Our glorious post-punk anthem Sowing Scorn was once described by Marios as “an anarchic lullaby”, a phrase we were rather impressed by. We all thoroughly enjoyed making this one, and I like to think of it as our equivalent of Not to Touch the Earth, or perhaps our I Wanna Be Your Dog. It came…
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Back on Track #9 ~ A Void
A Void is one of the old songs that had been piling up for ages by the point In Consequence was to be recorded, having unlikely Bay Area thrash influences (more on that later) reminiscent of rebellious adolescence. Interestingly, there had been a point, when I tried to rewrite the lyrics in a lipogrammatic fashion…
Phase Back on Track #6 ~ Ibidem
Here’s another favourite of ours, and perhaps the most spiritual piece we’ve ever written. If there’s anything I take pride in, it’s having a good ear for music and a decent instinct as an artistic director. I still recall the exact moment I interrupted a conversation with Alex (Arnaoutoglou) during a ‘guitar strumming session’. Something…
Phase Back on Track #2 ~ Static
Static was finished just before our second gig with Jim in the line-up, and that’s where it made its live debut. For us, there are generally two kinds of songs (aside from the distinction to good and shit music that is), those we first play live and then record, and those we record straight away….
Thanos Grigoriou of Phase speaks to NE:MM ahead of the band’s Music Lounge, Stockton gig on 16th May 2015
Thanos Grigoriou of Phase speaks to NE:MM ahead of the band’s Music Lounge, Stockton gig on 16th May 2015 Our Editor was recently approached by a Newcastle based rock band ‘Phase’ about the possibility of featuring them on our blog. He tells me that he hadn’t heard of the band so looked them up on Wikipedia….
Phase Back on Track #5 ~ Transcendence
Transcendence emerged from the first batch of ideas that started accumulating; and for a while, there was just the first progression accompanying the first verse… Touching ground, held by an unseen bound / for western star drags me way to far / to find you my love, to build a connection above / feels so…
Phase Back on Track #11 ~ Amethyst
*Article edited in November 2024 to include details relating to the remastered version, Amethyst (Resurfaced). The main riff of Amethyst came into existence an evening when I was hanging out at a mate’s house with another mutual friend of ours, during the exam period for the course all three of us were attending at the time…
Phase Back on Track #1 ~ Perdition
The very first song we finished, the first to rehearse, and the first to play live. The most discussed one and the most distinctive of our fairly unique style. Just not to be repeated: Back in 2004, when I set out to re-form the band with my good friend Chris Gioldasis, we began writing new…
Phase Back on Track #20 ~ Birthday Song
It all started an evening I was hanging out with the Saint in his parents’ basement where we used to play when I told him about an idea I’d been having for a while; writing a Birthday Song that would be introspective rather than celebratory, and he instantly came up with that beautiful chord progression,…
Interview with Artistic Echoes [UK] – Phase / Ghost of Rockstars past
Artistic Echoes Recently had the pleasure of interviewing Phase Could you tell us a bit about the story behind Phase how did you get started? Phase was based on an idea I had back in 2004, when I started gathering sonic and lyrical ideas which evolved into songs that were put on shows and record…
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