Phil Western
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| Phil Western | |
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| Birth name | Phillip C. Western |
| Also known as | Philth, Cap'n Stargazer |
| Born | August 12, 1971 |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Experimental music |
| Occupation(s) | Programmer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Synth, guitar, percussion |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Label(s) | The Record Company Subconscious Communications ex-Nettwerk Records ex-Metropolis Records ex-Hypnotic/Cleopatra |
| Associated acts | Download PlatEAU Floatpoint Off & Gone Frozen Rabbit |
| Website | www.colourspeaks.com |
Phil Western (born August 12, 1971) is a Vancouver-based musician who is a founding member of the bands Download, PlatEAU, Frozen Rabbit, and Off And Gone. Having started his career as a drummer and eventually as a programmer, he became a sought after remix engineer starting in the mid 90's. His friendship with Dwayne Goettel led to him doing a small amount of keyboard work on the Skinny Puppy album The Process, as well as creating the Subconscious record label with Goettel in 1993. After Goettel's death of a heroin overdose in 1995, he became partners with Cevin Key in several musical projects. As an engineer, or remix engineer, he has worked with Skinny Puppy, Mirror, Bryan Adams and Nine Inch Nails. He has also assisted in remixes of songs written by Monster Magnet and Rob Halford and Metallica among others. Often maintaining a low visibility in his collaborative projects, it was his solo work which brought his unique sensibilities to light for many fans of Download - a complex approach to rhythm and programming, and a sense of melody rooted in psychedelia, drones and space rock.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo works
- Power/Touched (12" split w/aDuck) (1993)
- The Escapist (1998)
- Dark Features (w/Tim Hill) (2001)
- Therapy (10", w/Tim Hill) (2001)
- Worlds End (2003)
- 4am (2007)
- 1221 (2008)
[edit] Beehatch
- "Beehatch" (2008) (w/Mark Spybey)
[edit] Download
- Furnace (1995)
- Microscopic (EP) (1996)
- Charlie's Family (1996)
- Sidewinder (EP) (1996)
- The Eyes of Stanley Pain (1996)
- III (1997)
- Effector (2000)
- Inception (2002)
- III Steps Forward (2002)
- Fixer (2007)
[edit] KONE
- "Cirrhotic Psychotic" (2008)
[edit] Plateau
- Dutch Flowers (EP) (1997)
- Music For Grass Bars (1997)
- Spacecake (1999)
- Iceolator (2003)
- Kushbush (2007)
[edit] XMT
- Atlantic Under Clouds (1993)
[edit] Cap'm Stargazer
- untitled EP (12" split w/Commander Mindfuck) (1994)
[edit] Floatpoint
- Beam Error (1994)
- Beam Error (2008)
[edit] Off and Gone
- untitled EP (1994)
- Sigma Receptor (12") (1996)
- Shasta (12") (1996)
- Everest (1996)
[edit] Frozen Rabbit
- 26,000 (2005)
[edit] External links
- philwestern.net , the official Phil Western site.
- MySpace.com/PhilWestern, the official Phil Western MySpace site.
- OffNGone, the music of Dan Handrabur and Phil Western.
- Phil Western at Discogs
- Phil Western at Last.fm
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