PHASE!MAG

Discover AtlantASS

2012-02-08T15:15:00.001-08:00

The krazee-great Talibam! team up w/ maestro trombonist Sam Kulik for their new upcoming album, "Discover AtlantASS". It will be accompanied by an insane, perfect bound comic w/ art from James Clapham. Pre-order your copy from Belly Kids at a very decent price. Athens is ready for one more visit, guys...

Brother jah

2012-02-01T13:43:00.001-08:00

come peck a head

Flesh Candy

2012-01-30T04:32:00.000-08:00

Tape coming up, shortly.

New live beaTol & the Eagol vids

2012-01-27T11:31:00.000-08:00

Killer orthodox psych jam

2012-01-26T08:37:00.000-08:00

+ a classic one from tom doing some vocal poetry w/ random lunatic

Gay night

2012-01-26T04:47:00.000-08:00

Fuck cheap machinery

2012-01-16T07:22:00.000-08:00

When a gig goes wrong there's nothing much to do. ORL, thnx for the pic!

Manic strip teachers

2012-01-11T14:46:00.001-08:00

Dynamite

2012-01-09T03:50:00.000-08:00

Manichris

2012-01-05T09:34:00.000-08:00

Christos Papakonstantinou
Manic Strip Teachers
@ No Central | Sat 14 Jan 2012

...Just before the end of the year

2011-12-29T06:50:00.002-08:00

2 killer full-lengths, for greeks mainly, will shortly be available at phasejunk.com. Hit that refresh butt'n...

TOP-13 of 2011

2011-12-28T05:02:00.000-08:00

OWL HEAD WOODEN MAN - Night Music (Don't Trust the Ruin)
JULIA HOLTER - Tragedy (Leaving Records)
ANGELS IN AMERICA - Narrow Road to the Interior (Ehse Records)
OPERA MORT - Des Machines Dans Les Yeux (Bimbo Tower Records)
BERN PORTER & MARK MELNICOVE - Music for Children of All Ages Vol.1 (Turned Word)
DIRTY BEACHES - Badlands (Zoo Music)
TEARIST - Living: 2009-Present (Thin Wrist Recordings)
WEYES BLOOD & THE DARK JUICES - The Outside Room (Not Not Fun)
THE DREAMS - Morbido (Kill Shaman)
ACID BABY JESUS - LP (Slovenly)
THE MEN - Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT - Laced (Fat Cat)
FASENUOVA - A la Quinta Hoguera (Discos Humeantes)

A non-silent night

2011-12-28T04:52:00.001-08:00

beaTol & The Eagol (album launch at Phase!, copies will be available!)
Betty Loop Loop (our favorite chic chick)
Flesh Candy (newly Dutch immigrant blues)

FUCKING TONIGHT!

Doubleganger at FMA

2011-12-13T09:55:00.000-08:00

Doubleganger

2011-12-09T09:22:00.000-08:00

Dead Gum – Doubleganger – dttr 031 CD-R -

Dead Gum is the solo project of Panagiotis Spoulos (other projects of his include: Reverse mouth, Wham Jah, Postblue, and running Phase! Records), from Athens, Greece. This past summer we toured with Dead Gum in Greece and we were blown away every night. Doubleganger is quite a journey, the constant thread seems to be loner style electric guitar that feels like the end of it all … quite, desolate, brutal, noisy, and 100% sincere. Handmade screen printed Art work by Colleen Kinsella (10 songs – 38 minutes)

**Cassette of this one soon

Order here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/88201352/dead-gum-doubleganger-dttr-031-cd-r

Tonight

2011-11-26T03:13:00.000-08:00

Vocal weirdness night

2011-11-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

Saturday 26 November at KNOT:

Phil Minton & Dylan Nyoukis
Smack Music 7 & Dead Gum
Old Fashioned All Stars

(PHR-85) PUTSUM - Masque of the Red Death 3"CDR

2011-11-17T13:54:00.000-08:00

Debut release from Athens' most prolific black metal / spoof performance solo project, Putsum. This release is a recording from northern Greece earlier in 2011, in the day of "Annunciation" 2011. Negative low frequency drone at the gates of a minimal hell.
Edition of 60 copies w/ screenprinted covers, rubberstamped discs + die-cut skull sticker. Extra limited first run of magenta print (instead of blood red) on the first 10 or so.

Buy here

Store page up and running at last

2011-11-17T07:43:00.000-08:00

http://www.phasejunk.com

Record hunters of the zombie world unite

2011-11-16T16:20:00.000-08:00

WHAM JAH at Yuria 2011 @ Vinyl Microstore (Didotou 34, Exarchia).
Friday 18 November at 21:00
FREE! (to put it more correctly, please buy something either from us or VM)

"Zombie Rock" tape will be available!
&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://whamjah.bandcamp.com/album/zombie-rock"&amp;amp;amp;gt;Zombie Rock by Wham Jah&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;

The skull of love

2011-11-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

Browsing Ann Lee's website, i've found this book released by Slow Toe Publications in 2006, available as a PDF for free download. Enjoy!

THE SKULL OF LOVE
Texts by Devendra Banhart, Tom Greenwood, Ann Lee, John Moloney, Lee Ranaldo, Panagiotis Spoulos + Matthew Wascovich.
Cover art by Dennis Tyfus

Slow Toe Publications link here.

[PHN-06] Dead Gum - Ghost Wise

2011-11-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

More like a song, "Ghost Wise" is a 20-minute piece, Dead Gum conceived and performed for the official premiere of "Vounorila" film at the 2011 Athens International Film Festival. This recording comes from the rehearsal, the night before.

Get it here:
http://www.archive.org/details/phn-06DeadGum-GhostWise

Formatology

2011-10-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

An awesome DIY exhibit called "Formatology" takes place in Jerusalem these coming days, gathering weird and off-beat handmade covers from limited edition releases from around the globe. Phase! is participating w/ the re-issue of Placenta Popeye's "Yellow Tape" (as "Yellow CDR"). Curated by the ever-active dudes from Heart&Crossbone.

Another one shares the buzz

2011-10-26T06:01:00.000-07:00

Check Heraklis, a new label from Athens, GR. Started off w/ two awesome releases, one split 7" between Astro + Georgios Karamanolakis and a compilation tape from last year's ASKT Festival participants (Plink, Georgios Karamanolakis, Adam_is, Mecha/Orga, Analog Suicide, Goosli Noise + Dead Gum). Endorse.

