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Birth name
  
Tshuutheni Emvula

Name
  
Becoming Phill

Years active
  
1997–present

Genres
  

Becoming Phill

Also known as
  
Becoming Phill, Phill Banks

Born
  
October 19, 1981 (age 43) Berlin, Germany (
1981-10-19
)

Occupation(s)
  
Record producer, Entrepreneur

Instruments
  
Akai MPC 1000, Turntables, Logic Pro, Reason

Associated acts
  

[NEW MUSIC] Becoming Phill (Producer Showcase)


Tshuutheni Emvula(born October 19, 1981 in Berlin, Germany),sometimes known as Becoming Phill is an entrepreneur, hip hop record producer, DJ, composer, and video editor from Windhoek, Namibia. He has produced for various Namibian and international artists including Ricky Rick, Gazza (musician), Black Vulcanite, Sunny Boy (rapper), TeQuila, Qonja, RUN N.A.M.S., Lize Ehlers, Zeus (musician).

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Has composed music, conducted sound design and supervised soundtrack music placement for the Namibian films 100 Bucks, Love Is... (Won Best Director at Namibian film awards 2012), My Beautiful Nightmare [1] (Won Best Independent Film at Luxor Film Festival Egypt 2012), Try (Won Best Film at Namibian Film Awards 2012), Eembwiti., Katutura (2015) and The Unseen (2016).

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

Music career

Becoming Phill has been producing for over a decade, producing works with artists across southern Africa and US. He began when his older sister gave him a copy of the then just released Fruity Loops in 1998. He went on to work in a full studio environment becoming an understudy of French guitarist/producer Christian Polloni at Discogs from 2005 til 2009. He is currently working on several anticipated projects. In 2016 he released his first official solo album, Electrum

Solo albums

  • 2009: Allsorts Vol. 1
  • 2016: Electrum
  • Production credits

  • 2004: Gazza (musician) produced KKN from Zula II Survive
  • 2005: Gazza (musician) produced Nobody and My Love on Stof-Lap Chikapute
  • 2005: Hiphocalypse Mixtape various remixes
  • 2006: Qonja produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Koek n Jam
  • 2007: TeQuila produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Sound of My Heart
  • 2008: Sunny Boy (rapper) produced 'Jaiva Mfanyana' on The Sleeping Giant
  • 2009: Qonja produced 'Take Me Home', 'Here I Come' and 'Wonderful' on Mdakadaka
  • 2010: Run N.A.M.S. produced The Mixtape Vol.1
  • 2011: Lize Ehlers produced whole African Cleavage on Spotify album.
  • 2014: Pumpkinhead (rapper) Produced Tracks 1,2,3 on This is Not a Tyler Perry Movie as PH (2014) Label: MCMI
  • 2014: Malkovich (rapper) produced tracks 4,12,13 on Great Expectations
  • 2016: Riky Rick produced single 'Spread Love'
  • 2016: Black Vulcanite produced 'Playing with Dolls' and 'Smoov as a mutha' from sophomore album Black Colonialists.
  • 2017: Tha God Fahim featuring Mach Hommy produced backing track for 'Chicken Milk Bomb' on The Dump Goat.
  • References

    Becoming Phill Wikipedia


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