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Phantasm

Metal band from Berlin · formed 1994

Phantasm is an award-winning viol consort founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus, specializing in 16th- and 17th-century English music. The ensemble has won multiple Gramophone Awards for recordings of composers such as Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons, and John Dowland.

Automated summary by BandSlate from the band's website and Last.fm.

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Phantasm photo
Photo: Spotify
Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
49
Cities
34
Releases
25
Last show
Sep 5, 2026Denver

About

Phantasm is a band from Berlin, formed in 1994, tagged baroque, Classical, death metal by its sources. Shows on record run from 2011 to 2026, across 49 rooms in 34 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

60+ on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 201116 shows
  2. 201214 shows
  3. 20135 shows
  4. 20152 shows
  5. 20164 shows
  6. 20173 shows
  7. 20182 shows
  8. 20191 show
  9. 20222 shows
  10. 20232 shows
  11. 20244 shows
  12. 20251 show
  13. 20264 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Sep 5, 2026Denver · DenverSupportwith Fantom Freq, Rhiannon Roze, DARE 80, +2
Jul 2, 2026The Haggerston · LondonSupportwith Pearl2, Lucky Iris
Feb 27, 2026Realm · PortlandHeadlinerwith Lee Reynolds
Feb 5, 2026Soup · ManchesterHeadlinerwith KiShordie, B.S.K., K.I.Z.
May 17, 2025Little Cottage Brewery · Avondale EstatesSupportwith FNTM!, Los Ojos Muertos, Subdivisions (US), +1
Dec 7, 2024Bendigo Hotel · CollingwoodSupportwith The Reaper, Jalang
Nov 23, 2024The Tote - Band Room · CollingwoodSupportwith Poison Ruïn, Body Maintenance, Armour
Oct 5, 2024The Old Bar · FitzroySupportwith Shove, Swab
Mar 16, 2024The Old Bar · FitzroySupportwith The Hacker, Swab
Jun 9, 2023Northcote Social Club · NorthcoteSupportwith GELD, Terminal Sleep, Gutless
Apr 21, 2023Cactus Room · ThornburyHeadliner
Jul 23, 2022MilkBoy Philly · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The Dead Flowers, Andorra
Jun 11, 2022Dobbs on South · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Huxley (US), HIGH LEAF
Apr 26, 2019Gary's Bar · PalmyraSupportwith Beer and Pretzels, aFourLetterWord, Keyhole Peepshow
Oct 7, 2018Bristol Imax Omnitheater at the Most · SyracuseHeadliner
Mar 31, 2018River City Blues Club & Dart Room · HarrisburgHeadlinerwith aFourLetterWord
Sep 23, 2017Boot & Saddle · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith Saint Slumber, Kid Felix
Aug 19, 2017Metro Baltimore · BaltimoreSupportwith Vinny Vegas, Aaron Emmanuel
Apr 1, 2017Boot & Saddle · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith The Tea Club, Something Like a Monument
Sep 24, 2016TIFF Bell Lightbox · TorontoHeadlinerwith The Kicks, Tiff Bell Lightbox
Jul 8, 2016The Fire · PhiladelphiaHeadliner
Jun 18, 2016Hard Rock Café - Philadelphia · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Plantation, Holy Smoke
Mar 31, 2016Voltage Lounge · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Flyermile, Alright Junior, Something Like a Monument, +2
Nov 13, 2015Connie's Ric Rac · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The One2s, Pravda
Oct 24, 2015Stage on Herr · HarrisburgSupportwith Headache with Pictures
Jul 20, 2013The Blockley · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Splintered Sunlight, Dizzy Reed, Kid Felix
Jun 15, 2013MilkBoy Philly · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Kid Felix, Moonstriker
Apr 13, 2013North Star Bar · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The Escape
Mar 23, 2013Grape Room · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The Shills, RITUAL, White Limo
Jan 25, 2013Middle East - Downstairs · CambridgeSupportwith The Shills, Strange Changes, Masta Killa, +1
Sep 28, 2012Grape Room · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Black Dirty, The Beta Phase, Last Hour Battle
Sep 15, 2012Double Door · ChicagoSupportwith The Memorials, Amrita, The Moses Gun, +1
Sep 9, 2012Grog Shop · Cleveland HeightsSupportwith The Memorials, Call Us Kings, Post Vinyl, +3
Aug 30, 2012Fête Ballroom · ProvidenceSupportwith The Memorials, Sun of Sound, Herra Terra, +1
Aug 23, 2012The Blockley · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The Memorials, Hierosonic
Aug 18, 2012Sully's Pub · HartfordHeadliner
Jul 28, 2012Theatre of Living Arts · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith Crobot, The Black Stars, The Formulary
Jul 21, 2012Puck · DoylestownSupportwith Gina Sicilia, Lizanne Knott, Revere
May 31, 2012T.T. the Bear's Place · CambridgeSupportwith Protean Collective, Moniker, Trespasser
May 26, 2012MilkBoy Philly · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith Crobot, Love Panther
May 24, 2012Strange Matter · RichmondHeadlinerwith Promethean, Comrades, Solace Sovay
May 7, 2012Bowery Electric · ManhattanSupportwith The NGHBRS, JACOBI WICHITA, Atom Strange, +3
Apr 21, 2012The Blockley · PhiladelphiaHeadliner
Feb 25, 2012Grape Room · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith The Beta Phase, L.U.X, The Gut Strings, +1
Dec 30, 2011MilkBoy Philly · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Mock Suns, Man the Fire
Dec 23, 20119th Ward at Babeville · BuffaloSupportwith Flood the Shoreline, Sleepy Hahas, Bear Hunter
Aug 13, 2011The Legendary Dobbs · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Honor by August, Zak Sobel, Johnny Action Figure, +1
Aug 12, 2011Puck · DoylestownSupportwith Revere Usa, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 11, 2011Fontana's · New York (NYC)Supportwith Revere Usa, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 10, 2011Spike Hill · BrooklynSupportwith Revere, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 9, 2011Church of Boston · BostonSupportwith Revere Usa, Desolation Bells, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 6, 2011Reverb · ReadingSupportwith Revere, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 5, 2011Lizard Lounge · LancasterSupportwith Revere, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 3, 2011The Stanhope House · StanhopeSupportwith Revere, Johnny Action Figure
Aug 2, 2011Velvet Lounge · WashingtonSupportwith Revere, Johnny Action Figure
Jun 21, 2011Apophenia kicking off the first day of summer @ Coney Island!! 2011 · BrooklynHeadliner
Jun 10, 2011Olives · NyackHeadliner
Jun 9, 2011Seaside Tavern · StamfordHeadliner
Jun 3, 2011North Star Bar · PhiladelphiaSupportwith ZO2
May 27, 2011Broadway Bar · AmityvilleSupportwith Vinny Vegas, Apophenia, Party L.I.F.E, +2