Fall sweat

2011-10-21T02:24:00.001-07:00

Friday 21 October at Knot Gallery:

Wand.andPrincess
Manic Strip Teachers
Otomo Hava

Starts at 21:00
knotarts.blogspot.com/

FREAK OUT IN KYPSELI!!!
2-day fest at Dimotiki Agora Kypselis (Fok. Negri 42)

Friday 21 October
Χίλντα Παπαδημητρίου (21.00)
MicroondaS (22.00)
XYSM (23.00)
The Callas (00.00)

Saturday 22 October
Θωμάς Τσαλαπάτης (21.00)
Bruised Lee (21.30)
Wham Jah (22.30)
MicroondaS (23.30)
The Velvoids (00.00)

Also, flea market at No Central (Protogenous 8, Psyri) on Saturday 22 Oct. Phase! will be sharing a bench w/ Mephisto Printing Co.

VNORL

2011-09-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

Official world premiere of "Vounorila", Tuesday 20 September 2011 at Astor Hollywood, during the Athens International Film Festival 2011. 21:00 sharp. Special live performance by Dead Gum.

Vounorila trailer 2011 from ORILA on Vimeo.

(PHR-84) BETTY LOOP LOOP / ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ / ΚΤΙΡΙΑ ΤΗ ΝΥΧΤΑ Split 2xCS

2011-08-19T08:07:00.001-07:00

This double cassette set surely is an original early 10's Athens' artefact. Two solo projects, Angelos Kyriou & Ktiria ti Nyxta (Buildings at Night), completely diffrent from what we've heard till the negative urban space has thrown them up, they redefined music with greek lyrics. Angelos' side offers a typical example of his spastic, obsessed, sincere miniature song-marathon collage while Ktiria delivers a thunderstorm cut-up of -sometimes bootleg- recordings of friends' conversations blended w/ the signature hi-pitch electronic mayhem. The two 5-minute sides sound like a dream radio station. The one we've all wished to exist, the one we're pretty sure will never happen.
Betty Loop Loop takes all over the second 36-minute tape and all of her gig highlights are present with further more self-exploration / experimentation. She's nothing more than the two above mentioned guys together. Literally. She's more than just beautiful...
Released in a double cassette jewel case w/ full color artwork and tape labels. Edition of 80 copies.

Below is some Betty Loop Loop action at ElCulture rooftop, downtown Athens, May 2011:

And here's a video of excerpts of solo sets, live in Thessaloniki, amazingly shot by Alex:

Koko by the beach

2011-08-12T05:11:00.000-07:00

Living legends

2011-07-26T05:52:00.000-07:00

(PHR-83) BIG BLOOD & THE WICKED HEX LP

2011-07-19T11:19:00.001-07:00

A stunning new album including 5 long jams (23 minutes each side) which balance perfectly between the homey "Strange Maine" sound, the collage aesthetic of "The Grove" and the extraordinary singer/songwriter approach as heard on "Dead Songs". If it wasn't released by Phase!, it would certainly top a position in the 2011 TOP-13 albums!
Comes in an edition of 350 copies w/ 2-color awesome screenprinted jacket + insert.

Here's the album's opening track, "Run", performed live in Thessaloniki:

buy a copy at phasejunk.com

Big Blood in Greece

2011-06-22T05:26:00.000-07:00

Friday 1 July: Athens @ Six D.O.G.S. w/ Betty Loop Loop (Angelos Kyriou + Ktiria ti Nyxta)
Sunday 3 July: Xanthi @ Folk Art Museum w/ Dead Gum
Monday 4 July: Thessaloniki @ Fuzz Bar w/ Dead Gum

also: Colleen Kinsella solo art exhibition "Leviathan Song"
Athens, Six D.O.G.S. Gallery Space (1-8 July)

(PHR-82) Wham Jah - Untitled CDR

2011-06-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

Recorded live at their rehearsal space, this CDR was released in a micro-pressing to support the rooftop event where Wham Jah partied along w/ Xysm + Bruised Lee. No further copies left, so it's now available as a free download through Phase! Records Net Junk @ Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/phr-82WhamJah-UntitledCdr

or MediaFire, if you prefer:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7gbsulg4h9w44pz

4 ways to jump off a rooftop

2011-05-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Live Party at Aspra Spitia (21 May 2011)

2011-05-23T05:31:00.000-07:00

FULL VERSION (beautifully shot by Kika):

Northern action

2011-03-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

This coming Friday, 25 March, Phase! party at Coo Bar (Vasileos Irakleiou 4) in Thessaloniki w/
Wham Jah
Adam_is
BeaTol, Kostadis και το Τελώνειο

Starts at 21:00, dj-set afterwards and it's FREE, so buy yourself a t-shirt.

Some more Wham Jah action also in Athens, on Wednesday 30 March at Knot:
PAS (Post Abortion Stress, NY)
Bruised Lee (Kraut Beauties, GR)
Wham Jah (Hippy Shakes, GR)

Shows start at 20:30, entrance fee of 8 euros.

(PHR-81) DJ MISTAKES - S/T 1-sided LP

2011-03-09T03:38:00.001-08:00

“DJ mistakes are two exercise bicycle driven turntables fabricated and ridden by Casey Farnum and Elliot Hess. This project re-introduces spontaneity into the DJ experience and asks how production and industry have assembled to create a listening experience quite different from the hand-cranked turntables it was initially borne from. With a shrug to the practice of crystallizing performances and their reception through vinyl and the audiophile entertainment- center this project re-introduces human touch into the listening experience. It looks back nostalgically to a time when gears and bicycles were the stuff of aural and physical revolutions. Yet it also seeks a contemporary framework in the DJ era where cutting and mixing revolutionized production making it both unpredictable and live. Bikes, turntables, gongs, a mixer, records, and a microphone all mash in this recording live from the Chicken Hut and 1086 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 2006-7.” Phil Schapp, 2011

Limited numbered edition of 200 copies on 1-sided 12”LP, offset covers on metallic paper + inners.

Here's a wicked DJ Mistakes performance at the University of Iowa:

And here's another one from WFMU:

If you're in Athens, you are encouraged to get your copy + support A Strange Attractor, Kaplanon + Vinyl Microstore record stores.

Some Postblue nostalgia

2011-03-06T13:52:00.000-08:00

POSTBLUE (1999-2004)

Brave drums

2011-02-21T09:43:00.001-08:00

First Wham Jah live action this Friday. Free Entrance.
BRAVE DRUMS FESTIVAL

Freebie: FAKE MIXTAPE 1

2011-01-21T04:05:00.000-08:00

Phase! presents: FAKE MIXTAPE 1 (For Sophie, 1985)
50 minutes, mixed. Ideal for greek post-slacker parties and lonely teenagers w/ the urge to search themselves and destroy things w/ tears in their eyes.

