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Philip Taggart (born 10 June 1986) is a Northern Irish DJ and radio presenter on
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.


Early life

Philly Taggart was born in Derry but was raised in Drumragh, a
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on the outskirts of
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in
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. He attended the
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. He played bass in the band
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from age 15 to age 24. The band went on several tours throughout the UK and supported the likes of
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, Dirty Pretty Things and The View. Taggart started putting on gigs in his hometown at age 16, frustrated at not being able to get into 18+ gigs. Soon after this, he began to DJ regularly at local nightclubs. By the age of 17 he had begun writing for popular music magazine ''
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''.


Early radio career

While studying at the
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, Taggart won the
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''Young Broadcaster of the Year'' award for a project he made about the 'Representation of Women in the Music Media.' In 2008, Taggart helped set up and worked behind the scenes on the Omagh
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station Strule FM. The station went on to pick up an award at the 2009
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. In 2010, Taggart was asked to stand in for regular presenter
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on
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's '' Across the Line'' programme after taking part in a work experience scheme. After that he went on to cover on ''Across The Line'' regularly.


BBC Radio 1

In December 2011, Taggart became the host of ''
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in Northern Ireland'' as part of Radio 1's regional output. The programme, broadcast on Sunday nights, showcases new music from
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. Taggart was nominated for the "DAB Rising Star" award at the
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Awards in 2012 following his work for BBC Introducing in Northern Ireland. Taggart also began appearing on some of the Radio 1's national programmes, covering for
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,
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, Dev and
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. Starting Monday 7 January 2013, Taggart, alongside Alice Levine, took over the Monday–Thursday 10 pm–midnight show on Radio 1. It was previously hosted by Nick Grimshaw, who moved to breakfast. In September 2014, the station's schedule changed. The 10pmmidnight show hosted by Taggart and Levine was replaced by a 10pm1am show hosted by Huw Stephens Monday - Wednesday and The Residency DJs on Thursdays. Taggart then went on to host a Thursday night programme focusing on new music from across the genres from 9pm to 10pm. With Annie Mac taking over
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's weekday programme, Taggart was given the Sunday night show (10pm1am). This was in addition to his Thursday night programme. In April 2016, Taggart's Thursday show ended, instead hosting Sunday 7pm9pm slot in which the first 2 hours were dedicated to playing new chilled out tracks with the final hour concentrating on exclusively brand new sounds. Popular features on the show included the Bedtime Mix, Future Firsts and the Sunday Night Support Club. From October 2016, Taggart presented a new show at the station entitled ''Radio 1's Specialist Chart/Hype Chart'', in which the most frequently played tracks on Radio 1's specialist shows from the previous 7 days are counted down. This airs every Tuesday morning from 3am to 4am. This show was axed at the start of September 2019. In 2018, Taggart's Sunday night slow was renamed ''Radio 1's Chillest Show.'' A regular feature was the Radio 1 Piano Session, which has seen various guests. In November 2020, it was announced that Taggart would be leaving Radio 1 in January 2021. The Chillest Show will be taken over by
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.


Television work

Taggart appeared as part of the
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television coverage of ''
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'' 2013, which was held in Derry. He was also the face of BBC Northern Ireland's television coverage. On Thursday 19 December 2013, Taggart fronted ''Christmas on Benefits'', a documentary on BBC Three in which he travelled to Bristol to meet a group of young jobseekers, and set them the mission of organising a Christmas party on a benefits budget. Taggart presented Best Before on Channel 4 in 2015, each episode featuring a guest curator. They included
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,
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, Big Narstie,
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,
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and
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. Taggart has done various work for BBC Northern Ireland TV.


Hometown Records

Taggart owns an independent record label called Hometown Records. The labels first release was ''Raise Your Love'', an EP by
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on 28 October 2013. They have gone on to sign and release music from
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, Rejjie Snow, Inheaven, TOUTS, Wildes, Yonaka, Grace Acladna, Speelburg, Love Ssega.


DJ Work

Phil was a resident at
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, in Summer of 2016 as well as holding a monthly residency at Koko in Camden. He tours extensively around the country and Europe playing a high energy and versatile style of music taking in the broad spectrum of everything dance music.


Slacker Club/Podcast/Book

Phil runs a club night in East London called Slacker. It began in June 2015 with the first London gig from
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with a support lineup of Inheaven, VANT and Breakage. Slacker has sold out venues such as Moth Club, Oslo, The Victoria and is currently resident in the legendary London club XOYO. Acts to have played Slacker:
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,
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,
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, Slaves, Big Narstie, The Japanese House, Isaac Gracie, Pretty Vicious, Swim Deep, Beaty Heart, Fakear, Bishop Briggs,
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and many more. In September 2018, Taggart launched "Phil Taggart’s Slacker Podcast", a weekly podcast looking at the careers of musicians whom guest on the podcast. Both Series 1 and Series 2 have gone to Number 1 on the Music Podcast Charts. Guests have included Johnny Marr, Fatboy Slim, Christine + The Queens, Dizzee Rascal, Wolf Alice and many more. In May 2019, Phil launched his first book entitled ''Phil Taggart's Slacker Guide to the Music Industry''. The book is a guide for artists to help navigate them through the topsy turvy world of releasing music. It was done through 2 years of extensive research and over 70 contributions from top music industry people and artists such as Run The Jewels, Biffy Clyro, Little Simz, Charli XCX and many more.


VEVO

Has presented many roles for Vevo including their 2016 Lift series, their mainstream brand VVV as well as coverage from The Great Escape and Bestival.


References

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