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Location:	Athens,
Country:	Greece
Last Login:	Jul 18, 2008 (520 days back)

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About Me
absent without leave is the solo project of the 26 year-old George Mastrokostas, based in Athens, Greece. Recording everything himself in his home-studio, he creates a melancholic sound that covers a multitude of styles such as shoegaze, post-rock, ambient and electronica. To date, he has released his music on labels such as unlabel (uk), duotone (japan), chat blanc (canada), distant noise (uk), fuzzy panda (usa), bsbta (denmark), october man (uk) and also on his own label sound in silence (greece) and has collaborated for split releases with artists like yellow6, kimonophonic, lope, doogie and cono norte 3. He has played several gigs in Greece at various venues, including synch festival 2007 (among other artists like mum, !!!, front 242, fischerspooner, alexander hacke and many others), support gig for section 25 (from legendary factory records) and has been personally invited by artists like piano magic, god is an astronaut, manyfingers and sigmatropic to open their concerts. His music has been played on some of the best radio stations worldwide like BBC 6 Music, Resonance FM and others too. forthcoming: releases on labels such as enraptured (uk), symbolic interaction (japan), 9.12 (canada), friend of mine (japan), happy end music (finland), a split with port-royal on sound in silence (greece) and remixes for port-royal, televise, carta, epic45 and jatun. postcards from nowhere is distributed by: www.normanrecords.com www.smallfish.co.uk www.pulserecords.co.uk www.tonevendor.com www.linusrecords.jp www.distantnoiserecords.co.uk resound ep - 10€ including worldwide shipping! resound ep is also distributed by: www.normanrecords.com www.linusrecords.jp www.myspace.com/chatblancrecords GIGOGRAPHY 21.06.08 - european music day (old port - neoria, chania, crete) w/ dr. walker, palo, linny berret & lee fraged, nikolas valsamakis, giorgos stefanou, omni4m & stau55 07.06.08 - kasbah (patra) w/ naono & melorman & figurant (in yesterday's play) 24.11.07 - kinky kong w/ manyfingers 24.07.07 - synch festival w/ mum, !!!, front 242, fischerspooner, alexander hacke & many others 20.04.07 - small music theatre w/ sigmatropic 26.03.07 - mylos (thessaloniki) w/ afformance, since time & shortcat 22.02.07 - bios w/ piano magic 08.02.07 - small music theatre (post-rock/ambient festival) w/ misuse, spyweirdos, hues and separation, afformance & red light 11.01.07 - planet music w/ section 25 & tilbury on cloves 28.11.06 - vinyl microstore (yuria 2006) w/ small hours society
My Interests
Music: Member Since: 10/12/2005 Band Members: George Mastrokostas: guitar, bass, drum machine, keyboards, looper, glockenspiel, music boxes, samples and programmingguests: Charalambos Theocharis: guitar and looper (live), bass and cello (postcards from nowhere)Maria Vitsa: lyrics and voice (bon voyage) Discography: inland (album, self-released, 2003) semper e.p. (e.p., self-released, 2003) lost shadow (single, self-released, 2005) affiliate program vol.3 (compilation, bsbta, 2005) bon voyage (album, unlabel, 2006) lope / yellow6 / absent without leave / kimonophonic (4-way split, bsbta, 2006) reborn e.p. (3" e.p., duotone records, 2006) these waves... (compilation, sound in silence, 2006) a small frame of reference (compilation, october man recordings, 2006) absent without leave / cono norte 3 (3" split, sound in silence, 2007) bon voyage (2nd edition) (album, sound in silence, 2007) the silent ballet vol.3 : unfolding a broken heart (compilation, the silent ballet / lost children, 2007) absent without leave / doogie - among friends (split, fuzzy panda recording co., 2007) yuria 2006 (compilation, vm recordings, 2007) drifting skywards 3 (compilation, cold room, 2007) fugues (compilation, fugues, 2007) resound e.p. (3" e.p., chat blanc records, 2008) postcards from nowhere (album, distant noise records, 2008) Influences: some bands i like in no particular order: piano magic, hood, labradford, boards of canada, bowery electric, slowdive, sigur ros, mogwai, godspeed you black emperor!, my bloody valentine, future sound of london, the sundays, flying saucer attack, ganger, stereolab, sierpinski, yellow6, portal, isan, gnac, pan american, 2 by bukowski, arab strap, mazzy star, colleen, the cure, this mortal coil, new order, depeche mode, joy division, the album leaf, ride, pixies, radiohead, the field mice, sonic youth, low, flowchart, kimonophonic, july skies, epic45, amp, silver mt. zion, textile ranch, the chap, windy and carl, rothko, seefeel, port-royal, landing, do make say think, stars of the lid, dissolve, kraftwerk, cocteau twins, dead can dance, arbol, tortoise, pansonic, efterklang, fridge, amina, disco inferno, bark psychosis, yann tiersen, 100 pets, the delgados, mum, air, novak, quickspace, broadcast, cranes, belle and sebastian, trembling blue stars, nick drake, saint etienne, blueboy Sounds Like: absent without leave Record Label: enraptured, chat blanc, unlabel, duotone, bsbta... Type of Label: Indie
