Band Members

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

guests:

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)
postcards from nowhere
(album, distant noise records, 2008)
somehow ecstatic compilation
(somehow ecstatic records, compilation, 2008)


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: a split album with port-royal coming out in september on sound in silence (greece), more releases coming out soon on labels such as enraptured (uk), symbolic interaction (japan), 9.12 (canada), friend of mine (japan), happy end music (finland) and also remixes for port-royal, yellow6, televise, carta, epic45 and jatun.

www.myspace.com/geezertek

live @ mir festival!

Saturday 19 Sep.
2008 - start: 22:00

absent without leave live @ akis davis theatre (ex- alkmini)

Alkminis 8, K.
Petralona, Gkazi (near keramikos metro station), Athens

map/getting there: www.mirfestival.gr

absent without leave for the first time presents an audiovisual performance called misty recollections.

absent without leave will be presented tomorrow on flight sessions radio show on resonance fm, 104.4 (UK).


listen online at 7.30pm (UK) (9.
30pm greek time) by visiting:

www.resonancefm.com

you can find more information about the show, the featured artists, the tracklists and many more here:

flightsessionsradioshow.blogspot.com

The very much anticipated port-royal / absent without leave split album, called magnitogorsk, is out now by sound in silence (www.myspace.com/soundinsilencerecords).

It includes a total of 8 exclusive new tracks, 4 tracks per artist. Each artist contributes 3 new unreleased tracks and there are also 2 collaborative tracks. In fact, these are two remixes as each artist has remixed an older track of the other artist.
The split is packaged in a recycled cardboard with the front cover image printed on photo paper!
It's a limited edition of 500 hand-made collectable copies and there is a total of 50 different front cover photos (10 copies with each photo).
Each cd comes with a tracing (transparent) paper insert including the tracklist and the credits too.
Each copy costs 10 euros (including worldwide shipping) and you can order it using the paypal buttons on these profiles:
www.myspace.com/soundinsilencerecords
www.myspace.com/geezertek
and it is also distributed by some other good record stores and mail orders worldwide.

The split album called magnitogorsk with port-royal is finally out by sound in silence and is distributed in Athens by vinyl microstore (Didotou 34, Athens).

Áêïëïõèåß äåëôßï ôýðïõ:

Ç ðïëõáíáìåíüìåíç óõíåñãáóßá ôùí port-royal ìå ôïí absent without leave åßíáé åðéôÝëïõò ãåãïíüò!

Ôï split album ôïõò ìå ôßôëï magnitogorsk êõêëïöïñåß áõôÝò ôéò ìÝñåò áðü ôçí sound in silence. Ôï magnitogorsk åßíáé Ýíá full-length split album áðïôåëïýìåíï áðü ï÷ôþ óõíïëéêÜ êïììÜôéá. ÊÜèå êáëëéôÝ÷íçò óõíåéóöÝñåé óôï album ôñßá íÝá áêõêëïöüñçôá êïììÜôéá ôïõ åíþ õðÜñ÷ïõí êáé äýï êïììÜôéá óõíåñãáóßáò. ÓõãêåêñéìÝíá, ðñüêåéôáé ãéá äýï remixes áöïý ï êÜèå Ýíáò Ý÷åé åðåîåñãáóôåß Ýíá ðáëéüôåñï êïììÜôé ôïõ Üëëïõ.

Ç÷çôéêÜ ôï magnitogorsk óõíäõÜæåé ìå Ýîõðíï ôñüðï ôüóï óôïé÷åßá áðü ôçí electronica êáé ôçí ambient üóï êáé áðü ôï shoegaze áëëÜ êáé ôï post-rock.

Ôï magnitogorsk êõêëïöïñåß óå 500 óõëëåêôéêÜ, ÷åéñïðïßçôá áíôßôõðá.

Ç óõóêåõáóßá ôïõ åßíáé áðü áíáêõêëùìÝíï ÷áñôüíé êáé ãéá åîþöõëëï Ý÷åé ìéá áëçèéíÞ öùôïãñáößá, åíþ õðÜñ÷ïõí óõíïëéêÜ 50 äéáöïñåôéêÝò öùôïãñáößåò / åîþöõëëá (10 áíôßôõðá ìå êÜèå ìßá).



Ôï magnitogorsk äéáíÝìåôáé óôçí ÁèÞíá áðü ôï vinyl microstore (Äéäüôïõ 34) êáèþò åðßóçò åßôå ìÝóù paypal åßôå ìå áíôéêáôáâïëÞ áðü ôéò åîÞò óåëßäåò:

www.myspace.com/geezertek

www.myspace.com/soundinsilencerecords

Åðßóçò:

Ôçí ÊõñéáêÞ 5 Ïêôùâñßïõ, ôï kinky kong (Áâñáìéþôïõ 6-8, ÌïíáóôçñÜêé) óå óõíåñãáóßá ìå ôçí sound in silence ðáñïõóéÜæïõí ôïõò port-royal êáé ôïí absent without leave óå Ýíá double-bill concert óôçí ðñþôç åðßóçìç ðáñïõóßáóç ôïõ magnitogorsk. ÌÝóá áðü äýï ïðôéêïáêïõóôéêÜ sets èá ôáîéäÝøïõí ôï êïéíü ìå ôéò ìåëùäßåò êáé ôéò åéêüíåò ôïõò.

