Phoenix (Bonus Tracks Version), by GLIS

Phoenix (Bonus Tracks Version)

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1.	Apocalypse parties 08:52	buy track
2.	Insomniac 05:30	buy track
3.	Dead set 7am 03:46	buy track
4.	Keep the memory 02:56	buy track
5.	Death by misadventure 05:30	buy track
6.	Burned up 02:03	buy track
7.	Seconds 03:09	buy track
8.	Coldheart tempo 04:25	buy track
9.	Reprise: the way you're falling 01:49	buy track
10.	Take it this far 03:31	buy track
11.	Watch over you 03:03	buy track
12.	Blue sky night 06:26	buy track
13.	Crush 04:49	buy track
14.	Stars in the sea 06:35	buy track
15.	Apocalypse parties (trashed by ELLIOTT BERLIN) 04:08	buy track
16.	Instrumental no.1 04:06	buy track
17.	Instrumental no.2 02:26	buy track
18.	Instrumental no.3 04:34	buy track
19.	Instrumental no.4 06:02	buy track
20.	Instrumental no.5 04:24	buy track
21.	Instrumental no.6 03:21	buy track
22.	Instrumental no.7 04:09	buy track
23.	Instrumental no.8 06:34	buy track

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Almost 8 years have passed since the release of "Nemesis". 8 long years of growth and insight, of reflecting silence and chaotic noise, of death and (re)birth… Shaun Frandsen started recording new music again, but he has changed with time, he aged and started reflecting on the music from his youth. He went through a nostalgic period, listening to all of his old post-punk records, reliving the experience, drawing from its energy and somehow translating this in the studio...“Phoenix” is what happened.

The new GLIS studio album is clearly a very personal album for Shaun Frandsen, almost an autobiographical journey: "I wrote it as an ode for those who have inspired me the most. I didn’t hide my heart at all," he says.

This album begins rough, dark and chaotic, sometimes sad. The music-style changes from track to track, but somehow manages to stay focused. It dwells in the dark, then finds peace, and comes back again with a new outlook from where it began. On "Phoenix", GLIS took a bit of Bowie and Eno ("Keep The Memory", "Coldheart Tempo"), and a classic-era 4AD sound to create the ambiance and grabbed some inspiration from Nine Inch Nails, Underworld ("Insomniac", "Dead Set") and Joy Division for the body of the music. It's when female vocalist Lauren Krothe is introduced on the album that ushers in the transition from darkness to light, lo-fi darkwave with an ethereal hint to Cocteau Twins ("Take It This Far" or the beautiful "Blue Sky Night"). Then come the anthemic and hooky "Crush" and the instant hit "Stars In The Sea" which both end the journey on a hopeful positive outlook and loop with the opening and closing groovey track "Apocalypse Parties" that will remind you of the early WaxTrax electro/industrial sound with a touch of melodic modernity.

By writing it with his heart, Shaun Frandsen definitely accomplished something personal and meaningful with this album, giving integrity and soul to "Phoenix", a chef d'oeuvre which falls down and rebuilds itself in a way that follows the fabled cycle. The track-list is set up in the same way. It's an ode to GLIS' past but also a nod to the future…

This version of the album holds an additional extended booklet and a bonus disc with exclusive bonus tracks...

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released March 15, 2013

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Since 2001, Belgium-based label Alfa Matrix has become a trademark for underground electronic music. We are open to various styles including power EBM, dark elektro, industrial, synth pop, electronica, trip hop, drum’n bass, goth rock, wave, etc. Home of bands like FRONT 242, AYRIA, ALIEN VAMPIRES, HELALYN FLOWERS, METROLAND, BRUDERSCHAFT, ACYLUM, MONDTRÄUME, PNE, STAR INDUSTRY, UNTER NULL, etc. ... more

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