Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:28:03 +0200 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/ en-EN pjdickinson.dj@gmail.com pjdickinson.dj@gmail.com https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/ https://img.hearthis.at/3/9/7/_/uploads/8958263/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1685116635793.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/eons-black-holes-dark-souls/ Eons: Black Holes & Dark Souls
Mixed By Phil Dickinson
"The event horizon is the ultimate prison wall - one can get in but never get out."]]> Eons: Black Holes & Dark Souls
Mixed By Phil Dickinson
"The event horizon is the ultimate prison wall - one can get in but never get out."]]> 9268624 no no Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:39:03 +0200 2023-06-12T19:39:03+02:00 2:12:32 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/good-for-the-soul-part-2/ Good For The Soul - Part 2
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

** Don’t do what’s good for the Ego; do what’s good for the Soul **

Part 2 of my sun-drenched, full on positive mini series. A set to serenade a summer, built on bright, sunny and occasionally emotional melodies.]]> Good For The Soul - Part 2
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

** Don’t do what’s good for the Ego; do what’s good for the Soul **

Part 2 of my sun-drenched, full on positive mini series. A set to serenade a summer, built on bright, sunny and occasionally emotional melodies.]]> 9080184 no no Sat, 20 May 2023 16:28:57 +0200 2023-05-20T16:28:57+02:00 1:17:25 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/phil-dickinson-good-for-the-soul-part-1/ Good For The Soul - Part 1
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

** Don’t do what’s good for the Ego; do what’s good for the Soul **

The start of this little mini series is my way of easing myself back into DJing after a very long break. In Good For The Soul, I'm seeking out pure "positive mindset trance" - sets entirely, and specifically, built around bright, sunny, utopian melodies. Sure to give a real uplift.

Artwork image by Johannes Plenio]]> Good For The Soul - Part 1
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

** Don’t do what’s good for the Ego; do what’s good for the Soul **

The start of this little mini series is my way of easing myself back into DJing after a very long break. In Good For The Soul, I'm seeking out pure "positive mindset trance" - sets entirely, and specifically, built around bright, sunny, utopian melodies. Sure to give a real uplift.

Artwork image by Johannes Plenio]]> 5899393 no no Sat, 08 May 2021 19:15:01 +0200 2021-05-08T19:15:01+02:00 1:25:00 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-the-transition-from-twilight/ Definitive - The Transition From Twilight
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

With so many timeless prog classics out there, the Definitive project desperately needed a more progressive angle on things and efforts to create something in that vein gradually developed into one of clearest overall themes of the series. Picture a long coastal walk in the dark of night, not a soul around. As the sun creeps, the mood changes with the growing light. The walk ends with the sun high in the sky down on the beach. This set is the reflective calm and melancholy that gently gives way to the hope of a new day. There’s material from Probspot, Perry O'Neil, Armin van Buuren and Hans Zimmer via Airbase and Jan Gustafsson.]]> Definitive - The Transition From Twilight
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

With so many timeless prog classics out there, the Definitive project desperately needed a more progressive angle on things and efforts to create something in that vein gradually developed into one of clearest overall themes of the series. Picture a long coastal walk in the dark of night, not a soul around. As the sun creeps, the mood changes with the growing light. The walk ends with the sun high in the sky down on the beach. This set is the reflective calm and melancholy that gently gives way to the hope of a new day. There’s material from Probspot, Perry O'Neil, Armin van Buuren and Hans Zimmer via Airbase and Jan Gustafsson.]]> 5547581 no no Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:02:52 +0100 2021-01-23T18:02:52+01:00 2:12:40 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/eons-the-fabric-of-spacetime/ Eons: The Fabric Of SpaceTime
Mixed By Phil Dickinson]]> Eons: The Fabric Of SpaceTime
Mixed By Phil Dickinson]]> 4443883 no no Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:59:45 +0100 2020-03-04T22:59:45+01:00 2:10:00 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/eons-the-process-of-evolution/ Eons - The Process Of Evolution
Mixed By Phil Dickinson]]> Eons - The Process Of Evolution
Mixed By Phil Dickinson]]> 4014334 no no Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:36:00 +0100 2019-11-30T12:21:01+01:00 2:00:05 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-visceral-technology/ Definitive - Visceral Technology
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