BIG STAR - For You /// THE FLAMING LIPS - Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles /// SEBADOH - Pink Moon /// MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Found that Soul /// WIPERS - Potential Suicide /// YYY - Miles Away /// SIX BY SEVEN - European Me /// SUPERGRASS - Richard III /// ASH - Innocent Smile /// GIRLS AGAINST BOYS - Bulletproof Cupid /// HOLE - Dicknail /// SONIC YOUTH - Mildred Pierce /// BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Cherub

http://rapidshare.com/files/443768302/Phase__presents_Fake_Mixtape_1__For_Sophie__1985_.rar

PHASE! Discography 2002 - 2010

2011-01-03T06:43:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Here's a complete list of all Phase! releases from the very beginning till the end of '00s, since the new myspace layout sucks and cannot host the list there. So, here it is:

PHR-80 SLICING GRANDPA - "The Abstracticator" CDR
PHR-79 ARKLIGHT / DEAD GUM Split C60
PHR-78 COCKS OF THE DEAD - "Blowskull Tape 2" C20
PHR-77 WHAM JAH - "Wham Jazz" CDR
PHR-76 DEAD GUM - "Lost Decade" CDR
PHR-75 Η ΜΑΝΑ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΥ - "Είσαι η Αδερφή Σου" ZINE + CDR
PHR-74 ARKLIGHT - "Caution Tape" CDR
PHR-73 LUNAR MIASMA - "Circle Ray" CDR
PHR-72 REVERSE MOUTH - "Savage Queen" C30
PHR-71 PUSSY PATROL - "Very First Show au Gambetta" CDR
PHR-70 DEAD GUM - "Fake World" C30
PHR-69 CAKES OF LIGHT / GHOST ORCHESTRA - "Anthem for the People" CDR
PHR-68 REVERSE MOUTH "Counting Broken Pieces Of Glass" 3''CDR
PHR-67 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Body Pose" C20
PHR-66 PINK BUFFALO - "The Transparent Column" C42
PHR-65 SHEIK ANORAK - "Week EP" C15
PHR-64 TOWERING HEROIC DUDES - "Oceans" CDR
PHR-63 KATCHMARE - "Daath" C60
PHR-62 THE COUNTLET - "Mesopotamia Blues From The Armless Men" CDR
PHR-61 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Crate Of Bogus Aurora" CDR
PHR-60 SLICING GRANDPA - "Lauxapalooza" CDR
PHR-59 REVERSE MOUTH - "Brussels / Tienen" C20
PHR-58 EMBARKER - "Needlebank" C16
PHR-57 REVERSE MOUTH - "Pearl Hidden In Pigslot" CDR
PHR-56 ANTLER PISS - "Body Jar" C20
PHR-55 COW / HUMAN ADULT BAND Split C16
PHR-54 SINDRE BJERGA & BEN MORRIS - "Auto Immune Drone Syndrome" CDR
PHR-53 LAMPS - "Live" 1-sided C60
PHR-52 PLACENTA POPEYE / REVERSE MOUTH - "Baby Blues Kids" Split 7" (co-released w/ Absurd + Tanzprocesz)
PHR-51 RAFAEL FLORES & MICHAEL THOMAS JACKSON - "El Sonore De La Pelicula Defeto" 2 x 3''CDR
PHR-50 BIG BLOOD - "The Grove" C46
PHR-49 GANG WIZARD - "The Stolen Groceries" 3"CDR
PHR-48 GRANDMA FREEDOM - "The 1967 Parties" CDR
PHR-47 DAVID PAYNE / PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS Split C30
PHR-46 PLACENTA POPEYE - "Yellow" CDR
PHR-45 BLASTOCYST / REVERSE MOUTH Split LP
PHR-44 (((vluba))) - "Dies Mies Jeschet Boenedoesef Douvema Enitemaus" CDR
PHR-43 POSTBLUE - "Hunger EP" CDR
PHR-42 DEAD TRAVELLER - "Never A Dull Moment" CDR
PHR-41 REVERSE MOUTH - "Gay Control Icon" 3''CDR
PHR-40 FOSSILS - "Zoo Diaries" C30
PHR-39 BLASTOCYST - "True Tales For A New American Century" CDR
PHR-38 REVERSE MOUTH / SLASHER RISK Split C40
PHR-37 COCKS OF THE DEAD - "Blowskull Tape 1" C20
PHR-36 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Torpor" CDR
PHR-35 REVERSE MOUTH - "We Rub Our Hands With A Tendency To Start Fires"
PHR-34 PLACENTA POPEYE - "S/T" CDR
PHR-33 REVERSE MOUTH - "The Bible Eater" C20
PHR-32 PARANOIA BIRTHDAY - "Eadd Si Esro Xla Otn" CDR
PHR-31 DONNA PARKER - "Black Black Heart" 3"CDR
PHR-30 THE LEGEND! vs SHADY LADIES / SHADY LADIES vs THE LEGEND! - "Primary Music" CDR
PHR-29 REVERSE MOUTH - "A Child, A Dwarf, A Sickness" CDR
PHR-28 FELINE GLAND - "Love Is The Antichrist" C20
PHR-27 THE WINSTON REDNECKS - "Bikini Plant & Orange Sky Juice" CDR
PHR-26 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Fat Layers Of The Ecstatic Sleep" Book + CDR
PHR-25 NOKALYPSE - "Between Trouble And Desire" CDR
PHR-24 SILENT FOETUS - "Fade To Black Chronicles" 3"CDR
PHR-23 SCHROEDINGER'S CUT - "Bowed Insides" 3"CDR
PHR-22 HOWLIN' GHOST PROLETARIANS - "The Singer" CDR (co-released w/ Absurd)
PHR-21 FELINE GLAND - "Saturday Night Diarrhea" CDR
PHR-20 SLAP COMBAT - "Eradicated Eye" CDR
PHR-19 AUX - "Naux Play (For Billy Boy)" 3"CDR
PHR-18 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Footsteps (For Lee)" 1-sided C60
PHR-17 POSTBLUE - "New Shake" CDR
PHR-16 BRAIN PIE - "We, Friends Of Violence" CDR
PHR-15 OLD FASHIONED DONKEYS - "S/T" CDR (co-released w/ Editions_Zero)
PHR-14 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Sickend (A Blend)" CDR
PHR-13 NIGHTSHIFT - "1906 EP" CDR
PHR-12 COCKS OF THE DEAD - "S/T" CDR
PHR-11 THODORIS ZIOUTOS - "Feedbacking 2" 3"CDR (suspended)
PHR-10 POSTBLUE - "Naked Women Dance Alone" CDR
PHR-09 THODORIS ZIOUTOS - "Feedbacking 1" 3"CDR (suspended)
PHR-08 ROBERT PIOTROWICZ - "Path To The Death" CDR
PHR-07 CHEESE*SALAD & THE MOTHER OF GOD - "S/T" CDR / 1-sided C60
PHR-06 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Catshoukah EP" CDR
PHR-05 POSTBLUE - "Therapist Is The Rapist | 1999-2003: Selected Rotten Recordings" CDR
PHR-04 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Burden In My Dick" Enhanced CDR
PHR-03 SWEETOHM - "Pev" CDR
PHR-02 KOPSOKEFALI - "Uba" CDR
PHR-01 POSTBLUE - "B-Movie Anthem / Paralyzed" 7" (deleted)

