Phased

Phased – three men, three instruments, a wall of sound. Phased have been called the "Hawkwind of doom". Whatever... in Phased the sunburned desert meets the blackness of doom. Distorted riffs and a droning bass dance to a tribal rhythm and fall into the maelstrom of the void: "psychedelic deathrock"! Sounds as if they were some long-haired dope fiends. But with a humour that makes for song-titles such as «Woke Up This Morning And Gave Myself Head» they must be intellectual shoeshine boys of the fooling kind.
Founded in 1997, the band went through various line-ups and one slight name-change – from Phased 4°F to the simpler Phased. Today, the band consists of founding-member Chris Sigdell on vocals and guitar, Marko Lehtinen on drums and Chris Walt on Bass - a trio with members from Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. Maybe it is this mixture that makes for the weirdness… it certainly makes for the aggravation.
Phased have played with bands such as: HIGH ON FIRE, ORANGE GOBLIN, DOZER, GAS GIANT, COLOUR HAZE, MISDEMEANOR and taken part at both the SWAMP ROOM festival in Munich (2005) and in Hannover (2006) and also STONED FROM THE UNDERGROUND 2007, closing the season with the MAD SANTA festival in Switzerland!
Their third and newest album «Medications» is a weird concoction and development of the sound of predecessor «Music For Gentlemen». It was recorded and produced by V.O. Pulver at Little Creek.
«Medications» - not only is the title a nod in the direction of the late great Coltrane, it is also a declaration of content: while “Music For Gentlemen” generally dealt with the male (miss)understanding of the feline side, this time it’s all about the use and side-effects of mind-altering substances, time travel and darkness. What else to expect of a space-doom band? Ten songs, no filler... just one killer!
Phased, one microcosm full of giant sound.
Releases:
Does Time Affect Memory? 2xCD (Amanita/PBB, 1998) with "U.F.O."
Ten Inches And Still Rising 10" MLP compl. (PBB, 1999) with "Slow Death"
Painfield 10" EP (PBB, 1999)
SMS/Do You Speak Oral? 7" (PBB, 2000) no music on this ltd. release
Schtomp... & Decadence (A Lowlife Symphony For The New Millenium) LP (PBB, 2000)
Let Me Go To Hell split 7" with Three Guys (PBB/Mayo, 2001)
Music For Gentlemen CD (Lux.-Noise Records, 2003)
Medications (Elektrohasch, 2006)
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