SKULLFLOWER

An institution among the experimental scene in the british islands, Skullflower have been the prime vehicle for Matthew Bower's – also responsible for Sunroof!, Hototogisu or Total - longstanding journey within the fringes of rock music. With a respectable body of work started in the late 80's and a variable formation that included at some point musicians from such meritable projects like Coil, Nurse With Wound, Vibracathedral Orchestra or Ramleh, Skullflower's been a touchstone in the mutation of rock's guidelines, with great responsibility in many of its advancements since then – be it noise, drone, stoner or even esoteric metal. Initially associated with the industrial scene blooming in London at the time, but already defying any categorization, they had been blasting any assumptions one could have towards rock, taking it into a breaking point equal parts liberating and rampant, before Bower decided to call it quits in 1996. Seven years later he reappears wrapped around cosmic dust and kraut movements, only to shatter such conventions before drawing new paths of unpredictability. Recently Skullflower's been appearing as a duo, with Bower on guitar and Samantha Davies on the violin, enveloped in a ceremonial aura, leading a stormy flux of sound to new heights of spirituality.