PHN-05 ΤΟ ΔΥΟ ΕΥΡΩ - "Στο Ψαχνό" MP3
PHN-04 PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - "Torn-A-Part" MP3
PHN-03 ADAM_IS - "Σφήκα" MP3
PHN-02 WASHING CASPER - "Documents (Early Zeros)" MP3
PHN-01 FRAGRANT FAMILY - "Live at DBA, Brooklyn" MP3

PHV-03 OLD FASHIONED DONKEYS - "Hammer the Donkey" VCD
PHV-02 ONE TIMES ONE - "S/T" VCD (deleted)
PHV-01 POSTBLUE - "Live Vol.1: Kozani University" VCD

PHRQ-03 ANALOGUE NOISE SOLO - "Fuck S.A.T.O. From Now On" 3"CDR
PHRQ-02 WASHING CASPER - "Live At The Small Music Theatre" CDR
PHRQ-01 ANALOGUE NOISE SOLO - "The Ear Punishment EP" CDR

absurd41 POSTBLUE - "The Hot Hot Ice Bound" 3"CDR (co-released w/ Phase!, no cat. number) CDR

(PHR-80) SLICING GRANDPA - The Abstracticator CDR

2010-12-31T10:51:00.000-08:00

Slicing Grandpa. No fucking joke. They're ripping it harder than anyone else. One of the favorite bands on the house. Garbage grunge collage abstractness at its lo-fiest, away from every trend, away from any hip. They're not old-fashioned, they're slicing-fashioned. Buy at your own risk...
Edition of 60 copies w/ screenprinted covers.

(PHR-79) ARKLIGHT / DEAD GUM split C60

2010-12-31T10:36:00.001-08:00

Lens traveling through inner depths of transatlantic mirrorings. Light is never enough to clearly get the whole picture. On two homogeneous sides, two blindfolded cinematic enigmas are the only clue. Dig Sherlock, dig!
Edition of 65 copies w/ screenprinted covers.

(PHR-78) COCKS OF THE DEAD - Blowskull Tape 2 C20

2010-12-31T10:29:00.000-08:00

Total ugliness, volume no. 2 in tapes that blow skulls from the mysterious duo. Side A is laptop harshness, side B gtr + piano awkward imrov. Feels like the world came to an end, and that's totally it.
Limited edition of 30 tapes, w/ spraypainted, stamped covers.

(PHR-77) WHAM JAH - Wham Jazz CDR

2010-12-31T09:42:00.000-08:00

Guitar + drums electronica jam mayhem from Kostadis Michail (Lost Bodies) + Panagiotis Spoulos (Reverse Mouth). First installment, remixed in audiophile noise by Kostadis. More to come, certainly lots of more to explore + destroy.
Edition of 60 copies, screenprinted covers + spraypainted discs.

TOP-13 of 2010

2010-12-20T10:01:00.000-08:00

BIG BLOOD - Dead Songs (Time-Lag)
NAKED ON THE VAGUE - Heaps of Nothing (Siltbreeze)
ANGELS IN AMERICA - Allergic to Latex (Digitalis)
ACID BABY JESUS - s/t CS (self released)
MI AMI - Steal Your Face (Thrill Jockey)
DEERHUNTER - Halcyon Digest (4AD)
CALL BACK THE GIANTS - s/t 7" (Kye)
SUN ARAW - On Patrol (Not Not Fun)
BAZOOKA - Bazooka EP (self released)
WOMEN - Public Strain (Jagjaguwar)
HORSEHAIR EVERYWHERE - Vol.1 (No Kings Record Co.)
CLIPD BEAKS - To Realize (Lovepump United)
COCONUTS - s/t LP (No Quarter)

(PHR-76) DEAD GUM - Lost Decade CDR

2010-11-15T09:30:00.000-08:00

More like a concept album, "Lost Decay" is a really different approach at Dead Gum's music focusing on childhood nostalgia, appreciation of then-weird memories or half-remembered feelings. A blur, numb sound which balances through late-night bedroom minimalism and pure emotional introversion. Packaged in a super jewel case w/ monochromatic artwork + spray-painted discs. Limited to 50.

(PHR-75) Η ΜΑΝΑ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΥ - Είσαι η Αδερφή Σου CDR

2010-11-15T09:20:00.000-08:00

After a long delay we are psyched to announce a really unique collab between members of Placenta Popeye, Slicing Grandpa + Opera Mort. More specifically suspects are El-g, Jo Tanz, Patric Lombe + John Laux. A weird result with also weird titles + credits (in greek), a dark tale of psychic incest, deform + strangeland blues. Comes in 2 versions:

A) Hand-sewn 12-page zine (limited to 40 copies)

B) Regular CD-R version w/ pasted-on covers (limited to 60)

Last night's party

2010-11-09T08:52:00.000-08:00

At OpenShowStudio was almost post-apocalyptic through mostly post-punk mash up mayhem + wasted dance moves. This week also features Adam_is' installation for the Vitrina Project, entitled "Black Sun". Drop by, any time.

(above photo by Adam_Is)

Yellow monday

2010-11-08T01:41:00.000-08:00

Absurd's infinity

2010-11-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

Saturday 6 November 2010

Ashtray Navigations ( his lo-fi psychness from the UK)
Earzumba (crazy Argentinian reynol)
The Mongrelettes (fuzzed out greek goddesses + a god)
Manic Strip Teachers (just in for a tiny set, Adam_is + Dead Gum straight outta Compton)

at Knot Gallery

(PHN-05) ΤΟ ΔΥΟ ΕΥΡΩ - Στο Ψαχνό MP3

2010-11-04T11:44:00.001-07:00

Debut extended play from greek transvestite duo Το Δύο Ευρώ (pronounced as To Dio Evro). Recorded live, these are typical examples of the experimental nature of the project where they free improvise not only on music but on the lyrics, too.

Get it here:
http://www.archive.org/details/phn-05T-

The feeling of love

2010-10-26T06:42:00.000-07:00

After a decade where bands used to search something unique for their sound there is this new wave of universal bands not using weird equipment nor puzzle their heads for 'new' song structures. They play rock and roll. Naked songs from naked hearts. Party never died.

