Q: JURNAL ROCK’s readers would like to know more about this wonderful collaboration with Anneke. Give us some insights. It was just an one-off supporting performance, and we’ve previously played together as well. Strangely enough and for whatever reason we’ve been asked to perform acoustically, but we went for it as it’s a pleasure and…
Category: Interviews
on The Importance of Lyrics
Q: The lyrics are brilliant, really fabulous. What is the source of inspiration for Phase? Where do you get all these great ideas? What do you intend to show through your lyrics? Thank you so very much! We really do focus on the lyrical content, not that we don’t value music as much, but I…
on “In Consequence”
Q: “In Consequence” is a very varied album soundwise, and undoubtedly it is an album worth listening to. What’s behind the creative process of this material, the recording process of it, the composition of lyrics, etc? Are you satisfied with the result? Thank you again so much for your kind words. The album was based…
on Phase’s Name
Q: The name of the band is a mystery to us, why the name of Phase? What does it mean to you? Phase means amongst other things, a stage of development. It can be seen as our current Stage of development. Every release marks up our distinct Phase in Phase‘s overall timeline. Also we celebrate…
on Phase’s Creation
Q: Thank you very much for answering these questions. It’s curious how we discovered PHASE. An initial exposure and ‘boom’! A spark of curiosity started in us, to learn more about Phase. But how was Phase born? What are your origins? Hello Hermanas, it’s really great to be hosted on your pages. We are also really…
Phase as Psychedelic Rock
Q: How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t listened to Phase? Rock and Roll! Personally I believe we are more rock than the Rolling Stones in the sense that we’re not entertainers or these illustrious businessmen! Genre tags are mostly for magazines and labels for the purpose of marketing music, although…
on Songwriting and Filtering the Influences
Q: When you are composing music… Do you have something special that is inspiring you or you just doing it more like…. randomly? When I’m composing music, it tends to be somewhat random, but that’s when the things that have captured our subconscious attention start to surface. Personally, I’ve noticed some similarities in my riffwork…
Duncan Patterson on Phase
We read on your site as well on Phase’s, about the cooperation you had with the Greek band, on a song of theirs, entitled “Ibidem”. What do you think of their music? DP: The guys got in touch with me and asked if I wanted to be a guest on their album. So I asked…
On Phase’s Reach
Q: What impact did your debut have, in local and worldwide level? We are really satisfied by the response. Financially things are hard even for the bigger acts so we don’t even going to elaborate on that matter. When it comes to Greece, we’d prefer for things to have been a bit different . There…
On Free Downloading
Q: “In Consequence” will be distributed freely, in digital format, now on… How did you reach to that descision? We believe in the free circulation of ideas in general! If anyone enjoys what we are doing and wants to support our efforts, they can order some merch or pop in our concerts. There is an…
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