Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Not just a punny name, Phil and the Osophers crafts “catchy, literate songs that blend musical genres from folk rock to world beat.” (Relix)

Ghettoblaster Magazine agrees, saying, “He’s not just another pop songwriter,” in premiere coverage of latest single “Endeavour,” available now.

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Phil Radiotes of Phil and the Osophers as photographed by Kenneth Anderson.

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Phil and the Osophers – Live


NYC! See Phil and the Osophers live on Thurs., March 21st at Berlin! More info here.

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“The music he creates doesn’t fall within cookie-cutter patterns and avoids current trends, instead creating music with psychedelic elements into structures that are pop-oriented. But he’s not just another pop songwriter.” – Ghettoblaster | Listen to “Endeavour” by Phil and the Osophers here or at the link below!


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The “Bee Liner” video by Phil and the Osophers features the long-lost 80’s video synthesizer, the Fairlight CVI, which Phil Radiotes first discovered at five-years-old performing a karaoke cover of “Bad” at the local mall. Watch the “Bee Liner” video and five-year-old Phil’s “Bad” cover at Relix Magazine or the links below!



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Five-year-old Phil Radiotes of Phil and the Osophers performs “Bad” at the local mall, providing visual inspiration years later for the “Bee Liner” music video!


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Phil and the Osophers – About “Bee Liner” and “Endeavour”

“The vibe I want to get across with the ‘Bee Liner’ video is a cross between the ‘Once In A Lifetime’ and ‘New Light’ videos,” says Phil Radiotes of Brooklyn’s Phil and the Osophers about the music video for his current single. Watch it now at Relix Magazine. “My dad spent some years as a bus driver, so I knew the look and attitude I wanted the bus driver to have, kinda cool and sweet. The bus in the song arrives offering some kind of deliverance.”

The “Bee Liner” video was made using the long lost video synthesizer from the 1980s, the Fairlight CVI.

“I was first unknowingly introduced to the Fairlight at five-years-old when I performed a karaoke version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ at a music service shop at the Fashion Island Mall in San Mateo, CA,” Radiotes explains. “I showed the ‘Bad’ video to (‘Bee Liner’ director) Ken (Anderson), he posted a sample of it to a few video forums, and found out it was a Fairlight CVI. We then tracked down what, to my knowledge, is the only working Fairlight CVI still available to use, and we convinced the guy who owns it to run our footage through it.”

 ‘Endeavour’ is a different type of song entirely,” Radiotes says. “It’s my attempt to write in Greek mythological terms. The central character is a banished mythological figure, who still sees his love up in the sky in constellation form, as he once was. Like in a Greek tragedy, he is hopeless, without chance to ascend back to what he sees as his rightful place in the sky.  He can only watch as Orion moves into his place and opine about how he has fallen from the gods’ favor.”

Listen to the latest single “Endeavour” by Phil and the Osophers, out now. The “Bee Liner” music video can be seen here. Look out for the latest Phil and the Osophers full-length From The Rise of Fall this summer.

Phil Radiotes is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Phil and the Osophers Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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