For the uninitiated what words would you use to describe your sound?
Varied Music of many Colours, I make Slower Beats as the restless soul fun Band, Deeper Dancefloor stuff as Phlash, I released an LP in Japan in January 2013, Called “FUN” by the restless soul Fun Band. The 2nd Phlash LP – Phlash is back is out on Archive in the next month or two. Aisling & the Haze 7″ single on R2 came out over 2 months ago. I have remixed, Soulfull Session & Lois & the Love, & the Brand New Heavies…Produced a Wonderfull cover version for an Amazing singer called Adam Glover, I’ve signed 2 release to a new label in Scotland call “Fathom’s Deep” & just mixed down two new cuts for 1Trax, That’s not counting the numerous Re-Edit’s, GDFN & Otherwise. That’s just this year. I probably make a beat everyday. To the layman My Sound can only be described as House Music, to the further informed you could call it Soulful Electronic dance Music. I have been known to make Jazz & Disco infused productions, which vary in tempo from 87bpm to 130 bpm.
You currently run labels restless soul & RSTLSS TRX. Can you tell us about the origins of the names and the concept behind the two different imprints?
restless soul is for the Songs, RSTLSS TRX is for the Tracks. It really is that simple.
Soul Renegades – Now Your Gonna Save Me – Restless Soul
Phil Asher ‘London Style’ RSTLSS TRAX
Who initially inspired your love of Dance music, what clubs/ Dj’s were you first into?
My Parents where my first influence, they both worked at record shop’s when I was very young, they would bring records home, Some of which I still listen to. Dj’s wise I remember Dj Froggy & Steve Walsh being my first Dj hero’s then progressed onto Dj Red Alert & Tony Humphries, Noel & Maurice Watson and John Peel on Radio 1 & My best Mate Ray Whittard, whom I originally started producing Music with.
I still have many DJ heroes, Craig smith, Osunlade, Joe Claussell, Terry Jones, Kenny Dope, Karizma, Dego, Christian Pronovost Etc Etc.
How did your show: The restless soul show originally come about for Mi-Soul radio?
A well groomed Gentleman called Gordon Mac, the Founder of Kiss Fm in the UK, approached me to host the restless soul show on Saturday nights, Musical Freedom was the rule, I agreed and joined the Mi-soul Crew.
https://soundcloud.com/restlesssoul/phil-asher-restless-soul-1
What have been working on in the studio recently? What inspires you to create music?
Life, People. Other People’s Music, Places, Time & Space all inspire Me, Lately I have signed singles to Fathom’s Deep, 1Trax & More About Music, Just Remixed, Urban sound Lab, Soulfull Session & The Brand New Heavies. We are in the middle of recording the 2nd Aisling & the Haze single, I’ve got various projects on the go with Singers & Producers. I’m always working on a Beat.
Do you have any particular favourite pieces of software etc you like use in producing?
I like my Native Instruments, Maschine & Komplete, I also love my MacBook Pro & my Sm58
Can you tell us about the GDFN London project with Martin Lodge?
It’s a Party we do, where we play 70’s & 80’s anthem’s/radio tracks, we do a lot of re-edits for the night mostly from multi tracks that we find in the cloud.
It’s a non house sing along, let your hair down, walk down memory lane type of affair, lot’s of guilty pleasure & Fun – You should pop by one night, Night.
We run the party sporadically, the venue is always different & never more than 200 capacity – Get Down Friday Night.
https://soundcloud.com/gdfnedits
What are your thoughts on the current fashion for Deep House and songs. Do you think people have become more open-minded for soulful sounds again?
As long as people Call it House, I’m happy: deep, techy, spiritual, soulful, Afro, they are all just basically “House Music”.
Song’s & Tracks have both become more accepted by the masses, now it’s time to break the genres down, and go back to living in One House, the way we used to do it.
Where can people get to hear you play over the coming months?
You can hear me spinning soon in Brixton, Edinburgh, Amsterdam & Italy, Every Saturday night between 11pm &1am on Mi-soul radio, or via restless soul & RSTLSS TRX on the www. I have recently done remixes for the Brand New Heavies, Urban Sound Lab & Soulfull Session.
https://www.facebook.com/PhilAsherLondon
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