The skull of love

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Living legends

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

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