Q: Where do you draw influences from? Everything under the sun! Events in our lives must have led to an increased sensitivity on our part, and we are filtering, and subsequently imprinting our myriad of experiences, in a way that hopefully can be useful to others. Interviewer: Larissa on Web Team Publication: larissaonweb.gr Period: November…
Category: Interviews
on Ancient Greek Philosophy
Q: Speaking of philosophy, and going back to the Ancient Greek philosophy; that dealt with a wide range of subjects, such as: political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric, and aesthetics. How have you kept some of your roots of your own culture within your own creations? We value tradition, but can’t get credit…
on Sharing Within Phase
Q: Do Phase hang out together outside the group’s activities? Of course, we do hang out together! We are foremost friends and then anything else, and we’ve been friends outside the group for years. There wouldn’t be any reason to do all this if things were different. If you wouldn’t be able to share the…
How Phase Moved from Conception to Reality
Q: How did the idea of Phase was born and how did you move forward from that stage to the project’s realisation? The idea of Phase was born from the need for an outlet for musical expression through a journey with good friends as fellow travelers, to explore what on earth is this road we’re…
on Phase’s Musical Identity
Q: How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t listened to Phase? It’s only 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,…
Who’s the Muse there to Amuse?
Q: Have you ever written a song about a ex-girlfriend or a present girlfriend now? Well that is inevitable I think, and I am guilty of that to an extent. We get our stimuli from our social settings, and some characters I have in mind when writing are mostly fictional people, or actual people whose…
on the Average Listener’s Inattention to Lyrical Content
Q: Do you think that some pay attention to your lyrics and others don’t? Definitely! There’s many people who don’t value lyrical content as much when listening to music so I don’t take any offence. As George Jones said, when you’re happy you’re enjoying the music, and when you’re sad you understand the lyrics. Interviewer:…
in What Sense are Phase’s Albums Concept Albums
Q: Will this album be a concept album or how will the songs revolve around the title of your album? It certainly will be a concept album, but not in the strict sense we are used to them from most of the bands out there. We choose a universally accepted truth, and we dress it…
on Phase’s creation
Q: Hello Thanos, it feels wonderful to talk to you, and I am honoured too. Would you like to make a brief presentation of Phase’s history?
on Plato
Q: The last but not least, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything” (Plato), would you like to connect this quote with Phase? I am not familiar with the quote, as it’s not from one of the dialogues I’ve read, so I don’t…