I think the liner notes on the digital release of the remixes EP circa 2018 sum most of it up, so to avoid duplication I am citing that below: download ‘Point of You‘ must have been written sometime in 2012, in a practice room in Greece at a time when we already had a few…
Tag: psychology
Back on Track #22 ~ He(a)lter Skelter
Even though the band has never really reached consensus on the role or place of a cover song in our setlists (let alone which covers to be doing), I’ve always firmly believed that covering other artists’ material gives first-time listeners a familiar reference point during a live performance and helps them identify where to place…
Back on Track #12 ~ Magical Thinking
The idea for Magical Thinking came about around 2010. I remember playing the opening riff along with bits and pieces of the lyrics in a hotel we stayed at in January 2011 and I can clearly recall I have been trying that out for longer, and certainly a good while before that time. Lyrically, the…
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…
on Freud and other “Authorities”
Q: […]That would be interesting…Have you ever based your songs around Freud’s theories on the three elements of personality–the id, the ego, and the superego? You must have stumbled upon our recent promo photo “3”. We’ve considered Freud‘s ideas some of which we find revolutionary. We tend to ponder a lot about ideas and go…
The Person and the Persona
Q: What’s the difference between the band’s members when on stage and backstage? Backstage after a gig? Definitely sweatier! (laughter) I can’t say that there’s any particular difference. Obviously, there can be a theatrical element on stage but I don’t feel we have any overblown persona that we exhibit on stage or in public and…
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…
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 could try, but I really don’t know where to start, as there’s a lot to unpack. A picture is worth a thousand words as…
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