After very close to a year away, along comes the Definitive episode that looked like it might never happen. This one was drafted and redrafted about 3 or 4 times and I was never quite sure whether I was happy with it. Life took over and the opportunity to add it to the canon vanished. But with new projects finally coming to fruition, I needed something to banish the cobwebs of being away from any kind of DJing for so damn long. Despite my original misgivings about the tracklist and the fact that it’s maybe a little too full on in the first 20 minutes, it’s ended up with quite a lot going for it and it more than stands up to previous editions. This is unashamedly the tech trance edition: a fitting prelude to the ambitious (mostly non-trance) projects to come. Cor Fijneman, Ummet Ozcan, Sander van Doorn and The Green Martian all feature, as do some personal Syndicate memories.]]> Definitive - Visceral Technology
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

After very close to a year away, along comes the Definitive episode that looked like it might never happen. This one was drafted and redrafted about 3 or 4 times and I was never quite sure whether I was happy with it. Life took over and the opportunity to add it to the canon vanished. But with new projects finally coming to fruition, I needed something to banish the cobwebs of being away from any kind of DJing for so damn long. Despite my original misgivings about the tracklist and the fact that it’s maybe a little too full on in the first 20 minutes, it’s ended up with quite a lot going for it and it more than stands up to previous editions. This is unashamedly the tech trance edition: a fitting prelude to the ambitious (mostly non-trance) projects to come. Cor Fijneman, Ummet Ozcan, Sander van Doorn and The Green Martian all feature, as do some personal Syndicate memories.]]> 3287338 no no Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:05:17 +0200 2019-06-23T00:05:17+02:00 1:56:05 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-sunshine-solace/ Definitive - Sunshine & Solace
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

After giving things a little break in July, I’m back with another Definitive for August, and this seventh set in the series will be the last one for 2018. Thematically, Sunshine & Solace sits somewhere in between Soulful Euphoria and A Message About The Universe. The first hour or so has that bright, old-Anjuna feel - warm and sundrenched. Whereas the middle section has a slightly moodier/tech trance edge giving that cosmological, sci-fi feel. This set captures quite nicely that central trance dichotomy of primeval sun worship versus technological modernity.]]> Definitive - Sunshine & Solace
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

After giving things a little break in July, I’m back with another Definitive for August, and this seventh set in the series will be the last one for 2018. Thematically, Sunshine & Solace sits somewhere in between Soulful Euphoria and A Message About The Universe. The first hour or so has that bright, old-Anjuna feel - warm and sundrenched. Whereas the middle section has a slightly moodier/tech trance edge giving that cosmological, sci-fi feel. This set captures quite nicely that central trance dichotomy of primeval sun worship versus technological modernity.]]> 2248151 no no Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:28:40 +0200 2018-08-12T14:28:40+02:00 2:03:22 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-a-vision-of-light/ Definitive - A Vision Of Light
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

‘Light’ has always been a big theme in trance music and it’s not hard to see from looking down the tracklist that this theme is strongly represented in the track titles themselves. But even beyond the track titles, there are many melodies in this one that convey various shades and forms of light - a warm sunshine, a sunrise, a hazy dusk, a gentle twilight, an instantaneous luminous envelopment, a transcendental sunburst… The set also includes DJ Eco’s A Light At The End which I played in my final set for Transcend in April. I played it purely for myself, largely for very sentimental reasons. It got a level of positive reaction that I really wasn’t expecting at all. The name, A Vision Of Light, as well as being a straight-forward reference to an obvious motif based on light, is also a reference to the little voice snippet contained within the closing chillout track.]]> Definitive - A Vision Of Light
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

‘Light’ has always been a big theme in trance music and it’s not hard to see from looking down the tracklist that this theme is strongly represented in the track titles themselves. But even beyond the track titles, there are many melodies in this one that convey various shades and forms of light - a warm sunshine, a sunrise, a hazy dusk, a gentle twilight, an instantaneous luminous envelopment, a transcendental sunburst… The set also includes DJ Eco’s A Light At The End which I played in my final set for Transcend in April. I played it purely for myself, largely for very sentimental reasons. It got a level of positive reaction that I really wasn’t expecting at all. The name, A Vision Of Light, as well as being a straight-forward reference to an obvious motif based on light, is also a reference to the little voice snippet contained within the closing chillout track.]]> 2090544 no no Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:26:32 +0200 2018-06-12T22:26:32+02:00 2:07:27 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-a-message-about-the-universe/ Definitive - A Message About The Universe
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

