Phase Back on Track #9 ~ Static

Now that’s a favourite one… Static was finished right before our second gig ever where it debuted as well… There are two kinds of songs for us the ones we first play live and then we record, and the ones we are recording beforehand. Static is a living example of the first instance, it being…

Wealth vs Glory

Q:Glory or Money? Being Achiles‘ neighbour myself, posthumous fame couldn’t have bypassed my mind without preoccupying it even to the least in the past… I think I have dismissed as much as possible the arrogance in me and the greediness for praise though. I hope I haven’t missed the plot like Alexander the Great and…

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! Our focal point is the lyrics really… Not that we are leaving the music in a somewhat lesser fortune,…

The Person and the Persona

Q:What’s the differece of the band’s members on stage and backstage? It depends on if you are reffered at before or after the concert… (laughter) I can’t say that there’s any basic difference… We don’t have any overblown persona that we exhibit on stage and we pull it out later on our private rooms… In…

on the Average Listener’s Inattention to Lyrical Content

Q:Do you think that some pay attention to your lyrics and others don’t? Well that’s quite hard to say… People that haven’t cleansed their perception tend to use their selective inattention and their filters just mess up… Even when the message intended in a work of art is quite clear, they choose to give their…

an Attempt to Analyse “The Tree of Li(f)e”

Q:The idea for the excellent cover of your album is yours and it gives a background for lots of interpretations and meditation. Would you reveal your point of view? I can try it; but an image, a thousand words they say… And I can’t find the proper order to articulate everything that it encloses… It’s…