Phil Western

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Phil Western
Birth name Phillip C. Western
Also known as Philth, Cap'n Stargazer
Born August 12, 1971 (1971-08-12) (age 36)
Origin Vancouver, Canada
Genre(s) Experimental music
Occupation(s) Programmer, musician
Instrument(s) Synth, guitar, percussion
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) The Record Company
Subconscious Communications
ex-Nettwerk Records
ex-Metropolis Records
ex-Hypnotic/Cleopatra
Associated acts Download
PlatEAU
Floatpoint
Off & Gone
Frozen Rabbit
Website www.colourspeaks.com

Phil Western (born August 12, 1971) is a Vancouver-based musician who is a founding member of the bands Download, PlatEAU, Frozen Rabbit, and Off And Gone. Having started his career as a drummer and eventually as a programmer, he became a sought after remix engineer starting in the mid 90's. His friendship with Dwayne Goettel led to him doing a small amount of keyboard work on the Skinny Puppy album The Process, as well as creating the Subconscious record label with Goettel in 1993. After Goettel's death of a heroin overdose in 1995, he became partners with Cevin Key in several musical projects. As an engineer, or remix engineer, he has worked with Skinny Puppy, Mirror, Bryan Adams and Nine Inch Nails. He has also assisted in remixes of songs written by Monster Magnet and Rob Halford and Metallica among others. Often maintaining a low visibility in his collaborative projects, it was his solo work which brought his unique sensibilities to light for many fans of Download - a complex approach to rhythm and programming, and a sense of melody rooted in psychedelia, drones and space rock.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo works

  • Power/Touched (12" split w/aDuck) (1993)
  • The Escapist (1998)
  • Dark Features (w/Tim Hill) (2001)
  • Therapy (10", w/Tim Hill) (2001)
  • Worlds End (2003)
  • 4am (2007)
  • 1221 (2008)

[edit] Beehatch

[edit] Download

[edit] KONE

  • "Cirrhotic Psychotic" (2008)

[edit] Plateau

[edit] XMT

  • Atlantic Under Clouds (1993)

[edit] Cap'm Stargazer

  • untitled EP (12" split w/Commander Mindfuck) (1994)

[edit] Floatpoint

  • Beam Error (1994)
  • Beam Error (2008)

[edit] Off and Gone

  • untitled EP (1994)
  • Sigma Receptor (12") (1996)
  • Shasta (12") (1996)
  • Everest (1996)

[edit] Frozen Rabbit

  • 26,000 (2005)

[edit] External links