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part01 part02 part03
Gnarly AUral brainstorm explorations
A walk in the woods. 6 bands on the brain of The Phase Collective’s
Black and white photos Mike Huss, illustrated by Gabe Ruane explores his
by Karen Ruane. Brett Jorgensen. Brainstorming process in
graphics and type.

part04 part05 part06

SKETCHBOOK ROADSTORM UNTITLED
Sarit Melmed shares a An informal interview with Birds, Bridges,
look into her brain via of daytime television’s and the left half of the
her sketchbook. newest playboy, Mark letter B; jordan gadapee
Wystrach. Interview illustrates the unique
and photography by nature of Brainstorming.
Brett Jorgensen
part01 gnarly
part02 aural brainstorm
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White Rose Movement

Vector Lo
She Wants Revenge

Vector Lovers

Death from Above

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Union of Knives

Hardkandy

The Kooks

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Profiles:
MIKE HUSS
Illustration & Layout:
BRETT JORGENSEN
 Band:
Arctic Monkeys Band:
White Rose Movement

Members: Members:
Alex Turner (Guitar, Vocals), Jamie “Cookie”
Cook (Guitar) Andy Nicholson (Bass), Matt Finn Vine (Vocals/Guitar), Jasper Milton (Guitar)
Helders (Drums) Taxxi (Keyboards), Ed Harper (Drums), Owen
Dyke (Bass)

Year Born: Year Born:

early 2002 2003

Label: Label:
Domino Records Independiente

State, Country:
City, State, Country: Norfolk, England
High Green, Sheffield, England
Classification:
Classification: Post-Punk, Dance-Punk
Post-Punk, Dance-Punk, Indie
Influences:
Depeche Mode, D.A.F., The Sound, Portishead
Influences:
The Jam, The Smiths, The Clash, Oasis, System of
a Down, Roots Manuva, Queens of the Stone Age
For Fans of:
Nine Inch Nails, Clor, The Killers, The Rakes,
Soulwax, This Et Al, The Faint, Massive Attack
For Fans of:

Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines, The Departure, Band Quotes:

Boy Kill Boy, Controller.Controller., The Automatic,
Hot Hot Heat, Forward Russia, Hail Social, Kooks,
Louis XIV, Moving Units, Rakes, We Are Scientists,
Bravery, Razorlight, Maximo Park, Strokes, Hives,
Battle
Quotes:
“If I say ‘phenomenon’ it sounds like I’m right up
my own arse, but we’d be daft to act like we didn’t
realise how incredible the last year’s been. When
it all started we were like ‘fucking hell, what’s
going off here?’” -Alex Turner
“We used to have white paint on our hands all
the time,” says White Rose Movement vocalist
Finn Vine. “And people thought it was this
clique‑y band thing where we’d dip out fingers
in white paint.”
“Yeah,” continues guitarist Jasper Milton. “We
were a painting and decorating team for a while.
That’s how we kept the band going. We grafted
all the time in between rehearsals. We finally
managed to give it up last year when we got
signed to Independiente.”
Band Website:

HITEhttp://www.whiterosemovement.co.uk

OVE-
Website:

ENT
http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/ Video:

OSE
“Love is a Number”, “Alsation”
Video:
“I bet you look good on the dance floor” Mp3:
“Love is a Number” - sample
Mp3: Album / Release Date:
“Fake Tales of San Francisco”

ARCTIC
Kick / March 06, 2006 UK

Album release date:

Whatever people say I am, That’s What I’m Not /
January 23rd, 2006

MONKEYS
 Band:
She Wants Revenge
Vector Lovers Band:
Vector Lovers

Members: Members:
Justin Warfield (Vocals, Guitar, Computer), Martin Wheeler (Producer, DJ)
Adam “Adam12” Bravin (Keyboard, Bass
Guitar, Percussion, Programming)
Year Born:
Year Born: Early 2002
early 2003
Label:
Label: Soma
Flawless/Geffen
State, Country:
City, State, Country: Glasgow, Scotland
San Fernando Valley “The Valley”, California,
USA
Classification:
Electronica, Downtempo,
Classification: Electro-Funk
Goth, Indie, Dance-Punk, Post-Punk

Influences: Influences:
Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Madonna, The Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode,
Psychedelic Furs, Prince, New Order, David Happy Mondays, My Bloody Valentine,
Bowie, Joy Division VelvetUnderground, Alphaville

For Fans of: For Fans of:

The Killers, Interpol, Fischerspooner, The Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Mirwais
Departure, The Faint, Franz Ferdinand, Muse,
Stellastar*, The Bravery, Moving Units, Boy
Kill Boy, Humanzi, Clear Static, Editors, Hail Band Quotes:
“One morning, about 4am I woke up with the words
Social, Clor ’Vector Lovers’ floating around my head and realised
I’d found a name that reflected both the computerised,
Band Quotes: synthetic aspect of the music as well as the romantic
melodic side. This was in early 2002..”
“We just wanted to make a record that would “I was a big fan of electronic pop—Kraftwerk and
make girls dance and cry.” -Justin Depeche Mode, and even Alphaville. There was
Adam 12 chimes in, “Or both.” something pristine about synthpop—it sounded
futuristic and promised a utopian technological
breakthrough—for the first time, sequencers and
Band Website: synthesizers allowed people to record melodies and
http://www.shewantsrevenge.com rhythms that they couldn’t actually play by hand...it was
a triumph of imagination over technique and tradition.
I feel grateful to those behind the technology—they
Video: have opened up so many possibilities. Without it I
would still be sitting down strumming three chords out
“These Things”
of my guitar... maybe no bad thing, but I’m not the best

guitarist. Sequencers make us all equal.”
Audio:
“Tear You Apart”, “These Things”,
“Out of Control”
Band Website:
http://www.iwari.com/

she Album / Release Date: Mp3:

wants She Wants Revenge / Jan 31, 2006 “indicent ‘david’”, “Kyoko’s Photos”

revenge Album / Release Date:

Capsule For One / Oct 24th, 2005 UK
 Band: Band:
Death from Above 1979 Union of Knives

Members: Members:
Jesse F. Keeler (Bass/Synthesizer), Sebastien Dave McClean (Producer/Synthesizer), Chris
Grainger (Vocals/Drums) Gordon (Producer/Guitar), Craig Grant (Vocals)

Year Born: Year Born:

2001 2002

Label: Label:
Vice Stimulus

State, Country: State, Country:

Toronto, Canada Glasgow, Scotland

Classification: Classification:
Garage-Rock, Noise-Rock, Duo, Dance-Punk Electronic, Synth-Rock

Influences: Influences:
ZZ Top, Bee Gees, Nas, Mobb Deep Death in Vegas , Depeche Mode, Radiohead

For Fans of: For Fans of:

Queens of the Stone Age, White Stripes, Muse, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin
Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, The Rapture, LCD

Death
Soundsystem, Black Keys, Lightning Bolt Band Quotes:

E
Band Quotes:
“I’d break my finger open pretty much every
show, “Grainger says. “I’d have a black knuckle
for a month, the double kick pedal beats the
shit out of my shin, my tooth gets chipped from
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recklessly singing into the microphone, and I
guess my liver’s suffered a little bit”
“My name is Craig from Union of Knives, I come
from Scotland and I came here to rock and relax.”
”You love us. We are part of you. Maybe like your
heartbeat, or a nicely healing scab. Either way, we
are here for good.”
“Mocha Nights, Beerjacket, Orko, No Kilter, Orla,
Flying Matchstick Men, etc, etc. Glasgow is over
flowing with talent. It’s crazy. There’s a lot of shit

from
“We wanted our band to be like an elephant in too, but those are the 6 names to watch out for.”
your living room,” proclaimed Jesse F. Keeler
Band Website:
Band Website: http://www.unionofknives.com/
http://www.deathfromabove1979.com/
Mp3:
Mp3: “Evil Has Never”, “Operated On”
“Little Girl”, “Dead Womb”

Above
Video: Album / Release Date:
“Sexy Results”, “Blood on our Hands”, “Black TBA / Summer/Fall 2006
History Month”

1979
Album / Release Date:
TBA / Spring 2006
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Band: Band:
Hardkandy Kooks

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KA Members: Members:
Simon Little (Producer), Luke Pritchard (Vocals/Guitar), Hugh Harris (Lead
Tim Bidwell (Producer) Guitar) Paul Garred (Drums), Max Rafferty (Bass)
RD

Year Born: Year Born:

HA

Summer 2002 2002–2003

Label: Label:
Catskills Virgin

State, Country: CITy, State, Country:

Brighton, England Brighton, Sussex, England

Classification:
Modern Soul, Downtempo, Gospel,
Broken Folk
Influences:
Barry White, Pink Floyd,
Al Green, The Meters
For Fans of:
Amp Fiddler, Massive Attack, Cut Copy,
Thievery Corporation, Quantic, Fat Freddy’s
Drop
Band Quotes:
“There are no samples on the album,”
explains Tim. “We wanted to bring some
musicianship back to modern music. We’ve
always been influenced by the warm sound
and feeling of old recordings and wanted to
get away from repetitive loops.”
Classification:
Indie, Ska-Pop, Post-Punk
Influences:
David Bowie, Supergrass, Blur, The Kinks,
The Police, Nick Drake, Chuck Berry
For Fans of:
Hot Hot Heat, Arcitc Monkeys, Young Knives,
The Departure, Boy Kill Boy, Franz Ferdinand,
Dead 60’s, Hard-Fi, Razorlight, The Ordinary Boys
Band Quotes:
“Bands tend to do one thing and then stick to it” Luke says,
constructing a roll-up beneath a tangle of Syd Barrett-esque
curls.“With The Kooks we plan to do the opposite. When there’s
so much music to explore, why limit yourself?”
“We all write songs and all love loads of different music so we
argue a lot about how and what to play” continues Luke.
“That’s what rehearsing is about for us. But because of the way
Max and Hugh play there’s a soul and reggae feel to what we do
which is vital. We’re a groove rock’n’roll band who want to make

