fan, particularly Philip K Dick, and films such as Bladerunner, A Scanner Darkly, Alien, 2001/2010, Dune, Gattaca, Sunshine, and of course Star Wars.
I also enjoy Coen Brothers films(esp.Raising Arizona, Fargo and The Big Lebowski), Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, The Breakfast Club,and I like David Lynch's work very much.
I watch quite a lot of Japanese and Asian cinema too, for example: Ringu, Ju-on, Kairo, Uzumaki, Battle Royale, The Host, The Eye, and any spooky stuff.

I like art & design (Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, H.R Giger, Syd Mead, Ron Cobb, Jim Burns, Shunya Yamashita), and I have a Bachelor's degree in 3D Design.

Some of my favourite other people include Carl Sagan, Bill Hicks, Howard Marks, Tadao Kikumoto, Peter Cook, Steve Coogan, Shoko Nakagawa, Al Murray, Alex Cox, Dr.Brian Cox...

Also, I'm very much a Japanophile. I admire the culture, design, etiquette, food, Sake, film, anime, Sci-Fi, Yokai/ghost stories, Shinkansen, robotics industry - I'm a bit of an otaku !

I hope this gives you some idea about what makes me tick, and please stay tuned for more music...

Peace and best wishes,


Rich



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