2 days of electronic improvisation

2010-10-22T02:17:00.000-07:00

Friday 22/10

Goosli Noise
Adam_is
Γεώργιος Καραμανωλάκης
Plink

Saturday 23/10

Analog Suicide
Dead Gum
Mecha/Orga
Τάσος Στάμου

@ A.S.K.T. - free

Three lil asterisks

2010-09-15T04:55:00.000-07:00

… (Nikola Mounoud)
Precious Metals
Dead Gum

KNOT Gallery

The prestige

2010-08-29T14:20:00.000-07:00

I was walking downtown yesterday morning and a gypsy lady stopped me asking for a cigarette. She gave me a napkin and ordered me to cut it in four separate pieces. That's what i did and then i hided the pieces in my fist. She sort of did some litanies and told me if someone wants my misery i will open my palm and the four pieces will then become one, as the napkin was in the beginning, long before i divide it. I wasn't sure if i've heard the same story before or something similar so i had my eyes on her to spot the key move. All the time. She wasn't wearing any long sleeves nor she did anything unusual.
I opened my hand and the piece was full.

(Michalis made this)

"What kind of world is this?", asked myself. "Even motherfucking supernatural incidents tell me that there is at least one person who wants my misery". I was shocked. And then i decided to fight the world w/ NOISE! So, this is a call for all of you who feel desperate, helpless, deceived, lost, disgusted, fucked to record your hopeless scream (or probably not only) and submit it to the upcoming Phase! Records Net Junk compilation, under the title "An Urgent Cry for a Better World: Not for Hippies". We're not mourning a dead beloved, so please try to keep it short. 2-3 minutes sound ideal.
Mail me your MP3s (320 kbps preferred) to phasemag-at-yahoo---com.

You can make the world better by letting your cry be heard.

Fryday pics

2010-08-19T16:10:00.001-07:00

Summer snapshots

2010-08-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

This Fryday the 13th

2010-08-11T05:21:00.000-07:00

:::::::::::::::::::::: TANZ MOUTH ::::::::::::::::::::::
French Noistar Jo (TanzProcesz, Placenta Popeye, Opera Mort) rips it w/ natives Reverse Mouth

:::::::::::::::::::::::::: PUTSUM ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Adam_is goes vlack metal

at 20:30 :: Lembesi 10, Makrygianni-Akropoli :: Ring the bell "Adamis" :: Elevate till 5th floor then you have to climb...

Some bits of truth about foxy lady

2010-08-01T06:56:00.000-07:00

You can read it here. A big credit to Dave Miller and Foxy Digitalis.

Crisis and the Music Industry

2010-08-01T06:37:00.000-07:00

(PHN-04) PANAGIOTIS SPOULOS - Torn-a-part MP3

2010-07-10T04:43:00.000-07:00

Originally recorded in 2005, this 23-minute piece was made at the office Panagiotis Spoulos used to work back then, a DVD releasing company. He picked up a random VCR tape and a BETA tape and starting mixing each other on a video console along w/ the use of a jog. Unfortunately dissolving images disappeared in oblivion but the mixed sound made it into a blank VCR tape. This is the raw recording converted to HQ MP3.

Get it here:
http://www.archive.org/details/phn-04PanagiotisSpoulos-Torn-a-part

The Joe Perry Theremin noise interlude

2010-07-05T16:25:00.000-07:00

Yeah, man. Aerosmith. Here is some bootleg audience recording from their gig in Athens, a couple of weeks ago.

(PHN-03) ADAM_IS - Σφήκα MP3

2010-06-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

Field recording of a wasp. Get it here:
http://www.archive.org/details/phn-03Adam_is-

Woman's claws

2010-06-15T15:49:00.000-07:00

Holy divah

2010-06-07T15:38:00.000-07:00

Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) tribute night this Friday at Knot by Stylianos Tziritas Unit & Old Fashioned Donkeys. Also, there will be a massive Phase! merch table w/ buy-now-or-never offers.

(PHN-02) WASHING CASPER - Documents (Early Zeros) MP3

2010-06-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

Washing Casper was a jam project between members of Postblue and Sweetohm, two highly active underground indie bands of Athens, Greece in the early 00's. The idea was to create instant songs and these recordings are a fine example of how were they doing it. They only played a handful of shows and there hardly is info about this project besides this release. "Documents (Early Zeros)" is a must for all of those who are digging the true underground of this era.

Get it here:
http://www.archive.org/details/phn-02WashingCasper-DocumentsearlyZeros

(PHR-74) ARKLIGHT - Caution Tape CDR

2010-06-03T15:31:00.001-07:00

Arklight has its own universe. It's very earthly and you actually get this impression by a few little things you can't describe or fully understand. Those things' primitive aura was there (or here?) from the very beginning and had a specific smell and a wide range of buried sounds in specific lower fidelities. In that universe everyone has metallic body, making noise when dancing. And last but not least quality is equal to quantity.
Handpainted cardstocks w/ pasted-on artwork, inserts + yellow CDRs. Edition of 60 copies.

(PHR-73) LUNAR MIASMA - Circle Ray CDR

2010-06-03T15:16:00.000-07:00

The cosmic loner project of Panos Alexiadis, Lunar Miasma, has offered great examples of pure black psychedelic drone trips through analog synthesizers under lots of fine labels like Basses Frequencies, Stunned + Insult Recordings. It was time to commit a space debris for Phase!. Floats like astral liquid, sucks you like a green hole. Rays for needles, lunar injections of green miasma.
2-sided color printed covers + spraypainted discs. Numbered edition of 60.

(PHR-72) REVERSE MOUTH - Savage Queen C30

2010-06-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

Like a defaced Joan Collins or a crippled Heather Locklear, 4 savage jams made it to tape heaven, a place w/ high pitched guitar feedbacks + parallel irritating obsessions. Intentions are simple, entity is hostile. No one's gonna like it but lots would love to give it a fuck.
Green metallic j-cards + black tapes. Edition of 60 copies.

Shreaders

2010-06-01T01:45:00.000-07:00

S&O shreads by Sophia Zoitu & Olivia Efstathiou. Girls will have an expo as part of The Meet Matket at Synch Festival this coming weekend.

Listmania!: Top 10 highly recommended depressive albums

2010-05-29T13:21:00.001-07:00

Always wanted to do lists! And there's no better time if you have work to do at home, Saturday night, looking for excuses. OK, let's start w/ some seriously suicidal albums. They're so strong, so black and so REAL they help you see the light, they make you feel there's always worse. Soothing. Evaporating.
In no particular order:

SONGS: OHIA - "Ghost Tropic"
Bodies burning away in the black night. In the tropic of cancer disease. Voice moans but nobody's left there to listen. Kind of album you have to listen to alone. Every time.

CRESCENT - "Collected Songs"
Had a visual of the recording sessions of it in my mind. Then i found the LP and did had a small image of the studio room itself. This is fucking it! This album is the stained gray carpet in that room. In every rehearsal room. The one you stared at so many times. Making dreams.

