2004 was an extremely fruitful and rewarding year for the DJ's DJ, Phil K. Mind you, one could just as easily suggest that Phil K was equally fruitful and rewarding for 2004 ... well for the quality of it's dance music he was, that's for sure ... Initially embarking on a mission of solo audio assault, Phil 's sonic arsenal grew during the course of the year when Pioneer developed the planet's first prototype visual weapon - the DVJ-X1. ...show more

2004 was an extremely fruitful and rewarding year for the DJ's DJ, Phil K. Mind you, one could just as easily suggest that Phil K was equally fruitful and rewarding for 2004 ... well for the quality of it's dance music he was, that's for sure ... Initially embarking on a mission of solo audio assault, Phil 's sonic arsenal grew during the course of the year when Pioneer developed the planet's first prototype visual weapon - the DVJ-X1.

But while the DVJ-X1 was only a bunch of coded lines on a hard drive, Phil was kicking off '04 in sheer class with a double mix CD release with Dave Seaman, 'Renaissance Presents Therapy Sessions', which saw him throw beats on European, UK, American, Asian, New Zealand and Australian tour dates to ever-increasingly dedicated and appreciative floors. The very same dedicated and appreciative main room floors that were greeting with hands in the air Phil across the nation also let their feelings known publicly, heading online in their droves to snare him a #5 ranking in one of Australia's premier DJ Media Awards, The Technics Inthemix.com 2004 Top 50 Australian DJ's , in June. Shortly after this announcement, Phil headed for the PALA conference in Singapore , to globally showcase and pre-demonstrate his new weapon (and best mate), the DVJ-X1. By the close of August, Phil had played gigs right across Asia, including standouts in Hong Kong, Bali and Thailand (and had even squeezed in a coveted mix for BB Radio One's 'Annie Nightingale' show).

Consistently soaking up as much musical inspiration as he was pouring out on tour, Phil also began experimenting with the production of his own MPEG movies for manipulation live-in-the-mix with the DVJ-X1 during this time. With a simple mid-range digital camera and a basic editing software package, Phil set about filming snippets from his travels for future use and then began archiving them to disc for use back in Australia. Always pushing the envelope of what a piece of equipment can do, always thinking of how mess shit up better ... always being Phil K ! For Phil , this was seemingly no different to how he would normally treat music in his head - see it, catch it, remember it ... ...show less