phase!records is yet another world of its own, it would demand tons of research and dozens of posts to boot in order to investigate into its history, so let’s just catch the bus from where we are at this moment for now, ok?
the person behind phase! is panagiotis spoulos, of reverse mouth fame. A strictly-roots man in the athens noise scene, i remember meeting him some years ago and being told by nicolas that he runs a noise label. At the time the possibility of a greek noise label didn’t even register to me, so i just sat back and listened while the two of them went on with the conversation and let all kinds of alternate realities affect my feeble young mind.
fast forward to today and panagiotis is busy doing the same things he was doing back then, baking cdrs, dubbing tapes, blasting godawful noise through guitars and amplifiers. He’s even putting up some mp3 editions on the blog for good measure. And from local scene to international misfits, he carries them all. This one is a label that runs on the love of noise and the people who stand behind it, so don’t expect any opportunist moves here, just the truth -in an edition of 40 to 60 copies at a time
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(PHR-76) DEAD GUM – Lost Decade CDR
Dead Gum is panagiotis’ solo vehicle and this one is -i think- the second dead gum release. Here, the actual noise is toned down a bit, to let instead in a noise of emotion, building upon “childhood nostalgia, appreciation of then-weird memories or half-remembered feelings”
(PHR-75) Η ΜΑΝΑ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΥ – Είσαι η Αδερφή Σου CDR
collaboration between members of Placenta Popeye, Slicing Grandpa + Opera Mort. Jams galore with a strange twist, all under a surreal greek title. panagiotis calls it “a dark tale of psychic incest, deform + strangeland blues“. Comes in a special edition, containing a 12-page zine (mid picture), and in a regular cardboard sleeve edition
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more here:
http://www.phasejunk.com/
http://phasemag.blogspot.com