KING BLACK ACID & THE WOMB STAR ORCHESTRA - "Sunlit"
When i hear the word "epic" i'm automatically thinking of two things: A medieval body armor and this album. 60 minutes equally divided into three songs. The compendium of cheesy depression into the endless depths of the soul.

THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION - "Three"
Feels like taken away on ships of gold. Ships that meant to sink. But you didn't know. You didn't know.

WIPERS - "Is This Real?"
For the times you remember how it was to be a teenager. OK, get over it now. This album is here to teach you some anger management. Your voice has the strength and the power and can be transformed into something so direct, so eternal, so real. You CAN make it real.

THE SHADOW RING - "Lindus"
Manic depression. There's nothing left, maybe there never wasn't anything at all in the first place.

SCOTT WALKER - "Tilt"
Even though it's polished, it's so gloomy. And scary. You don't mess with it.

JOY DIVISION - "Closer"
Banging your head in a metal cell. You can't do it w/ force. But still, aches. Decades of decay.

BILLIE HOLIDAY - "Lady in Satin"
Not of this earth. Vintage nostalgia. You think how cool would be to be living in Paris in the late '60s, broke but in love. Every single night lasts for a week. Parties at houses everywhere, minimal lights. And the voice of Billie as an eternal soundtrack that every minute gives you a chill.

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - "Dust & Chimes"
Guess it has to do w/ death itself. Every time i listen to it i come closer to digest the idea that someday i will be just dust. And after that, nothing.

Also, Patrick Phelan's "Arch and Effort" and "Crippled For" from the album Parlor + Microphones' "Universe Conclusion" from "Live in Japan" are definitely making into this.

Video of MephistoMe Installation

2010-05-29T05:27:00.000-07:00

Heart's strong

2010-05-29T04:25:00.000-07:00

Black heart is even stronger. The ideal soundtrack for all my catatonic phases. The perfect drug. Fight fire w/ fire. Almost a decade later*, they returned to the country which loves all the melancholic bands (but The Black Heart Procession is no Puressence nor Madrugada) w/ the founding members of Paulo Zappoli + Tobias Nathaniel enriched by a dynamic, chaste rhythm section. Naked, rich songs straight from the black heart. Almost all highlights from their six records were performed, although that wicked Waterfront alternate take from their previous visit still haunts me. I silently begged for a repeat... i should have shouted.

* Washing Casper opened that previous gig at AN Club (!!!) - if anyone has any pictures to share, gets a pack of the three upcoming Phase! releases!

Intent: mayhem

2010-05-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

Getting busy at work + at home. Work really gets all my body fluids, saving the brain ones for the after hours at the shelter. Three fantastic releases will be out next week. One cassette by Reverse Mouth, their first release for 2010 - imagine they had 11 out in just 2007 - called "Savage Queen". Minimal and insistent high frequency guitar feedbacks in maximum audio quality (well, this might be a little lie). The other two come in CDR format. First comes the long-awaited new cosmic audiosphere by Lunar Miasma (the artist formerly known as Red Needled Sea, also of the great Insult Recordings) under the title "Circle Ray", to be followed by Arklight's freshly done prolific avant-dadaist "Caution Tape". Is this a "YEAH" or what?
Been meaning to write some live reviews of shows i've recently been, but that won't happen any time soon. Actually, as days go by the less i remember. One thing to mention now for sure is Bazooka, a band from Athens, Greece and none of the 12 exact matches on Discogs. When i saw them live i totally understood why they picked this name. 2 drumsets, 1 guitar, 3 vocals by 3 young free spirits to blow away every fucking everything. Shared the aspect of doing it right w/ the right pair of balls. Bazooka balls. Go buy their self-released EP (more like an album, actually) or do an even more real thing: GO CHECK THEM LIVE!

Guerrilla wizardry

2010-05-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

The night ended w/ a police car trying to avoid to step over a carpet placed on the asphalt, just outside Guerrilla Cinematography. They didn't wanna exploit the party. Guess they were feeling awkward.

202Project played first. Minimal programming for the beats + some extras and live guitar + vocals, some synths once in a while. Basement filled w/ joyed division. His songs were cool, but set was a little bit long. He played great, though.

Adam_is made his first ever solo performance, dressed in a jade + gold Mephistopheles costume. The first 30 minutes we (anti)grooved w/ some ambiance loops, some pitch microtouches, some analog patchworks in general. The set took off w/ some high pitch metal zone minimal obsession to be transformed into an urban sewer ritual. Mikes also put on his mask on to finish the set w/ a magic trick. We all witnessed the wizard hands.

Nobody gives a shit about the truth

2010-05-14T05:27:00.000-07:00

Dead Gum's latest release is uploaded on the outside my window blog.

The Finnish touch

2010-05-10T02:51:00.001-07:00

Last night Booze felt woodsy. Kukuruku Recordings, Vinyl Microstore + Strange Attraktor are responsible. Kuupuu's collage set had bits of quirky percussion and easy listening nostalgia. Unique and ethereal. Lau Nau started off w/ an awesome harmonized cover of 'Holy Mountain' score and then continued on w/ her stripped folk. They jammed together in the end and that was the best part in my opinion. Pity it wasn't recorded and is now eternally lost. Also, Michalis Adamis & Bend made an awesome screenprinted poster for the show.

(PHN-01) FRAGRANT FAMILY - Live at DBA, Brooklyn MP3

2010-05-08T05:43:00.001-07:00

First digital-only release by Phase! Records Net Junk, kindly hosted by Archive.org, is a raw and chaotic live document by the trio of Jay Dunbar, Brian Osborne and Panagiotis Spoulos. 2 wrecked guitars and a drumset blend w/ psychotic prosa. Nothing left to prove.

Get it here for free, of course:
http://www.archive.org/details/FragrantFamily-LiveAtDbaBrooklynphn-01

Reparation time

2010-05-06T14:34:00.000-07:00

Vinyl Microstore partied hard last Saturday. Sounds and images from another decade. Teen age repressed. We felt free. Chain and the Gang. Acid Baby Jesus.

Best art is the affordable art

2010-04-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

Colleen from the great Big Blood has gone Etsy!

Absurdities

2010-04-14T15:20:00.000-07:00

Been spinning some recent LPs put out by the godfather of twist+queer in Greece, Nicolas Malevitsis and his legendary label, Absurd. I enjoyed a lot the concrète madness of Raionbashi's "In Teufel's Küche" 10", the throat terrorism of "Terra Incognita" by Antoine Chessex (supposed to be 1-sider, but has a tremendous surprise on second side) and finally the definite Nokalypse statement, entitled "Repeated in an Indefinitely Alternating Series of Thoughts". Themis' first release in analog format. Side A might stand as a new tribute approach for soundtrack of Kubrick's "Space Odyssey", but side B is the ultimate serious Nokalypse harsh bang. Full of surprises. Like a bag of dick loaves.

