Becoming Phill
Tshuutheni Emvula(born October 19, 1981 in Berlin, Germany),sometimes known as Becoming Phill[1] is an entrepreneur, hip hop record producer, DJ,[2] composer, and video editor from Windhoek, Namibia.[3] He has produced for various Namibian and international artists including Ricky Rick, Gazza (musician), Black Vulcanite, Sunny Boy (rapper), TeQuila, Qonja, RUN N.A.M.S.,[4] Lize Ehlers, Zeus (musician).
Becoming Phill | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tshuutheni Emvula |
| Also known as | Becoming Phill, Phill Banks |
| Born | October 19, 1981 Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, Entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Akai MPC 1000 & iMPC Pro, Turntables, Logic Pro, Reason |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Associated acts | Qonja, Gazza (musician), Pumpkinhead (rapper) |
Has composed music, conducted sound design and supervised soundtrack music placement for [5] the Namibian films 100 Bucks, Love Is... (Won Best Director at Namibian film awards 2012[6]), My Beautiful Nightmare (Won Best Independent Film at Luxor Film Festival Egypt 2012[7]), Try[8] (Won Best Film at Namibian Film Awards 2012), Eembwiti.,[9] Katutura (2015) and The Unseen (2016).
Becoming Phill has various production styles. He attributes his style to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and J Dilla and also artists like Kanye West, Brenda Fassie, Cameo, Osunlade and others.
Music career
Becoming Phill has been producing for over a decade, producing works with artists across southern Africa and US. He began when his older sister gave him a copy of the then just released Fruity Loops in 1998. He went on to work in a full studio environment becoming an understudy of French guitarist/producer[10] Christian Polloni at Discogs from 2005 til 2009. He is currently working on several anticipated projects. In 2016 he released his first official solo album, Electrum [11]
Solo albums
- 2009: Allsorts Vol. 1
- 2016: Electrum[12]
Production credits
- 2004: Gazza (musician) produced KKN from Zula II Survive
- 2005: Gazza (musician) produced Nobody and My Love on Stof-Lap Chikapute
- 2005: Hiphocalypse Mixtape various remixes[13]
- 2007: TeQuila produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Sound of My Heart
- 2008: Sunny Boy (rapper) produced 'Jaiva Mfanyana' on The Sleeping Giant
- 2010: Run N.A.M.S. produced The Mixtape Vol.1
- 2011: Lize Ehlers produced whole African Cleavage on Spotify album.
- 2014: Pumpkinhead (rapper) Produced Tracks 1,2,3 on This is Not a Tyler Perry Movie as PH (2014) Label: MCMI
- 2014: Malkovich (rapper) produced tracks 4,12,13 on Great Expectations
- 2016: Riky Rick produced single 'Spread Love'
- 2016: Black Vulcanite produced 'Playing with Dolls' and 'Smoov as a mutha' from sophomore album Black Colonialists.
- 2017: Tha God Fahim featuring Mach-Hommy produced backing track for 'Chicken Milk Bomb' on The Dump Goat.
References
- Carin Pretorius - Developed CEIT Development CC. "The Namibian". The Namibian.
- The Cool Kids at Kapana Soul Sessions, The Namibian
- http://www.observer.com.na/entertainment/149-run-conquers-local-hip-hop%5B%5D
- "RUN N.A.M.S making headway". Namibian Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
- http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38436%5B%5D
- "Informante". web.na.
- "LAFF concludes its second edition with Winners". allafricancinema.
- Carin Pretorius - Developed CEIT Development CC. "The Namibian". The Namibian.
- http://festivalafricano.altervista.org/festival/?p=4560&lang=en,
- "Polloni The grand master of beats". Namibian Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
- "Becoming Phill Presents 'Electrum'". The Namibian.
- http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2017/01/listen-becoming-phil-love-not-hard-get/ Purple Sneakers Australia
- http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Hiphocalypse-Re-mixtape/release/1319415