Dom Phillips

Dom Phillips

Dom Phillips (1964–2022) was a British journalist. He was a freelance writer for The Guardian. On 5 June 2022, he and Brazilian Bruno Araújo Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples of Brazil, went missing in the remote Javari Valley in the far western part of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, one of the most remote zones in the rainforest. It was reported that Phillips was found dead on Monday, 13 June, but the following day the Brazilian embassy retracted their statement. On 15 June, a second man was arrested and confessed that both Phillips and Pereira were killed and revealed the location of their bodies, confirmed by the Federal Police.In the 1990s, Phillips wrote and edited for Mixmag, where he coined the term “progressive house”.Originally from Bebington, Wirral, Phillips had lived in Brazil since 2007. In 2009, he published a book entitled, Superstar DJs Here We Go!: The Rise and Fall of the Superstar DJ.

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