Becoming Phill

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Becoming Phill
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Background information
Birth nameTshuutheni Emvula
Also known asBecoming Phill, Phill Banks
Born (1981-10-19) October 19, 1981 (age 41)
Berlin, Germany
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, Entrepreneur
Instrument(s) Akai MPC 1000 & iMPC Pro, Turntables, Logic Pro, Reason
Years active1997–present

Tshuutheni Emvula (born October 19, 1981 in Berlin, Germany), sometimes known as Becoming Phill [1] is a Namibian 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, Black Vulcanite, Sunny Boy, TeQuila, Qonja, RUN N.A.M.S., [4] Lize Ehlers, and Zeus.

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He has composed music, conducted sound design and supervised soundtrack music placement for [5] the Namibian films 100 Bucks, [6] Love Is... , (won Best Director at Namibian Film Awards 2012), [7] My Beautiful Nightmare, [8] (won Best Independent Film at Luxor Film Festival Egypt 2012), [9] Try, [1] (won Best Film at Namibian Film Awards 2012), [10] Eembwiti, [11] [12] Katutura (2015) [1] and The Unseen (2016). [13]

Becoming Phill has various production styles. He attributes his style to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and J Dilla and also musicians such as Kanye West, Brenda Fassie, Cameo, Osunlade and others.

Music career

Becoming Phill has been producing for over a decade, working with musicians across southern Africa and US. He began when his older sister gave him a copy of the then just released FruityLoops in 1998. He went on to work in a full studio environment becoming an understudy of French guitarist/producer, Christian Polloni, [14] [15] from 2005 until 2009. He is currently working on several other projects. [16] In 2016, he released his first official solo album, Electrum. [17]

Discography

Solo albums

Production credits

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