26/02/2020
Check out Artwork's 2nd Artist Announcement for Artwork 003 w/ Long Island Sound this Saturday.
Phaze are a Bangor collective that have been running events in Bangor & Belfast over the last 2 years, with Jungle Book Legion. We're excited to have them back this saturday as they go b2b with Paddy Chambers 10-1.
ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Artwork 003 w/ Long Island Sound
Ahead of Artwork 003 this Saturday, we invited the Phaze team to answer some quick fire questions about how they started their journey, and their plans for 2020.
Q. How did Phaze come about?
A. Phaze was an idea from JK (Jamie Kissock) and Gilmore’ that came about in Summer 2019, after throwing many sell out events as part of Jungle Book Legion, we wanted to begin a new brand and have our own events going in Belfast and Bangor.
Q. What would be the highlights of the brand journey to date?
A. We wanted to kick off Summer last year with a mad night so decided to use the space upstairs in Wolsey's Bar in Bangor town centre (which is a restaurant). We cleared as much space as possible to increase the capacity, and brought in a heavy sound system and lights set-up, which turned out to be great success. This caught the attention of OCD who got in touch to invite us up to have our first gig with them in Belfast, which was a combined night in art department that happened November, which again, was a great turn out for our first Belfast gig.
Q. Who are the PHAZE residents biggest influences music-wise?
A. Our biggest influences for our music would first of all, be each other and other locals that we play with. There’s not a better feeling than DJing with mates, hearing a song for the first time and being able to find out instantly what the tune is. Following the increase in popularity of local artists also such as BICEP was a huge influence on us, and seeing the effect they had on crowds was nothing short of breathtaking. Other artists too, such as Four Tet and Floating Points are also huge influences and many others alike.
Q. What’s your goals for 2020?
A. In 2020, we hope to throw an event every couple of months, and possibly bi-weekly over the summer period. We’re also hoping to get some seriously talented DJs and producers from across the water (and further afield), that most people who love dance music will have heard of before, and if they haven’t, then they will soon know.
Q. Do the PHAZE residents have upcoming releases?
A. As for the resident side of Phaze, you can expect to see lots of fresh material from Gilmore’ over the next few months, following his previous releases which have been fairly doing the rounds. Meanwhile Robbie has been currently testing new tracks in all his sets, while preparing for upcoming hybrid sets. Both of them have been smashing it and we fully expect new talent to join in the near future.
This Saturday Phaze go b2b with Paddy Chambers for a very special 3 hour set. They will be playing 10pm-1am in the new caged booth of the recently refurbished Belfast city centre night club - The Art Department, before Long Island Sound take over 1-3am.
Come show your support this Saturday, as we're treated to a night of high quality electronic music from start to finish.
Event Page: Artwork 003 w/ Long Island Sound
