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absent without leave
Shoegaze / Ambient / Electronica



Athens
Greece

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Member Since10/12/2005
Band Members

George Mastrokostas: guitar, bass, drum machine, keyboards, looper, glockenspiel, bells, music boxes, samples and programming

with assistance from friends:

Charalambos Theocharis (egsun): guitar, looper, glockenspiel and bells (live), bass and cello (postcards from nowhere)

Maria Vitsa: lyrics and voice (bon voyage)

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inland
(album, self-released, 2003)

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semper e.p.
(e.p., self-released, 2003)

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lost shadow
(single, self-released, 2005)

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affiliate program vol.3
(compilation, bsbta, 2005)

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bon voyage
(album, unlabel, 2006)

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lope / yellow6 / absent without leave / kimonophonic
(4-way split, bsbta, 2006)

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reborn e.p.
(3" e.p., duotone records, 2006)

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these waves...
(compilation, sound in silence, 2006)

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a small frame of reference
(compilation, october man recordings, 2006)

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absent without leave / cono norte 3
(3" split, sound in silence, 2007)

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bon voyage (2nd edition)
(album, sound in silence, 2007)

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the silent ballet vol.3 : unfolding a broken heart
(compilation, the silent ballet / lost children, 2007)

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absent without leave / doogie - among friends
(split album, fuzzy panda recording co., 2007)

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yuria 2006
(compilation, vm recordings, 2007)

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drifting skywards 3
(compilation, cold room, 2007)

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fugues
(compilation, fugues, 2007)

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resound e.p.
(3" e.p., chat blanc records, 2008)

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postcards from nowhere
(album, distant noise records, 2008)

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somehow ecstatic compilation
(compilation, somehow ecstatic records, 2008)

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port-royal / absent without leave - magnitogorsk
(split album, sound in silence, 2008)

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the silence was warm vol.2
(compilation, symbolic interaction, 2008)

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friend of mine compilation [unknown music]
(compilation, friend of mine records, 2008)

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series one remixes
(compilation, distant noise records, 2008)
Influencessome 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 Likeabsent without leave
Record Labeldistant noise, chat blanc, unlabel, duotone, bsbta
Type of LabelIndie


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   About absent without leave

absent without leave is the solo project of the 27 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 distant noise (uk), unlabel (uk), chat blanc (canada), duotone (japan), bsbta (denmark), fuzzy panda (usa), symbolic interaction (japan), october man (uk), friend of mine (japan) and also on his own label sound in silence (greece) and has collaborated for split releases with artists like port-royal, 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), double-bill concerts with port-royal and millimetrik, support gigs for 65daysofstatic and 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.
He has composed the soundtrack of the short film the crossroads (directed by Petros Sofikitis) and his music has been played on some of the best radio stations worldwide like BBC 6 Music, Resonance FM and others too.

forthcoming: participation in some compilations coming out soon on labels such as enraptured (uk), 9.12 (canada), happy end music (finland) and also remixes for port-royal, yellow6, televise, millimetrik, carta, epic45 and jatun.

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absent without leave - resound e.p. - 8€ including worldwide shipping!

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port-royal / absent without leave - magnitogorsk - 10€ including worldwide shipping!

magnitogorsk is also distributed by:
sound in silence (www.myspace.com/soundinsilencerecords) (greece)
vinyl microstore (didotou 34, athens) (greece)
darla (www.darla.com) (usa)
p*dis (www.inpartmaint.com/pdis) (japan)
norman records (www.normanrecords.com) (uk)
n5md (www.n5md.com) (usa)
linus records (www.linusrecords.jp) (japan)
smallfish records (www.smallfish.co.uk) (uk)
tonevendor (www.tonevendor.com) (usa)
friend of mine records (www.fomr-d.com) (japan)
catch the soap (www.catchthesoap.com) (greece)
white noise records (www.whitenoiserecords.org) (hong kong)
zoo records (www.zoo-records.com) (hong kong)
warszawa (www.warszawa.jp) (japan)
ear/rational (www.ear-rational.com) (usa)
play our music (www.playourmusic.net) (greece)
file under records (www.fileunderrecords.com) (japan)
lykkelig (www.lykkelig.jp) (japan)
pastel records (www.pastelrecords.com) (japan)
thirty-three (www.thirty-three.org) (japan)

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GIGOGRAPHY

04.04.09 - gagarin 205
w/ 65daysofstatic

26.03.09 - music hall diavlos
w/ millimetrik

12.03.09 - stavros tou notou
w/ modrec & saint catherine's british school's choir

22.01.09 - texas/necropolis club (dark days festival)
w/ common sense, dilemma, slow motion, split image, tilbury on cloves, mavro kokkino

