Phil Source aka Phil Aslett is from St. Albans, Hertfordshire in the U.K and is The CEO of Vampire!

Phil was one of the original members of the legendary Source Direct.

Source Direct originated back in (1992) as Sounds of Life when Phil was 16. Sounds of Life were originally engineered by Rupert Parkes now known as the legendary Photek.

Phil's first ever Sounds of Life tracks were released on Certificate 18 and were supported immediately by the likes of Grooverider, Fabio, Peshay, Doc Scott, LTJ Bukem and Wax Doctor.

Phil then went on to record tracks for his own imprint Source Direct in (1994-1999) famous for big tunes like ‘Snake Style’ and ‘The Crane’.

Numerous releases on Goldie's ‘Metalheadz’ imprint (1995-1998) LTJ Bukem's ‘Good Looking Records’ (1995) and James Lavelle's ‘Mo Wax’ Recordings (1996) set Phil up to be approached by Richard Branson's Virgin Records and MCA Music Publishing for a major record deal (1996-1999).

Having collaborated on two Albums for Virgin by (1999) and toured the world with the Source Direct sound (1995-1999).

Phil was then asked to produce music for the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Blade’ featuring Wesley Snipes.

‘Blade’ ended up being a Top Ten Movie in the US for 12 months and was a huge hit here in the UK.

Phil left Source Direct in 2000. He felt that he had achieved all that he could as a member of Source Direct with over a 100 different releases under many aliases spanning over the 8 years (1992-2000).

Phil had a long break from the Drum and Bass scene (2000-2006).

Since being back and his full attention has been focused on his solo career as Phil Source and his new imprint Vampire Records Ltd.

Vampire Records has been set up to release Drum and Bass music of all styles and will feature many different artists.

Phil Source features on the first 2 vinyl releases on Vampire as Grand Masterz with Danny Mancini, a newcomer to the Drum and Bass scene but not to the industry being related to ‘Henri Mancini’ the original composer of ‘The Pink Panther’ soundtrack.

Phil’s 3rd outing on Vampire was a collaboration with Mark System on the track ‘Fearless’ which featured on The ‘Once Bitten, Twice High’ album. The track was well received and was played excessively by most of the big players in the scene like DJ Friction, Grooverider and Alix Perez.

The next offering from Phil Source on Vampire was a remix of Soul Intent’s ‘Future Funk’ which he did with fellow Metalheadz stable mate Outrage. This remix featured on The ‘Drumz of The Damned’ album and was a trip down memory lane for a lot of the Old School headz!

‘The Old to The New EP’ was the first Digital EP from Phil and was a collaborations EP with 5 tracks featuring Outrage, Mark System, Physics, Strago and Paul T. There is such diversity on the release that many people say it reminds them of The Old School Blue Note days!

The ‘Nocturnal’ Album which came out on the 21/05/2012 featuring 3 more collaborations from Phil including ‘Kick The Flow’ with Strago ‘The Joker’ with Outrage and ‘Dawn of Time” with Meth. All tracks received big airplay in The Drum and Bass Arena and some of them have become Rinse FM and Kool FM anthems.

15/12/2014 was the release date of Vampire Records ‘Identity Switch’. A massive album of 24 tracks from all different artists from the stable. Phil teams up once again with fellow producer and engineer Strago and vocalist Marishka to show a different side. The bassline on the 140 bpm track ‘Me and Whisky’ is just legendary and the complexity of ‘The Architect’ is so ahead of it’s time playing homage to the early Source Direct sound with clashing Amen breaks and heavy 808 basslines.

Since 2008 Phil Source has been Djing again. He has already played in Birmingham (Custard Factory), Brighton (The Volks), Helsinki (The Rose Garden), Athens (BIOS), London (Cargo), Amsterdam (Flex Bar), London (Corsica Studios), London (The Hub), Lithuania (Fabric), Temah (London) Knowledge (Fluid, London), Fringe (Hemel Hempstead), Ichione (Amsterdam), Forms (Arnhem), Intent to Supply (London), Bios (Athens), Beatniks (Helsinki), Vampire Records ‘The Bite’ (Plan B, London), Cheeky Monday (Amsterdam), Macronite (Ireland), Run (Bristol), Drum&Bassics (Belgium), Grindhouse (Birmingham).

DJ Residencies: Vampire Records presents ‘The Originals’ (Basing House, London) Past DJ Residences: Selecta (Basing House, London) Con-Sequence (Worldwide) Evolution (Piccadilly Institute)

https://www.beatport.com/track/fearless/5859603

https://www.beatport.com/release/the-old-to-the-new-ep/1383957