My Background and Lifestyle
Occupation:	Music Artist (Shoegaze / Ambient / Electronica)
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interviews
a new absent without leave interview can be read here:http://www.avopolis.gr/greek/interviews/default.asp?id= 204another interview featured in the weekly free press pass to port can also be read online... Posted by absent without leave on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:08:00 PST
some more "postcards from nowhere" reviews
http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/ "Absent Without Leave is the musical alias for George Mastrokostas from Greece. From his Athens-based home studio comes 'Postcards From Nowhere'; an entirely instrum... Posted by absent without leave on Sat, 24 May 2008 05:06:00 PST
"postcards from nowhere" reviews
www. normanrecords. com :"The Distant Noise label (Luga, Televise, Yellow6, Schengen etc) goes from strength to strength with 'Postcards From Nowhere' an eight track long player from Absent Without Le... Posted by absent without leave on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:51:00 PST
"resound ep" reviews
www. normanrecords. com :"Absent Without Leave. That's what people say about my brain. I'd apply that more to my memory. I can't remember who I am some mornings and have to adopt the alter ego Brian D... Posted by absent without leave on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:48:00 PST
live reviews
24.11.07 kinky kong w/ manyfingershttp://www.mixtape.gr/t.asp?sec=1&sub=3&u id=107 24.07.07 - synch festival w/ mum, !!!, front 242, fischerspooner, alexander hacke & many othershtt... Posted by absent without leave on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST
forthcoming releases
Hope you are all well. I'm really happy to announce some of my forthcoming releases. In early October I will release a 3'' cd called resound e.p. on the Canadian chat blanc records. This will be in a... Posted by absent without leave on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST
synch review
A review (written in greek) of the third day of synch festival can be found here:http://www.lipsradio.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38326 ... Posted by absent without leave on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:41:00 PST
live review (written in greek)
You can read a review of our concert with sigmatropic on April 20 @ small music theatre here: http://goth.gr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=584 .... Posted by absent without leave on Sat, 26 May 2007 06:07:00 PST
interview and live review on tranzistor.gr (greek)
You can read an absent without leave interview (greek) and a live review of our concert with piano magic on February 22 @ bios on www.tranzistor.gr here: interview: http://www.tranzistor.gr/index.php?... Posted by absent without leave on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:33:00 PST
absent without leave / doogie - split
an absent without leave / doogie split, called among friends, is out now by fuzzy panda recording co. it's a limited edition of 100 handmade and hand-numbered copies (it's available in several colors ... Posted by absent without leave on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:47:00 PST
My Friends
sound in silence, egsun, Piano Magic, port-royal, Epic45, My Bloody Valentine, hood, yellow6, Sierpinski, Bark Psychosis, isan, BOARDS OF CANADA, July Skies, múm, Colleen, Carta, Giardini di Mirò, God Is An Astronaut, Sigur Ros, Hammock, amiina, manyfingers, Efterklang, Labradford, The Field Mice, Ride, TELEVISE, charles atlas, Stafrænn Hákon, GNAC, Jatun, Klima, Enraptured Records, Distant Noise Records, THE BSBTA LABEL GROUP, unlabel, Fuzzy Panda Recording Company, october man recordings, The Silent Ballet, amu, Rho, Res Pira, How can I get thinking out of my head, kokino gala, Edana, ♥Eliane Chaan's Cyber Pet♥, Play Of Colour, Emily, Surtsey (FREE DOWNLOAD), matsui kazuto　, In Harlem, .Edward. [on the rocks], organic stereo, Christina D, kokino, Somehow Ecstatic Records, Timecat, malena, clock ’n’ spillers, Fallen Angel, hungry bear, papercut, The Place Promised Beyond the Clouds, Paolo F. Bragaglia, last floor 22, Ntia!!*, Fabio Ciampi, Trio TRiTONOUS, tomb lily, Vangelis Paraskevaidis, marina, ea Media Solutions, MrCantfind, Hyakkei, juliasette, Vasia, little phrase, Sav, Seven, SOUNDLAB, cruxispike, kazuhito nakanoma, Postcards, Minnie Musique, This tale never ends, Chromatic Sequence, kwnstandia absent without leave has 9,539 friends (87 shown). Click here to add absent without leave as a friend.
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