Robert William Thomas, known professionally as Phonetix (/fəʊˈnɛtɪks/), is an English electronic music producer, DJ, radio personality, podcaster and label executive.

[1] Then known as Robbie T,[1] Thomas' career began in the early 2000s when some of his music received support from UK garage DJ, EZ on Kiss FM.

Writing a guest review for DJ Mag, respected peers Control-S featured the release as their Dancefloor Destroyer and identified it as an essential purchase.

[9] In the November 2009 edition of DJ Mag, Thomas' remix of the single "You Belong to Me" by Canadian artist Sumeet was selected as the month's essential purchase.

[17] Thomas's skills have been mentioned in DJ Mag with high esteem on multiple occasions throughout his career - firstly as a skilled up-'n-comer by Philippa Reed and Charlie Sezz.,[18] later as "man-of-the-moment" by Control-S[7] An article published in late 2021 by 3000 Blog named Thomas as one of the top 10 garage producers - citing an impressive level of consistency throughout his career.

When interviewed, Thomas thanked DJ EZ for his continued support and stated that releasing music through his label made him feel like things had "gone full circle".

[19] Thomas has been praised for taking a refreshingly sophisticated[20] and musical approach[3][6] to contemporary stylings, with reference made to social media videos showing him performing a number of live instruments during the recording of his works.

[32] Thomas has been outspoken on social media in support of the LGBTQ community with a particular focus on gender fluidity, condemning those who mock or dismiss those who don't identify as male or female.