Off out on their fourth album excursion and phantom ghost are travelling light through a cheerfully upbeat world. a world, not this time of spooks and spectres but of amicable malcontents, dallying dream-dancers and carefree loafers. yet despite this terrestrial cast and the cutback instrumentation of the songs - (prepared) piano and vocals - 'thrown out of drama school' is an exceedingly festive affair, real red-letter day music. their common passion for the made-up, the thrown-together and the weird and wonderful has paved the way for dirk von lowtzow and thies mynther for the last ten years and now they have arrived at a point where a dalliance with artificiality, mannerisms, exalted quotations and theatrical poses can be observed in it's purest form: on the stage, in drama school, behind and in front of the velvet curtain. even though “thrown out of drama school” is no 'real' high-school musical, it loosely follows the concept of a musical show - a small and fantastical concert with nine compositions, albeit with a few rough edges. after all, phantom ghost sing a paean of praise to those unruly, disobedient gestures that are governed not only by silly humour but also by a sweetness of temperament. even before the curtain rises, a timid waltz resounds.
1. The Charge of a Light Brigade 2. The Process (after Brion Gysin) 3. Thrown Out of Drama School 4. All Manner of Thing Shall Be Well 5. Ornithology 6. Meshes of the Afternoon 7. The Beautiful Fall 8. Miami 9. You're My Mate
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