¸íáñîç: 21:00

Åßóïäïò: 15 åõñþ



Ïé port-royal ó÷çìáôßóôçêáí ôï 2000 óôç ÃÝíïâá ôçò Éôáëßáò êáé Ý÷ïõí óôï åíåñãçôéêü ôïõò äýï albums, ôá ïðïßá áðÝóðáóáí äéèõñáìâéêÝò êñéôéêÝò áðü ôïí îÝíï ôýðï (éäéáßôåñá ôï íôåìðïýôï album ôïõò flares èåùñÞèçêå ùò Ýíá áðü ôá óçìáíôéêüôåñá albums ôïõ 2005), óôçí áããëéêÞ áíåîÜñôçôç åôáéñåßá resonant, Ýíá remix album åðßóçò óôçí ßäéá åôáéñåßá, ôñßá eps, äýï óôçí êáíáäéêÞ chat blanc êáé Ýíá óôçí éôáëéêÞ marsiglia, áëëÜ êáé áñêåôÝò óõììåôï÷Ýò óå óõëëïãÝò. ¸÷ïõí óõíåñãáóôåß ìå êáëëéôÝ÷íåò üðùò ulrich schnauss, millimetrik, televise (ex-slowdive), yellow6, stafraenn hakon, manual ê.Ü. êáé Ý÷ïõí ðåñéïäåýóåé ìå åðéôõ÷ßá óå äéÜöïñåò ÷þñåò (Áããëßá, Ãáëëßá, Áõóôñßá, Ñùóßá, ÂÝëãéï, Ðïëùíßá, Êñïáôßá, Óëïâåíßá).


Ï absent without leave îåêßíçóå íá ç÷ïãñáöåß ôï 2001 óôçí ÁèÞíá êáé ðëÝïí Ý÷åé îåðåñÜóåé ôá óôåíÜ ìïõóéêÜ óýíïñá ôçò ÅëëÜäáò êõêëïöïñþíôáò ôéò äïõëåéÝò ôïõ óå ìåñéêÝò áðü ôéò ðéï åíäéáöÝñïõóåò áíåîÜñôçôåò åôáéñåßåò ðáãêïóìßùò. ¸÷åé óôï åíåñãçôéêü ôïõ äýï albums (ôá ïðïßá áðÝóðáóáí åîáéñåôéêÝò êñéôéêÝò áðü ôïí åã÷þñéï êáé êõñßùò ôïí îÝíï ôýðï) óôéò áããëéêÝò distant noise êáé unlabel, äýï eps, óôçí êáíáäéêÞ chat blanc êáé ôçí éáðùíéêÞ duotone, êáèþò êáé ôñåéò split êõêëïöïñßåò ìå êáëëéôÝ÷íåò üðùò yellow6, kimonophonic ê.Ü. åíþ Ý÷åé êáé ðïëëÝò óõììåôï÷Ýò óå óõëëïãÝò. ¸÷åé óõíåñãáóôåß ìå êáëëéôÝ÷íåò üðùò yellow6, televise (ex-slowdive), carta, epic45, jatun ê.Ü. êáé Ý÷åé åìöáíéóôåß live ìå ôïõò piano magic, manyfingers, section 25 êáèþò åðßóçò êáé óôï synch festival 2007 ìå ôïõò mum êáé Üëëïõò ðïëëïýò.

absent without leave will play live together with god is an astronaut who will perform their music for the first time in Athens, Greece!!!


absent without leave & god is an astronaut - live @ an club
date: 01 Nov.
2008
address: Solomou 13 - 15, Exarchia, Athens
doors open: 21:30

new review on avopolis.gr (in greek)

www.avopolis.gr/greek/albums/default.asp?ID=4802

a split 3” cd between absent without leave & landshipping (ex-metrotone), featuring isan, will be released in april-may by the english label awkward silence recordings.

it’s really an honour for me to join the awkward silence roster which includes great artists like epic45, manual, isan, tarentel, part chimp, christian kleine, sybarite, stafraenn hakon, yellow6, portal, arovane, lusine, porn sword tobacco, d_rradio, emery reel, bronnt industries capital and many others too.

an absent without leave / landshipping (ex-metrotone), featuring isan, split 3" cd will released in next weeks on the english label awkward silence recordings.