Matthew "Matt" Preston, professionally known Phaeleh (pronounced "fella") is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ residing in

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, England. He has stated that his performing name has no specific meaning. He produces music that could be loosely described as cinematic

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, but his roots are in

dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...

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and

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. He describes it as "electronic bass music" with a heavy emphasis on melody and emotional content. His main inspirations are

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Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...

LTJ Bukem Daniel Williamson (born 20 September 1967), better known as LTJ Bukem (), is a British drum and bass musician, producer and DJ. He and his record label Good Looking are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music. ...

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and

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...

. His compositions combine live instrumentation and electronic production.

Discography

EPs

* ''Reflections EP'' (2008) * ''Inside EP'' (2008) * ''The Cold In You EP'' (2011) * ''From the Vaults EP'' (2012) *''All That Remains EP'' (2016)

Singles

* "Lounge" (2009) * "Fire" (2009) *"Afterglow" (2010) * "Untitled 333"/"Tachi" (2010) * "Low" (2010) * "Cheki" (2010) * "Falling" (2011) * "Storm" (2013)

Albums

* ''Within the Emptiness'' (2009) * ''Fallen Light'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''A World Without'' (2014) * ''Somnus'' (2014) * ''Illusion of the Tale (2016)'' * ''Lost Time (2017)'' * ''Clarity (2018)'' * ''Embers (2020)'' * ''From The Vaults: Vol 2 (2020)'' * ''Soma (2021)'' * ''A New Day (2022)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phaeleh Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Bristol English record producers Future garage musicians UK garage musicians Musicians from Wiltshire People from Wiltshire Electronic dance music DJs DJs_from_Bristol