Pheno's Lounge

The way we were, influenced by where we are. 

I am getting older. On this episode I wanted to get back that feeling of 1983... when I was young young 20 something dandy enjoying all my world had to offer. I included a few choice gems from that era but more so I wanted to capture the 80's feeling using today's music. 

Personally, I don't think the 80's get enough credit for the sound of music today. Anyway... I just hope you enjoy the mix and if you were in your 20's back then.... tell me do you miss it as much as I do and do you still dream of making love on a real train?

Enjoy,

Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
Me'Shell Ndegeocello & Cat Power - Don't You Want Me
Xenia Rubinos - Cogelo Suave
Butterfly Black - Love You Can't Fight It
Taylor McFerrin - Now That You Want Me
Cigarettes After Sex - K.
Sting - Brand New Day
Nona Hendryx - Keep It Confidential
Butcher Brown - Around For A While
Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels
Erykah Badu - Tempted
John Legend - Open Your Eyes
Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
Alice Smith - Another Love

Here go again... yet another mix from the land of good good music, and this episode is all 'bout it, 'bout it!!

So no need to write a whole paragraph to introduce the episode...just listen!! 

If you need another reason to indulge your senses this episode features two beautiful tunes by the one and only Cassandra Wilson, miss her much too much.

Enjoy,

Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:

Stevie Wonder - Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
Mike Phillips - Tonite
FKJ - Joy
Stanley Clarke - Anna
Saba - Come My Way
Cassandra Wilson - What Is It?
Rahsaan Patterson - Don't You Know That
Lalah Hathaway - Higher
Bebel Gilberto - Aganju [Latin Project Mix]
Khari Cabral & Jiva - Arc Of Horizon
Liv.E - 'bout It
Prince - Look At Me, Look At You
Chris Standring [featuring: Mica Paris] - No Explanation
Nas [featuring: Lauryn Hill] - Nobody
Cassandra Wilson - Right Here, Right Now
 

How many more Summers do we have left? 30, 15, 5....

It's different for everyone but for me, it is way too low of a number. I gotta get it in before they are all gone. I mean, obviously you can enjoy every season, but Summer hits different. That's when I get a bad case of FOMO (fear of missing out). Like in my mind there is something I really need to doin' and I am afraid someone else is doin' instead of me! Gotta find me a beach, a pool party, a tennis court full of friends and competition, a backyard BBQ or warm night lying in a hammock watching fire flies dance. Summer to everyone's dismay is not endless.

I need a doctor (preferably a cute sexy one) I think I have a case of Summer Madness!
Maybe this mix is the cure,
Enjoy

- Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
Lalah Hathaway - The Energy
Citrus Sun featuring Noel McKoy - California Soul
Take 6 - Lovely Day
Groove Collective - 6 For Fred
Chopteeth - Cop Show
Angelique Kidjo - Yaki Yaki
Khruangbin - Summer Madness
Bluey - Saints And Sinners
Butterfly Black - Baby Star
Quincy Jones featuring Chaka Khan - Keep Reaching
Fourplay - Rollin'
Robert Glasper featuring Emelie Sande - Somebody Else
Bonus Points - Hammock Days
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Be Love
The Stories featuring Sophie Marks - Feel Like Makin' Love

Back at it again...

"Expanding On The Smoothness" and keeping the groove alive. Pheno's Lounge is "Your Official Weekend Soundtrack" but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it during the week. So, indulge your senses and invite a few friends along to groove wit 'cha - One Time!

On this episode I placea spotlight on two icons of this music world, keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer Dexter Wansel and a man with the golden voice... the one and only Peabo Bryson. Rest In Soul musical geniuses, your music touched the world and will forever be in our hearts.

Enjoy the mix,
Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:

Incognito - Darkside Of The Cog 
Earth, Wind & Fire - Work It Out
Lalah Hathaway - So In Love
Zo! & Tall Black Guy [featuring: Sy Smith, Black Milk & Elzhi] - The Ride
Jarrod Lawson [featuring: Moonchild] - I'll Be Your Radio
Dexter Wansel - Voyager
Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars
Dexter Wansel [featuring: The Jones Girls Girls] - The Sweetest Pain
Peabo Bryson - Crosswinds
Peabo Bryson - Love Has No Shame
Peabo Bryson - Show and Tell
Peabo Bryson - Feel The Fire

Back again friends with another episode. 

Your Official Weekend Soundtrack for coolin' and groovin'.... make it a Memorial Day.

Enjoy,

Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhyme (Mr. Muhammad's Mix)
Buckshot LeFonque - Try These On
Taylor McFerrin - Memory Digital
Carolyn Malachi - Where I Come From
Victor Wooten - Get It Right
Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm (Groove Boutique Remix)
Lindsey Webster - A Love Before
Kem featuring Snoop Dogg - Downtown
Kandace Springs - Novocaine Heart
Incognito - Thinking 'Bout Tomorrow
Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack - Inherit The Wind
Esperanza Spalding - I Can't Help It
Robert Glasper featuring Ledisi & Gregory Porter - It Don't Matter

Ahhh.... April,

Spring is in the air, flowers everywhere, the days are getting longer and I haven't a care. This is the time to polish up the ride, forget about where I been, baby hop on in and let's just go cruisin'.... 