Kooks
people dance...”
Band Website: The “I want the album to include all types of music, no genres
excluded” continues Luke, another long afternoon of
http://www.hardkandy.co.uk/ rehearsals ahead.“From Bobby Womack to The Clash!” beams
Max.“Everyone just pulls their own instrument in the direction
Video: they want and somehow it ends up okay, there’s only ever a few
punch-ups along the way!”
“State of You”, “Advice”
Band Website:
Album / Release Date: http://www.thekooks.co.uk
Last to Leave / Feb 27th, 2006
Video:
“Eddie’s Gun”, “Sofa Song”, “You Don’t Love Me”

MP3:
“Matchbox”

Album / Release Date:

Inside In Inside Out / Jan 22, 2006 UK
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part04 sketchbook
part05 roadstorm
What does it feel like to be on
DAYTIME TELEVISION? Ok, have you ever
sat down in a really
nice leather chair?
You know the kind, with a matching
ottoman, that is made from some
exotic animals hide and costs more
than your car? The kind that just
suck you in and make you feel like
pondering life or anything your brain
can come up with to keep you in that
chair because it feels so good. That
is pretty much what it feels like to be
on a soap except while your sitting
in that chair your memorizing the
46 pages of dialogue you have to
prepare in just under 18 hours. But,
it is by far the sweetest job I have ever
had...although not as sweet as Jack
Nicholson’s gig, but even he had to
start somewhere.
 ROAD
I t’s late in the afternoon and I’m
thinking it seems strange to be able to
get from a place like Los Angeles to one
such as San Francisco in only half a day.
We just got the good news that Mark’s twin,
Mike, will be flying into the Oakland Airport
to meet us on a last minute weekend road
trip. The Wystrach twins are famous for
their road trips. If you ever get a chance to
travel with them, I highly recommend it.
You’ll always walk away with a great story.
This time we are celebrating Mark’s debut
as the permanent replacement for a main
character on NBC’s soap opera, ‘Passions’.
I finally get the FM transmitter locked in
thru the radio and am running thru my new
favorite playlists on my iPod in between
Mark’s mobile calls. It hit’s me while staring
at the road that this would be the perfect
time to conduct an informal interview of
one of my best friends, who has just hit his
stride on his way to stardom. The following
blue type reflects my feeble attempt to
transcribe our conversation as we barreled
down Interstate 5 just outside Bakersfield,
California, in Mark’s newly acquired 1981
Cadillac Coup de Ville.
Look at the colors of the clouds!
The sky is dark to the east but dispersed
clouds are breaking the light beautifully to
towards the west. Mark is driving with his
knee and taking photos at the same time.
We start to swerve so I grab the wheel and
after about fifteen shots he appears to be
done until a particularly glorious patch of
sunlight breaks thru the clouds.
“Wheel! One more time!”
5 more.
Have you ever heard about that book that Jeff
Bridges published? I wanna do the same thing.
It was an autobiography with photos. He takes
those shots where he just reaches out and snaps
the photo himself.
So Mark, how long have you been acting?
Counting auditioning...one year. Consistently?
One month, two weeks. My life is seeming more
cinematic in general. I’ve been really happy
lately. There’s joy in doing what you love, ya
know? Since about 5th grade I remember
wanting to be an actor. But I’ve been gaining
confidence lately and the world is feeling really
accessible now. It’s nice to not have to do the
modeling and restaurant gig any longer. I’m
finally focusing on the career I want. Don’t get
me wrong, I do respect the blue collar. I’ve been
trip
there and done that for work to get by. But the
kind of mechanical work I was doing felt easy.
I’ve always been drawn to a greater challenge.
It’s been a humbling path. But life indeed,
is what you make of it. I mean not to get all
hallmark but it really isn’t where you start but
where you finish... or maybe it’s actually really
about enjoying the trip?
Faithless’ hit Insomnia is now blaring thru
the lo-fi FM connection from an iPod which
has the front right speaker rattling.
Don’t you think it sort of adds to the experience
of the road trip?
Yeah, in a weird sorta way. So tell me about
your contract.
3 years.
And what’s next?
FILM. For sure. That’s the goal. That seems like
the biggest challenge.
This is your way of getting to film?
Oh yeah. That’s the next step. Then I’ll be one
step closer to finding my peace. Not that I’m
any where close to settling down. I mean, right
now I feel like a little kid.”
So you’re serious about this acting business?
Were some people were doubtful that you’d
follow thru?
Yes. It does feel good to be part of that top
percent of working actors. It’s been a challenging
goal. You have to have to have a certain attitude
brain
STORM
but I’m not really focusing on other peoples
opinion. I just want to focus on getting it done.
And I do appreciate all the great support I’ve
received. I’ve gotten so much.
Have you gotten any fan mail yet?
Oh yeah! I got about eight letters. I sent out
some headshots. I’ve been writing them back
personally. There was this kid that wrote me
who has aids. I guess he likes to ask celebrities
for autographs. It’s trippy. It feels like
unwarranted praise right now.
Did you write him back?
Yeah and he’s written again already.
You know, I didn’t think the soaps would be as
interesting... I mean it’s weird but good. I’ve
been spending down time on set to learn as
much as possible. Sometimes it’s hard to make
the material feel right. It’s crazy. You have
to suspend reality for a bit. It’s good to bring
humor to the set.
How much leeway do they give you with the
script?
They let you get away with something here
and there, but you can’t just rewrite it. I call it,
‘living in the moment’.
This is fun. I feel like I’m learning a lot about
myself by talking about this. OK. Maybe.
The sky is getting darker. Headlights are
now on. No more sunglasses. I just queued
up Arctic Monkeys on the iPod.
Hey are you on myspace?
Uh... no. Why? Should I be?
I just thought of it because I heard that’s
how the Arctic Monkeys made it big.
Hmm.
Well sign up as a friend of PHASE
MAGAZINE on there if you do get an
account.
What does it feel like to drive a
1981 CADILLAC COUP DE VILLE?
Ok, have you ever sat
down in a really nice
leather chair?
(refer to first question) Now put wheels on
it. That’s what it feels like, like driving your
living room around town—it’s pure luxury
bro—it drives like a good single malt scotch.
And since buying that whip, metaphors like
the prior have suddenly become a part of my
prose and I like it. Plus, every single valet
guy in town thinks I’m the tits!

