meets John Phantasm
by Machinelf
Trip Out New York meets
John Phantasm
Interview by Machinelf
with question help from Ari D
John Phantasm has been
running his trance label for over 10 years now, since the very birth of psy trance...
perhaps even before! Their first
compilation was subtitled "Hard Trance / Psychedelic Techno"
as the words "
New on Phantasm Records
is the debut album by John's son Eskimo. Eskimo is DJ Junya, which is the son
of John Phantasm (also a member of
Mindfield)!! Junya is only 17 years old, but has already been making music for several years. He has shown great
production skills, and has played all
over the world already.
Hello John. Where are you from? Where are you based now?
I'm from
What's happening recently
with Phantasm records?
Just finished compiling
our next comp "Machine Head"
with new trax from Mindfield, Eskimo, Jumanji, Dynamic and Gundam among
others
What's up with
Mindfield? How could you define its
style?
melodic, rhythmic trance,
hopefully the right side of cheesy
Who are your favorite
influences?
Led Zeppelin, Leftfield, Eskimo & Dado
Who have you collaborated
with?
Cosmosis, Dick Trevor, Eskimo, Tim Healy
How is Junya doing?
Really well, madly busy stompin' around the known universe
Didn't he sample Bill
Hicks? You know Bill was from my
hometown in
well, I'll be dipped in dogshit!!
Did he really sample my
voice? I heard it was from that crazy
upstate party. What's the track called?
Not sure about that, I'll have to ask him but hes in Mexico
Have you seen Goa Gil around
since you two last played in upstate
No, but we've chatted a
couple of times. We missed each other by a couple of hours last year in
Where was the most beautiful
setting for a trance party you've played
at?
either on the beach in
Koh Pha Ngan,
or in the woods outside
Are you affiliated with the
goa trance eastern mysticism mafia born from ashrams in the
errr... NO!
What's the craziest
psychedelic you've ever done?
Dont Mind Telling
Who would you most like to
collaborate with?
Jimmy Page
Where do you see psychedelic
trance in 10-20 years?
On welfare
March 19 Phantasm Records Presents
COSMOSIS-LIVE SPACE CAT-LIVE
JOHN PHANTASM-DJ SET AVI ALGRANATI-DJ SET one more artist will be posted soon.
An all night of fresh new music from the up coming new albums from COSMOSIS
& SPACE CAT that out very soon.John also coming with a new compilation for
Phantasm. Club Roxy NYC Full info and
flyers will be out soon!!! For any organizer in the