Skullflower - This Is Skullflower

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5...according to our Ant on Thu 18 Mar, 2010.

VHF have reissued this disc from Matt Bower's long running Skullflower project. This particular incarnation features Bower on guitar and piano (!), Stuart Dennison on drums and viola, Russell Smith plays guitar, John Godbert plays piano and hand drum, also Richard Youngs is on guitar. This is very far removed from the current black metal influenced Skullflower sound. This is mellow and spaced-out psychedelic experiments from 1995. One track was recorded at the now defunct Termite Club in Leeds. It's a treat to hear Bower playing piano instead of shredding feedback. Interesting to hear a different side... A fine set of improv tracks.

...Most mellow and spacey SF release - and the last until their reactivation in the 2000's. The music here is an authoritative re-working of some of the ideas that first surfaced on their Argon CD (released by Freek). The modal structures and experiments with bowed instruments and horns that surfaced on that record are redefined and sharpened in terms of sound quality and execution, providing an extremely fulfilling listen for both the SF acclimated and the novice alike. The 40 minute "The Pirate Ship Of Reality Is Moving Out" was recorded live to DAT at a concert with Richard Youngs on extra guitar, and is the only SF live recording of such high fidelity. Also has very nice full color Matt Bower artwork all over. 4 tracks, 78 minutes.

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