Interview and photography by Brett Jorgensen

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phase01 contributors

karen ruane mike huss

Karen Ruane is a photographer, painter, and digital Concerts I’ve attended in the last twelve months include:
illustrator living and working in the Boston area. Her Arctic Monkeys Goodbye Blue Monday Pretty Girls Make Graves
work for Phase01 was shot digitally on a Canon 20D, Autolux Hard-Fi Queens of the Stone Age
Battles Head Automatica The Rakes
in the dead of winter, in various wooded locations in Black Heart Procession Hot Hot Heat Razorlight
central Massachusetts. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Ilya The Redwalls
karen.ruane@gmail.com Bloc Party Interpol Rogue Wave
The Bravery Jet Saul Williams
Caribou The Juan Maclean Sean Paul
Chemical Brothers Junior Boys Secret Machines
Clear Static Kaiser Chiefs She Wants Revenge
jordan gadapee The Colour Kasabian Snow Patrol
The Cribs KillRadio The Spinto Band
Typography has always been a muse of sorts for me. The Crimea Killers Stereophonics
Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, The Kings of France The Strokes
After completing my first typogrpahic compositions as an The Dandy Warhols LCD Soundsystem Starline Theorie
undergraduate sophomore, I have been charmed by the The Dead 60’s The Like The Subways
ways in which letter forms, symbols for phonetic sounds, Doves M83 Swayzak
Editors Marjorie Fair Thievery Corporation
can be restructured, redesigned, and reinterpreted. Most of Elefant Maximo Park The Velvet Teen
my design begins with typography, and that may include Facing New York Minus the Bear We Are Scientists
something as simple as selecting and ‘specing’ a typeface The Faint Monsters Are Waiting White Rose Movement
Franz Ferdinand The Music The White Stripes
or creating exploratory typographic collages. Currently I Gang of Four Nine Black Alps
am finishing up my M.F.A. thesis at the University of Iowa, Giant Drag Nine Inch Nails
in Iowa City, where I am looking into the ways in which
absurd time constraints lead to discovery, through chance
and serendipity (using typogrpahy of course). Visit
www.jordangadapee.com for more information. Sarit melmed
Hi my name is Sarit and I recently moved to
Brooklyn, NYC from Milan, Italy. My passions are
art and design. I love liquid gold and I don’t watch
television. Please visit my new website:
www.saritmelmed.com.
phasecollective info
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on upcoming issues, contribution guidelines, and the rest of it.

The Phase Collective and Phase Magazine were established in late 2005
by Gabe Ruane and Brett Jorgensen because it was time for something
new. We hope you enjoyed Phase01, and we’re looking forward to
bringing you something completely different the next time around.

gabe ruane
gabe@phasecollective.com

brett jorgensen
brett@phasecollective.com