Against the Clock is a series on FACT where we give an artist 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with.
Up this week, Jon Phonics. Brought up in London but based in Glasgow, Phonics’ Astral Black label has housed excellent releases by DJ Milktray, Jaisu and more over the last couple of years, and most recently dropped The Anthems, a collaborative mixtape with Milktray as Milkmakerz. Like most of Phonics’ music, his Against the Clock is based around chopping samples on the MPC - with snares