29.11.08 - 8 dytika (playhouse gotique festival 4)
w/ split image, new zero god, midnight toys, herouvim & christabel etheriel

01.11.08 - an club
w/ god is an astronaut

05.10.08 - kinky kong
w/ port-royal

19.09.08 - akis davis (ex-alkmini) theatre (mir festival)

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 festival 2006)
w/ small hours society


   absent without leave's Friend Space (Top 40)
absent without leave has 14166 friends.
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 Epic45 


 My Bloody Valentine 


 hood 


 yellow6 


 Sierpinski 


 Bark Psychosis 


 July Skies 


 Hammock 


 BOARDS OF CANADA 


 múm 


 Colleen 


 Carta 


 Giardini di Mirò 


 God Is An Astronaut 


 Sigur Ros 


 amiina 


 building castles out of matchsticks 


 isan 


 manyfingers 


 Efterklang 


 Labradford 


 Stafrænn Hákon 


 Stars of the Lid 


 TELEVISE 


 ulrich schnauss 


 Millimetrik 


 Klima 


 65daysofstatic 


 Jatun 


 Part Timer 


 Enraptured Records 


 Distant Noise Records 


 chatblancrecords 


 unlabel 


 BSBTA 


 october man recordings 





absent without leave's Friends Comments
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ender





Jun 29 2009 1:03 PM

hello!
loco a.





Jun 29 2009 1:03 PM

thnx fr approve!!
Alexandros





Jun 27 2009 4:08 PM

thanks for the friend request... Keep up your good work
Dirt Spawn Disease





Jun 27 2009 1:31 PM

Geia xara George!
Thanx gia thn filia! kai kalh synexeia!

Take care
GaggedOceanid





Jun 26 2009 4:08 PM

egw eyxaristw :)
finneyerkes





Jun 26 2009 4:08 PM

thanks for add
your music is incredible
i hope you'll check us out and let us know what you think
we'd appreciate it
how are you? :]
Imaginary friends





Jun 25 2009 3:46 PM

ki ego eyxaristo absent !

c u !
earthlayforfiction





Jun 21 2009 1:39 PM

hi there. we just uploaded our new song called "Wish keeps overflowing" we will be glad to hear your comment.thanks!!

-shinya(earthlayforfiction)
→XȜnia[The happy(?!) punk Яocker]





Jun 21 2009 1:37 PM

Euxaristw polu gia to request!h douleia s einai polu wraia!exeis mia akomh fan!!!keep in touch
papertiger





Jun 21 2009 1:37 PM

Euxaristoume gia thn apodoxh!
Kalh synexeia!
Folkaholic (preparing for the LP)





Jun 21 2009 1:37 PM

hi there..hope you enjoy our peaceful songs.
best regards from folkaholic (jakarta, indonesia)
asineth





Jun 21 2009 1:36 PM

ευχαριστώ για την πρόσκληση..
πολύ ταξιδιάρικη μουσική..
Aris





Jun 21 2009 1:34 PM

geia hara kai eyharisto gia to request!
ερσάκι





Jun 9 2009 10:34 AM

photography Pictures, Images and Photos

καλημερα , ευχαριστω για την φιλια... υπεροχη η μουσικη σας, καλο καλοκαιρι !!!
Yuuki Hori





Jun 9 2009 10:34 AM

Thanks for the add!
Respect!!
BEYOND PERCEPTION





Jun 9 2009 10:33 AM

Emeis euxaristoume! Na'ste kala k kalh synexeia!!
99 3/4%





Jun 9 2009 10:33 AM

Thank you for the message.
I liked your music very much.
It is the highest.
monokid





Jun 9 2009 10:33 AM

se eyxaristw synonomate!!
h douleia sou einai panemorfh.
se eyxaristw poly.
geo
kia mafia





Jun 9 2009 10:33 AM

thanks for the request... poly kalh h mousikh sas! kalh synexeia!
shadowlike





Jun 9 2009 10:33 AM

so very enjoyable my friend :)
thank u,
marina
miktek





Jun 5 2009 9:50 AM

Thanx for your add.
Nice music.
Gi T.Picker





Jun 5 2009 9:38 AM

Πολύ πολύ καλοί...Keep going!! :D
My neXt Bodyfriend





Jun 4 2009 8:59 PM

..παρα πολυ καλή δουλεια!!μπραβο!
εχετε εναν ακομα fan τωρα!!
Experimental Feelings (Ambient)





Jun 4 2009 8:57 PM

Cheers for your sound.
Experimental Feelings (Ambient)





Jun 4 2009 12:29 PM

Nice sound, all the best.

T.
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