Label Interrogation: SKROT UP

2010-04-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

I came across an interesting tape label the other day. Looked kinda fresh, kinda active and definitely interesting. Releases seemed fantastic and the sample tracks at the myspace page totally ruled. I still had some of my easter bonus left, so without a second thought i ordered some. After a couple of days, i got them in the mail. Opened the "safety belt" and an illustrated dark deep dreamy nightmare had just begun. I have entered the world of Skrot Up tapes.

Below is an interview with the people behind Skrot Up.

You are stating that your residence is in Copenhagen but also in Seattle as well. How's that happening?

Morten: We handle most of the distribution in the US ourselves and Seattle is where it happens from. Copenhagen covers Europe and the rest of the world. The Seattle part is not so much a physical residence, but meant to symbolize a connection with people who help us out and support the label. I'll have to add Houston next time, since we're working alot with FLA Records & Tapes, as well. They're very professional and have helped us out alot. Especially James and Tara.

Your roster is quite amazing. Even if most of the bands are kinda new and spread around the globe, i get the impression that you're promoting a scene somewhat w/ a specific style.

Morten: I guess most of the bands have something in common, one way or another, but it's not really a conscious notion, that makes me pay attention to a band.

I guess i've put my optimism way mildly and been a little narrative. You do endorse in ominous beats & late-night bedroom confessions though, don't you? Do you prefer songs more than improvisation?

Morten: It's not really a preference, but I understand your point. I guess a majority of the bands are into songs, more than improvisation, at least on tape and record. I've seen a few of them live and here improvisation plays a much bigger part of the music, though. Still, Puberty, Excepter, Thetlvmth, Extra Sexes, Florene, JMDC + a few more all apply improvisational tactics in one way or another, even if they edit the music and add some sort of propulsiveness to the tracks before releasing them.

How the fuck did you manage to find all those similar tunes?

Morten: I think what draws us to these particular sounds is the energy and somewhat dark nature of the approach, that the bands share in one way or another. Or, that they all like to sample answering machine messages. I don't see the point of getting too specific on the subject, because it often starts with goose bumps and a weird tickling sensation when I come across something I like, and not a conscious marketing type strategy, like hmmm, these cats would fit on our label because they do this or that in a certain way. Rationalizing takes the fun out of it.

Thomas: I would feel really odd only releasing one kind of genre. I listen to a wide variety of music, so it would be difficult to stick to one genre. Also we are two different people choosing the music. We have some kind of "base" in our taste, but it also varies and I see that as a positive thing. We dont have to agree 100% about a release. Unless I really hate it I usually go along with it. I don't know how Morten feels about what I came up with, but I dont think he has hated any of it :-) So far I'm into everything we have released.

Morten: True, I haven't hated any of it.

Are you currently accepting demos?

Morten: A few of the releases came out of people contacting us, but we do not have a demo policy. People write us and we answer them (usually).

Thomas: Feel free to send us good shit!

Wanna tell me some things about the artwork?

Morten: Let me start with the posters: We're lucky to be friends with Copenhagen's finest screen-print artist. He used to run the Smittekilde imprint and I asked him if he could help us out, when we were putting together the FNU Ronnies and Blood! releases, and we've been working together since. The actual artwork for the posters is designed by the bands and then we consult him and exploit his expertise in return for MDF-furniture and magnetic back rubs. The artwork for most of the releases is designed by the bands themselves. I put together a couple of them myself. Some people have commented on the unison look of the artwork, but it's coincidental.

Who's the girl in your logo? It looks like the girl from Ringu. Also, what Skrot Up really means?

Thomas: It's Michael Jackson.

Morten: I found the picture in a book about "cult" cinema from the 60/70s and combined the two faces you see in the logo. Before "fuck you" was adopted into the Danish language, people here liked to say "skraat op" alot. It's means something like "up your's", or " I disagree strongly with your persona". We changed the letters a bit, to make it look better and less Danish.

Thomas: As Morten says "Skrot Up" means fuck you, but "skrot" also means trash or junk in Danish. So we say "fuck you, we're putting the trash up to surface"

Do you plan on releasing more vinyl in the future? Or CDs?

Morten: More of everything, basically. Except CDs. Vinyl is of course a lot more expensive than doing tapes, but we do have some records in the works, and a slew of tapes, as well.

Thomas: Hopefully we also agree on an art book someday:-) But the problem is that Morten has 90% more energy than me, so it probably won't happen unless we get a shit load of money and Morten comes around to it.

Morten: Look out for a Skrot Up coffeetable/book in one in 2014.

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Listen and buy

We all danced to the undergorund

2010-04-11T16:28:00.001-07:00

Bernays Propaganda told it right. We are all children under the same sun. Children w/ nothing more to lose. Nevertheless, children who dare to create, dare to tour, dare to rock. Dare to dream.

p.s. really sorry for the shitty pics appearing on the blog. Most of them are from a crappy mobile. I wanted so bad to take a picture of their Donnie Darko lookalike bassist. Never happened.

The out sound from the way in

2010-04-10T12:37:00.000-07:00

Good vibes last night at the AM opening. We all wish Mike the best! Check words + pics from these damn fine shooters: Miss Athènes & no o lost (courtesy of tsamiko picture used above).

(PHR-71) PUSSY PATROL - Very Fisrt Show au Gambetta CDR

2010-04-09T03:59:00.000-07:00

Killer live document of the French never-wave gal-trio from their first gig ever, almost four years ago. RAW! Those brave (+ lucky) ones who attended the show had to carry the punk back home that night. Punk put them to sleep, fucked their brains and then slipped slowly from ears to pillow in the form of black dirt blood. Not deaf. Enlightened. Edition of 60 spray-painted discs housed in a fold-out xerox print w/ poster on the back.

above: Pussy Charlene gets excited.
Listen to "Lick my Periods" on myspace.

Addicted to Hahn

2010-04-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

I LOVE HER!
Wish i could get some solo voice recordings for a tape release.

Opening night

2010-04-06T17:49:00.000-07:00

Cursing made in Greece

2010-03-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

Far beyond...

The mind of a loose slacker is a deep hit

2010-03-28T21:33:00.000-07:00

Phase! at myspace: www.myspace.com/phaseexclamationpoint

More punk than funk

2010-02-28T13:01:00.001-08:00

I always felt that way. Credit to the Wipers. It was a damn fine night the last day's night. Once again, the guys at Katarameno Syndromo did it! We all had a blast. Also thanks to homeopathy. Venue's name means 'cursed syndrome' and venue itself is dark humid smokey basement w/ no ventilation and people smoking their guts out. The ideal place for a person w/ Dry Eye Syndrome like i recently became. Fuck yeah, i'm a punk. Against all odds. Whatever doesn't work, doesn't matter. As long as i'm having A GOOD TIME.

