MFM Mix 044: Phil Mison by Music From Memory published on 2022-10-26T08:16:51Z Please meet London based DJ and producer, former Cafe Del Mar resident, and our long time close friend Phil Mison (@cantomamusic). Interview (excerpt) down below. www.musicfrommemory.com MFM: Hi Phil, many know you as one of the DJ's who has played all the best sunset spots across the globe. How did your summer look this year, still been scoring sunsets here and there? PM: My summer was great. I travelled to Amsterdam, Cork, Copenhagen and Barcelona and had some nice gigs in the UK. My friend Deke has opened a bar on the seafront in Margate, you get pretty epic sunsets down there. I played a few records one evening and managed to fit in a few old cafe classics as the sun disappeared into the sea. MFM: Please tell us a bit about how it all started for you? PM: I grew up in the 70’s, so there were quite a few different influences. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ was an early memory, and I was obsessed with Blondie. Parallel lines was the first album I bought. Later it was Northern Soul, Electro, nothing really that mellow! In 87 I met a couple of people who were really into House. I started going to groove records in soho to buy records like Adonis - No Way Back, Ten City - Devotion. Then as 88 rolled around I got into the more Balearic side of things. Later in 89 I’d pop into Reckless Records for second hand stuff and started to browse the New Age section where I got things like Kitaro ‘Tunhuang’ and Paul Greaver ‘Joy’. Those records were the starting point really. MFM: DJing in clubs to make people dance never really attracted you? PM: I’d say pretty much most of my DJing has been in clubs. I started at the Milk Bar in Soho in 1992 after giving Darren Emerson a tape. Even though I was doing the warm up and playing mellow stuff at the beginning, you had to build it up to a full dance floor by the end. In 1996 and 2000 I was the tour DJ for Lefttfield, playing in front of 1000 odd people. ‘Just get it going before we come on!’ Alongside Ross Allen and Rob Da Bank, I was resident at Bar Rhumba for our Next Level night in 1997. It lasted a year and we opened with Harvey and closed with Andrew Weatherall. I Have to mention Moonboots and Jason Boardman’s night Aficionado too. I always enjoyed playing to a dancefloor there, they’ve kept the Balearic flag flying since 1998. MFM: At what point did you got into making music on your own? PM: I’d worked on a project for Kenneth Bager in 1994. Then later on he started his Music For Dreams Label, and asked me if I would be interested in making an album. So the first Cantoma album was started in Copenhagen in 1999, and finished in London in 2003. MFM: How do you come up with a new song, is there a certain Phil Mison way to it? Do you write the parts for the musicians? PM: It usually starts with an idea that pops into my head. Sometimes a memory or travelling will get a melody going, and I’ll sometimes hum it into my phone and use that as a starting point. Ive worked with Engineer/Producer Robin Twelftree on all the Cantoma albums. I’ll go into Robin’s studio and usually start with some basic keyboards, then I’ll play a bassline in. I’ll take the demos away and think about what would work on the tracks. For some musicians the music is written down. Ive worked with Robin Lee from Faze Action on a few Cantoma tunes, and he usually transcribes my basic melodies onto sheet music. Other times I’ll play the melodies on a keyboard or hum the tunes for the musicians to follow along to. On some tracks I’ll write the lyrics too and get a singer to record on a track. There’s a lot of going back and forth until I’m happy with the final cut. The music rarely ends up sounding like the first version. MFM: Making a mix must have been a piece of cake for you :) What is this mix like? PM: I went back through my 92-94 selection and picked a selection of the lesser played records. Memories of magic times at the Milk Bar and warm summer evenings at the Cafe del mar. Comment by s a n w a 2 0 0 0 <3 2024-03-21T05:04:31Z Comment by s a n w a 2 0 0 0 <3 2024-03-21T02:14:34Z Comment by UnkleSnax 💪 2024-02-28T15:19:43Z Comment by Jaile_ Tune 2023-12-14T09:05:21Z Comment by Gaige ❤️ 2023-11-15T19:40:03Z Comment by James A Barry yess 2023-10-20T12:32:18Z Comment by mbike ID anyone? I have just been after this track for around 20 years... 2023-09-28T20:18:22Z Comment by mbike Out Of The Blue #2 on MFM? 2023-09-28T19:40:25Z Comment by Yon_WonZe id ? 2023-06-19T13:39:51Z Comment by Yon_WonZe id? 2023-06-14T16:15:09Z Comment by Seanie R ❤️ 2023-05-10T16:41:33Z Comment by Benito i've listened to this mix many times - it never gets old @cantomamusic thank you! 2023-04-27T01:21:08Z Comment by Sasha Foam niccceee 2023-03-21T07:48:09Z Comment by puze578 🫠💫 2023-03-16T16:37:30Z Comment by Malbss Anyone know what this is? 2023-03-09T08:00:29Z Comment by Terry_Childs Nice work Phil @cantomamusic 2023-03-07T10:45:58Z Comment by simonedscer Groovy. ID anyone? 2023-03-06T16:36:10Z Comment by Bebe Kuku Track ID? an absolute beaty 2023-02-13T13:32:13Z Comment by Benito anyone got the id for this? 2023-02-08T01:58:01Z Comment by JARV!S Wow! Anyone got an ID for this ? 2023-02-06T05:38:02Z Comment by Benito so good! 2023-02-06T01:50:31Z Comment by Marina Marcondes amazing <3 2023-01-17T18:23:34Z Comment by es330 What a way to start. A Big Time downtempo classic 🔥🔥 2022-12-30T13:18:22Z Comment by The Electric Disco Johnny Parker!!!!! 2022-12-21T09:54:59Z Comment by Ulterior awesome 2022-12-02T15:51:34Z Comment by tajana° 🤍 2022-11-24T11:31:27Z Comment by CMS79 Excellent choices 🥂 2022-11-17T04:38:47Z Comment by ILYACORNELI🌐 =3 2022-11-16T12:54:44Z Comment by ILYACORNELI🌐 =0 2022-11-16T12:42:13Z Comment by ILYACORNELI🌐 =333 2022-11-16T12:25:24Z