PS - This is a perfect soundtrack for that.

Enjoy,
DJ Katzpheno

featuring:
The Brand New Heavies - Mind Trips [BNH Remix] (1998)
Frank McComb - They're Gonna Be Looking At You (2000)
Zo! & Tall Black Guy featuring Bemyfiasco - Talkin' To Myself (2021)
Butcher Brown - I Can Say To You (2023)
Stanley Clarke - Just Cruzin' (2003)
Kaidi Tatham - Joyous (2018)
Incognito - Always There [Masters At Work Remix] (1996)
Ronny Jordan - Under Your Spell (1993)
Sade - Turn My Back On You (1988)
Khruangbin - Mr. White (2015)
Euge Groove featuring Rahsaan Patterson - Much Love (2016)
Stanley Jordan - The Lady In My Life (1985)

Yes...yes... Katzpheno is back again! 

Winter was hard on a brother, cold and harsh, but the time for hibernation is ending and I have finally completed another one! This episode is full of grooves that will inspire and lift you out your blahs.

Yesterday's Heaven is today's reality...on earth as it is in our dreams. Believe it and you can achieve it!!

Enjoy The Mix,

Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
Raquel Rodriguez - Mile High (2018)
Rahsaan Patterson - Catch Me When I Fall (2019)
Maysa - Smilin' (2015)
Seek - Surrender (2002)
Jeff Lorber - What It Is (2001)
Marc Evans - Falling Back Into Love (2019)
BeMyFiasco - Bad Dream (2021)
Shaun Munday - Losing My Cool (2022)
Brandon Williams featuring Joi Tiffany - You Make Love Real (2014)
Chris Standring - Yesterday's Heaven (2014)
Al Jarreau - What You Do To Me (1992)
Joe Sample - Strike Two (1990)
Elli Ingram - When It Was Dark (2014)
Gary Clark Jr - Things Are Changin' (2012)
Snoh Aalegra - In Your River (2016)

Don't be scared! 

It's Spooky just how good this playlist really is.... enjoy it fearlessly!

- Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix 

featuring:
Maxi Priest - Space In My Heart (1990)
Frank McComb - Reprise (2000)
Herbie Hancock - Textures (1980)
The Roots - Act Too, Love Of My Life (1999)
Stanley Clarke featuring Q-Tip - I, 2, To The Bass (2003)
Carolyn Malachi - Where I Come From (2016)
Kaidi Tatham - Chui Nui (2017)
Miguel Migs featuring Meshell NdegeOcello - Tonight (2011)
Rahsaan Patterson - Wide Awake (2019)
Sunni Colon - Way You Talk About Me (2016)
Cocabona & Emperose - Lost Woods (2023)
Pat Metheny Group - The Girls Next Door (1995)
Nathan Haines featuring Marlena Shaw - Squire For Hire (2006)
Vinx - Squeeze You (1996)
David Sanborn - Spooky (1996)

Happy New Year Everybody!!

This is the first Pheno's Lounge episode of 2026 and on this mix I delve into a strng mix of old and new, mostly R&B, with a little funk and smooth jazz mixed in for good measure. I am looking forward to new changes for 2026 but one thing will never change... I shall PROCEED and continue to "Expand On The Smoothness".

Enjoy -
Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:

Stephanie Mills - Deeper Inside Your Love (1979)
Michael Henderson - In The Night Time (1978)
Zhane - Sending My Love (1994)
Musiq Soulchild - Buddy (2007)
Lalah Hathaway - If You Want To (2011)
Butterfly Black - Baby Star (2024)
Boney James - Butter (2009)
Alexander O'Neal - When The Party's Over (1987)
Chic - Soup For One (1982)
Al Jarreau - All I Got (2002)
Prince - Jam Of The Year (1996)
Zo! featuring Sy Smith - Crash (2016)
Chico DeBarge - Oh No (2009) 

Wassup Y'all??

Straight from Katzpheno Studios in beautiful downtown Good Good Music Village, comes yet another episode of groove!

Pheno's Lounge is dedicated to expanding on the smoothness, an hour long celebration of R&B, Soul & Smooth Jazz... and so much more. Curated for those with discerning musical taste, like Maxwell House this podcast is good till the last drop.... or at least that's the word of mouth.

Enjoy,
Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix

featuring:
Kaidi Tatham - Chui Nui (2017)
Boney James - Contact (2011)
Butcher Brown - This Side Of Sunshine (2023)
Ronny Jordan - Word Of Mouth (2003)
Lalah Hathaway - Angel (2015)
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Back To The Future (2014)
Marcus Miller - Jekyll & Hyde (2012)
James "PJ" Spraggins - 70 x 7 (2015)
George Duke - 6 O'Clock (1992)
Norman Connors featuring Peabo Bryson - You Are My Starship (2009)
Chris Standring - Yesterday's Heaven (2014)
Brandon Williams featuring Choklate & Phil Denny - Where'd You Come From (2014)