This month’s Definitive is another edition of this little series that, a bit like The Imperfect Horizon, might not have the most obvious theme. Stylistically, it probably contains the widest variety of different sounds - from delicate melodic pads, to rasping tribal drums, moody tech and a trance/hard trance crossover sound that doesn’t truly appear in any of the other sets. And it segways between all these styles pretty quickly without being too jarring. A lot packed into this one, including favourites from Alt+F4, Pulser, Jonas Steur, Sander Van Doorn as Sam Sharp and Dave 202.]]> Definitive - A Message About The Universe
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

This month’s Definitive is another edition of this little series that, a bit like The Imperfect Horizon, might not have the most obvious theme. Stylistically, it probably contains the widest variety of different sounds - from delicate melodic pads, to rasping tribal drums, moody tech and a trance/hard trance crossover sound that doesn’t truly appear in any of the other sets. And it segways between all these styles pretty quickly without being too jarring. A lot packed into this one, including favourites from Alt+F4, Pulser, Jonas Steur, Sander Van Doorn as Sam Sharp and Dave 202.]]> 1960489 no no Sun, 13 May 2018 11:15:54 +0200 2018-05-13T11:15:54+02:00 2:00:27 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-soulful-euphoria/ Definitive - Soulful Euphoria
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

Each month I’ve been selecting the next edition at random and I almost wish this one had come out of the hat last, because this mix is pure summer. It would be perfect listening by the pool in Ibiza on a sweltering July afternoon. Overall, its style is occasionally deep but warm and full of radiant sunshine. It builds from a refined, soulful tone into a much more decisively energetic and euphoric closing phase… hence, Soulful Euphoria.]]> Definitive - Soulful Euphoria
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

Each month I’ve been selecting the next edition at random and I almost wish this one had come out of the hat last, because this mix is pure summer. It would be perfect listening by the pool in Ibiza on a sweltering July afternoon. Overall, its style is occasionally deep but warm and full of radiant sunshine. It builds from a refined, soulful tone into a much more decisively energetic and euphoric closing phase… hence, Soulful Euphoria.]]> 1865122 no no Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:06:43 +0200 2018-04-19T23:06:43+02:00 2:07:46 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-the-imperfect-horizon/ Definitive - The Imperfect Horizon
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

March's Definitive, The Imperfect Horizon, is a ‘tipping of the hat’ to artistic imperfection. Musically, what I really like about this mix, is that it contains a lot of the spirit and, for want of a better phrase, “the fingerprints” of the original The Phil-Harmonic Classics episode on which this whole series is based - at least, much more so than most of the other sets I’ve posted so far. It has a sort of blissful, warm and slightly mellow beginning and end, with a more euphoric, energetic peak around its midpoint onwards - this creates a vague emotional symmetry. There’s material from John O'Callaghan, Onova, Marcos, Ronski Speed, Alphazone and, once again, Ronald van den Beuken, this time as The Mystery.]]> Definitive - The Imperfect Horizon
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

March's Definitive, The Imperfect Horizon, is a ‘tipping of the hat’ to artistic imperfection. Musically, what I really like about this mix, is that it contains a lot of the spirit and, for want of a better phrase, “the fingerprints” of the original The Phil-Harmonic Classics episode on which this whole series is based - at least, much more so than most of the other sets I’ve posted so far. It has a sort of blissful, warm and slightly mellow beginning and end, with a more euphoric, energetic peak around its midpoint onwards - this creates a vague emotional symmetry. There’s material from John O'Callaghan, Onova, Marcos, Ronski Speed, Alphazone and, once again, Ronald van den Beuken, this time as The Mystery.]]> 1808597 no no Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:16:56 +0100 2018-03-15T21:16:56+01:00 2:09:15 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-wonder-sorrow/ Definitive - Wonder & Sorrow
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