Caveman Joe played first. Sweaty. Three-chord early Dwarves style macho punk. A little bit psychy, a bit surfy. Guitarist tried to lit up his chest hair but they were way wet to get lighten up. Drunk rock! The type of rock you play every time like there will be no tomorrow. They fucking ROCKED like that!

The second band was Acid Baby Jesus, another local group. Well, they surely didn't sound like it. And the name itself might not be representative. With a fine blend of 13th Floor Elevators, The Velvet Underground, The Make Up plus some fresher NOW sound of the likes of Golden Triangle, Fungi Girls, The Oh Sees and Sic Alps, hell yeah that was a set! Not too short, not that long. I acted fast enough and purchased a copy of their debut cassette before it sells out. These young guys are quite promising. Amazing songs, great vocals, nice vintage warm sound, plus they know how to party. A baby has just been born. Baptized in acid. Father is God.

Crash Normal's set was the last. Duo of brother/sister from France. Εxemplary performance of what a guitar and keyboard can do, when you have some awesome sharp songs. Highlights were their new single 'Flying to NY' and the 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' cover. They filled the room w/ positive energy. Still whistling their songs, one day later. Go buy their records!!!

P*ssy Patrol coming up!

2010-02-18T15:43:00.000-08:00

A raw live document will be shortly available. It rules! Can't stop listening to it!!!

(PHR-70) DEAD GUM - Fake World C30

2009-12-09T10:15:00.000-08:00

Debut release by Dead Gum. Bedroom creativity + sonic shrink confessions. 8 live songs. Handstamped fuzzy J-cards and black tapes. Limited and numbered to 50 copies.

A place to bury rock groups?

2009-12-08T14:32:00.000-08:00

When i started this blog, was aware of all the hatred being distributed in the blogsphere and didn't want Phase!mag to be part of it. But then i thought of the above title and it'd be a shame if i hadn't used it.
A Place to Bury Strangers from Brooklyn, NY played tonight in Athens at Rodeo Club. The band was really loud and played great, songs were awesome and the three boys completely shredded. Quite professional set including all the crowd favorites plus loudly harsh moments, all blended well together.
The venue was a drag, though. It was ridiculously crowded, stage was too low and lots -and i mean LOTS- of people couldn't see anything! It also had a couple of block columns in the center of the pit. I don't know, maybe i'm too old for that kind of shit... But wait a minute! On the other hand i can really endorse in packed shows like house shows, basement shows, barn shows or even kitchen shows! Those kinds of shows are thee UNDERGROUND shows. Rodeo shows are NOT UNDERGROUND as they advertise. Not that i didn't know it, an admission fee of 23 euros is NOT UNDERGROUND! For that kind of money people deserve some quality.

Anyway, i'm not bitchin' anymore. APTBS was great! Next time i hope i can catch 'em at Death By Audio or someplace else.

2009-12-08T03:33:00.000-08:00

FOOT VILLAGE "REGGAE WARZONE" from Deathbomb Arc on Vimeo.

My pal Brian Miller just sent me some amazing vids by Foot Village. They are totally ripping it on their new album, "Anti-Magic".
Here is a totally worthy edition you should check. Quintessence of feel-good.

Top-13 of 2009

2009-12-07T06:57:00.001-08:00

Ducktails - Landscapes (Olde English Spelling Bee)

Opéra Mort - Le Tour De L'Oubli (tanzprocesz)

The Horrors - Primary Colours (XL Recordings)

Ghédalia Tazartès - Repas Froid (tanzprocesz)

Steve Gunn - Boerum Palace (Three Lobed Recordings)

Jeans Wilder - Antiques (Night People)

Rusted Shut - Dead (Load Records)

Amen Dunes - DIA (Locust Music)

Flaming Lips - Embryonic (Warner)

Florida - Icarus / Once Yr In It (Shdwply)
Jeffrey Novak - After The Ball (self released)

Big City Orchestra - Ymir (AghartA Tapes)
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear (K)

In no particular order. Lots of solo projects made the list this year.

Siteless. Feels i have to feel like home, here

2009-12-06T16:47:00.000-08:00

These past few months have been really busy. Phase!records have been inactive for a while, but i'm gonna start working again on xmas time when i'll hopefully have some days off work.
I have some really excited new projects to share w/ a tiny percent of the population worldwide. An amazing studio album by "Η Μάνα Σου Είναι Ο Πατέρας Μας" (collab between the suspicious bastards Joe Tanz (Placenta Popeye, Opera Mort), El-g (also of Opera Mort) + John Laux (Slicing Grandpa) going weeeird) housed in an in-house conceptual zine, some synth healings by Lunar Miasma, a Pussy Patrol live destruction and the initiation of my new solo project, Dead Gum on cassette. Seems like the new decade will start off w/ some serious jams!
I've already started clearing of all the old stock. Seems like i've been carrying those forever. Been meaning to come up w/ a bundle offer -so you can have some sexy time on christmas time- but i'm so fucking slow. So anyway, here's a list of which titles are still available, e-mail me for special offer pricing:

OLD FASHIONED DONKEYS - s/t CDR
HOWLIN' GHOST PROLETARIANS - The Singer CDR
PINK BUFFALO - The Transparent Column C44
REVERSE MOUTH - Counting Broken Pieces of Glass 3''CDR
TOWERING HEROIC DUDES - Oceans CDR
SHEIK ANORAK - Week EP C15
CAKES OF LIGHT - Anthem for the People CDR
GANG WIZARD - The Stolen Groceries 3''CDR
SLICING GRANDPA - Lauxapalooza CDR
PLACENTA POPEYE / REVERSE MOUTH - Baby Blues Kids 7''
KATCHMARE - Daath C60
BIG BLOOD - The Grove C46 (last copy!)
SINDRE BJERGA & BEN MORRIS - Auto Immune Drone Syndrome CDR (last copy!)
(((VLUBA))) - Dies Mies Jeschet Boenedoesef Douvema Enitemaus CDR (last copy!)

You can find more info on most of those here

Welcome to a new era

2009-09-05T08:33:00.001-07:00

Wow...
Almost feels like floating in space. Phase! has a blog home now. I have the ambition of this blog to be the digital version of the new issues of Phase!mag. So, keep an eye out for boring news, twisted interviews, queer lists, artyfarts and some new digital-only releases, kindly hosted by Archive.org. Plus, we're gonna be in touch more frequently. Like intimate.
We're gonna camp here till the endings collapse.

xxx-love-xxx
p.