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Where they play

49 rooms in 34 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Philadelphia21 shows
  • Brooklyn2 shows
  • Cambridge2 shows
  • Collingwood2 shows
  • Doylestown2 shows

and 29 other cities

Live history

121 shows on record
Shows counted
121
First on record
Mar 1986
Latest on record
Sep 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20093
  2. 201037
  3. 201127
  4. 201214
  5. 20135
  6. 20152
  7. 20164
  8. 20173
  9. 20182
  10. 20191
  11. 20222
  12. 20232
  13. 20244
  14. 20251
  15. 20264

Top rooms

  • North Star Bar, Philadelphia · 8
  • Grape Room, Philadelphia · 7
  • The Blockley, Philadelphia · 5
  • MilkBoy Philly, Philadelphia · 4
  • Coffee Club, Media · 4

Top cities

  • Philadelphia, PA · 40
  • Jamestown · 6
  • New York (NYC), NY · 4
  • Media, PA · 4
  • Towson, MD · 3

Often on the bill with: Johnny Action Figure, Revere, The Memorials, Apophenia, Alright Junior, Crobot, New Liberty, Something Like a Monument

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

25 releases, 1991–2025

  • The Art of Fugue

    2025 · Album

  • Combustion v.5

    2025

  • Consorts Flat and Sharp

    2024 · Album

  • Four‐Part Consorts

    2022 · Album

  • The Well-Tempered Consort – II

    2021 · Album

  • The Well-Tempered Consort – I

    2020 · Album

  • For Lovers of Consort Music

    2018 · Album

  • Complete Consort Music

    2017 · Album

  • Lachrimae or Seven Tears

    2016 · Album

  • William Lawes: The Royal Consort

    2015 · Album

  • John Ward: Fantasies and Verse Anthems

    2014

  • Consorts to the Organ

    2012 · Album

  • Complete Consort Music

    2011 · Album

  • Consort Music for Five and Six Viols

    2009 · Album

  • Six-Part Consorts

    2006 · Album

  • Four Temperaments

    2005 · Album

  • Consorts for Viols

    2004 · Album

  • Consorts in Six Parts

    2002 · Album

  • 3Lux (The DVD Collection)

    2001

  • Consorts in Four and Five Parts

    2000 · Album

  • Art of Fugue

    1998 · Album

  • Techno Beat II - 100% Techno

    1992

  • Bass Movement

    1991

  • The Dance Sampler - 4th Chapter

    1991

  • 3Lux (Techno Video Mix)

    1991

Lineup

  • Laurence Dreyfus
  • Catherine Finnis
  • Wendy Gillespie
  • Joanna Levine
  • Markku Luolajan-Mikkola
  • Jonathan Manson
  • Susanna Pell