This month, Definitive is an ode to the most powerful of human emotions - on opposite sides of the same coin and, in many senses, competing and contrasting sensibilities: Wonder and Sorrow. Even though I worked on this one during the most difficult period of my 2017, I didn’t compile the tracklist with the intention to inspire any particular emotion. But listening back to the set afterwards, these were the two emotions that came across to me the most. Expect to hear material from Signum, M.I.K.E. Push under various aliases, Ronald van den Beuken, Jesselyn and Airbase.]]> Definitive - Wonder & Sorrow
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

This month, Definitive is an ode to the most powerful of human emotions - on opposite sides of the same coin and, in many senses, competing and contrasting sensibilities: Wonder and Sorrow. Even though I worked on this one during the most difficult period of my 2017, I didn’t compile the tracklist with the intention to inspire any particular emotion. But listening back to the set afterwards, these were the two emotions that came across to me the most. Expect to hear material from Signum, M.I.K.E. Push under various aliases, Ronald van den Beuken, Jesselyn and Airbase.]]> 1766579 no no Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:33:55 +0100 2018-02-15T22:33:55+01:00 2:18:09 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/definitive-the-path-of-least-resistance/ Definitive - The Path Of Least Resistance
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

First upload in a new series of very special trance classics mixes that I've done. The mix itself has a relatively soft, reflective start - the first track gives it the feel of ASOT’s proggier openings from the glorious mid-2000s era - building quite quickly into a careful blend of uplifting and techy stuff. Some of the bassline combinations in this one are really special, and there are at least a handful of chronically underplayed records in here. The Thrillseekers, Ferry Corsten, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Marcel Woods and John O’Callaghan all feature.]]> Definitive - The Path Of Least Resistance
Mixed By Phil Dickinson

First upload in a new series of very special trance classics mixes that I've done. The mix itself has a relatively soft, reflective start - the first track gives it the feel of ASOT’s proggier openings from the glorious mid-2000s era - building quite quickly into a careful blend of uplifting and techy stuff. Some of the bassline combinations in this one are really special, and there are at least a handful of chronically underplayed records in here. The Thrillseekers, Ferry Corsten, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Marcel Woods and John O’Callaghan all feature.]]> 1729320 no no Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:30:00 +0100 2018-01-19T20:30:00+01:00 2:26:29 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-113/ Return Of The Killer Warm Up Set [2015]

May 2015

]]> Return Of The Killer Warm Up Set [2015]

May 2015

]]> 1626522 no no Sat, 23 May 2015 22:46:00 +0200 2015-05-23T22:46:00+02:00 1:30:33 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-098-phil-dickinson-live-transcend-the-sound-of-ibiza-23052014/ Live at Transcend, The Sound of Ibiza (23.05.2014)

May 2014]]> Live at Transcend, The Sound of Ibiza (23.05.2014)

May 2014]]> 1626406 no no Thu, 29 May 2014 22:30:00 +0200 2014-05-29T22:30:00+02:00 59:40 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-059-poolside-progressive-2013/ Poolside Progressive [2013]

May 2013]]> Poolside Progressive [2013]

May 2013]]> 1626374 no no Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:00 +0200 2013-05-19T22:00:00+02:00 1:51:55 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-041-spotlight-on-ibiza-part-2-oss/ Spotlight On Ibiza Part 2 [2012]

October 2012]]> Spotlight On Ibiza Part 2 [2012]

October 2012]]> 1626351 no no Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0200 2012-10-06T22:00:00+02:00 1:58:35 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-032-spotlight-on-ibiza/ Spotlight On Ibiza [2012]

May 2012]]> Spotlight On Ibiza [2012]

May 2012]]> 1626341 no no Sun, 27 May 2012 22:20:00 +0200 2012-05-27T22:20:00+02:00 1:59:18 https://hearthis.at/dj-phil-dickinson/the-phil-harmonic-podcast-episode-013-poolside-progressive/ Poolside Progressive [2011]

August 2011]]> Poolside Progressive [2011]

August 2011]]> 1626323 no no Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:00:00 +0200 2011-08-07T22:00:00+02:00 2:06:08