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2021-06-20–2021-06-20 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP

Lineup history

13 members on record
  • Asako Morikawatenure unknown
  • Catherine Finnistenure unknown
  • Daniel Hydetenure unknown
  • Elizabeth Kennytenure unknown
  • Emilia Benjamintenure unknown
  • Heidi Grögertenure unknown
  • Joanna Levinetenure unknown
  • Jonathan Mansontenure unknown
  • Laurence Dreyfustenure unknown
  • Markku Luolajan-Mikkolatenure unknown
  • Mikko Perkolatenure unknown
  • Susanna Pelltenure unknown
Show 1 more members
  • Wendy Gillespietenure unknown

Years come from public music databases. Where none says a member left, the end is shown as unknown; it does not mean they are still in the band.

Members also play in: Academy of Ancient Music (via Jonathan Manson), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (via Jonathan Manson), Concordia (via Joanna Levine), Cordaria (via Joanna Levine), Da Camera (via Susanna Pell), Fretwork (via Wendy Gillespie), London Haydn Quartet (via Jonathan Manson), Pellingmans' Saraband (via Susanna Pell) and 6 more

Shares members with: Collegium Musicum 90 (via Elizabeth Kenny), Concerto Caledonia (via Elizabeth Kenny), La Serenissima (via Jonathan Manson), Le Concert D'Astrée (via Emilia Benjamin), Les Arts Florissants (via Emilia Benjamin), Les Talens Lyriques (via Laurence Dreyfus), Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment (via Jonathan Manson), Pomerium (via Wendy Gillespie) and 5 more

Photos, art and posters

Phantasm — Photo · promo
Photo · promo — TheAudioDB
Phantasm — Photo · promo
Photo · promo — TheAudioDB
Phantasm — Realm, 2026-02-27
Poster · Realm, 2026-02-27 — Songkick
Phantasm — Bendigo Hotel, 2024-12-07
Poster · Bendigo Hotel, 2024-12-07 — Songkick
Phantasm — The Tote - Band Room, 2024-11-23
Poster · The Tote - Band Room, 2024-11-23 — Songkick
Phantasm — The Old Bar, 2024-10-05
Poster · The Old Bar, 2024-10-05 — Songkick
Phantasm — Northcote Social Club, 2023-06-09
Poster · Northcote Social Club, 2023-06-09 — Songkick
Phantasm — MilkBoy Philly, 2022-07-23
Poster · MilkBoy Philly, 2022-07-23 — Songkick
Phantasm — Dobbs on South, 2022-06-11
Poster · Dobbs on South, 2022-06-11 — Songkick
Phantasm — Gary's Bar, 2019-04-26
Poster · Gary's Bar, 2019-04-26 — Songkick
Phantasm — Hard Rock Café - Philadelphia, 2016-06-18
Poster · Hard Rock Café - Philadelphia, 2016-06-18 — Songkick
Phantasm — Connie's Ric Rac, 2015-11-13
Poster · Connie's Ric Rac, 2015-11-13 — Songkick
Phantasm — The Blockley, 2013-07-20
Poster · The Blockley, 2013-07-20 — Songkick
Phantasm — MilkBoy Philly, 2013-06-15
Poster · MilkBoy Philly, 2013-06-15 — Songkick
Phantasm — Grape Room, 2013-03-23
Poster · Grape Room, 2013-03-23 — Songkick
Phantasm — Grape Room, 2012-09-28
Poster · Grape Room, 2012-09-28 — Songkick
Phantasm — Double Door, 2012-09-15
Poster · Double Door, 2012-09-15 — Songkick
Phantasm — Puck, 2012-07-21
Poster · Puck, 2012-07-21 — Songkick
Phantasm — T.T. the Bear's Place, 2012-05-31
Poster · T.T. the Bear's Place, 2012-05-31 — Songkick
Phantasm — The Legendary Dobbs, 2011-08-13
Poster · The Legendary Dobbs, 2011-08-13 — Songkick
Phantasm — Spike Hill, 2011-08-10
Poster · Spike Hill, 2011-08-10 — Songkick
Phantasm — North Star Bar, 2011-06-03
Poster · North Star Bar, 2011-06-03 — Songkick
Phantasm — Heirloom Arts Theatre, 2011-02-26
Poster · Heirloom Arts Theatre, 2011-02-26 — Songkick
Phantasm — Stage on Herr, 2010-12-20
Poster · Stage on Herr, 2010-12-20 — Songkick
Phantasm — Uncle Mike's, 2010-07-10
Poster · Uncle Mike's, 2010-07-10 — Songkick
Phantasm — Fender's Ballroom, 1988-01-29
Poster · Fender's Ballroom, 1988-01-29 — Songkick

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Phantasm on DiscogsArtist facts
Phantasm on TheAudioDBArtist facts
WikidataArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
SpotifyPhotos
TheAudioDBPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
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This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.