― your null fame, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Second that in ramleh's case but Ascension I do. Last time I checked AMG the retard who 'reviewed' ascension had only got hold of three titles LP. This has a record of their first gig and, on the other side, a studio track. While I'm not too hot on their first gig, lets remember it is their first gig and its not a disaster and actually it is well worth having for the wonderful riffage on the second side 18- minute track (though Tony Irving's drumming isn't well recorded).
Overall its like saying the first few beatles records suck because they weren't experimenting and just doing boy band type stuff (actually, all beatles records suck even though i've only heard one).
I say this because 'Five titles' and 'broadcast' (the latter a live broadcast for a radio station in san francisco (double CD), the former a collection of studio and live tracks) are both ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MIND BLOWING AND GO FUCK YOURSELVES IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME. Put quite simply these improvisations rock, and Irving 'skull smashing' type drumming makes him one my fave drmmers evah. he perfectly complements Jaworzyn death metal meets derek bailey/sonny sharrock type guitar work.
Descension is Jaworzyn/irving plus simon fell on bass and charles warf on drums. The 1st part is OK recorded (48 mins improvisation). The last two parts are pretty bad (you can hardly hear simon fell) but its well worth having because it sounds like good speaker damage stuff anyway.
But yeah hopefully someone will reissue skullflower's 'Xaman' and some of the other stuff (though if you have anything we can always talk as I've said earlier).
― Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Bower teaching ppl how to play, huh? Skullflower's name has been cited as an influence in some of these 'death'/'sludgy-er' metal type band. Old man Gloom got mentioned in terrorizer i seem to remember as being influenced by skullflower. I completely forgot to check their last alb out.
Its gonna be tough to recreate some of their former glories (or even to carve a new direction on their own).
''tumult is going to be doing the ep ("super limited", great, just great) and a singles/rarity comp.''
I'll have to hunt this down. Thanks!
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
So am I! You guys have all the luck.
― Julio Desouza, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Friday, 3 January 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
i have "ruins" on cd and it is indeed bronzing at the edges but it doesn't seem to affect the sound at the moment; first thing i did when i got the CD is make a CDR backup and rip a copy to my harddrive just to be on the safe side. as for "xaman" being rare, it's probably no more rare on CD than any of the other shock/freek releases, but there's obviously going to be some attrition over the years... i have "xaman" on vinyl, which lacks the bonus tracks, but at least it - hopefully - won't rot.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Friday, 3 January 2003 04:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― your null fame (yournullfame), Friday, 3 January 2003 07:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also my copy of the Blue Orchids 'View From the City' cd comp has had a similar effect (release date unknown ? - but definitely early 90's), and others with the cd have said the same. But thankfully it still plays well.
Also, this cracked me up:
(actually, all beatles records suck even though i've only heard one).
Terrific critical acumen there.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 3 January 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
I tracked down the ramleh singles comp and I had a merry Xmas with it. quite nice but not as good as skullflower at their best.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 3 January 2003 13:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
Switch back and forth on: CARVED INTO ROSES
― doug (doug), Friday, 3 January 2003 20:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
After one adventurous day I found myself with a post-it note from myself that read "dear nick, welcome to your spine." That sums up skullflower well for me.
― nick ring (nick ring), Saturday, 4 January 2003 06:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 4 January 2003 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ~~~~ DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE ~~~~ (ex machina), Sunday, 18 September 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Sunday, 18 June 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 18 June 2006 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link
(and plenty of non-skullflower)
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 18 June 2006 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 18 June 2006 03:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 18 June 2006 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link
GIMME
― Q('.'Q) (eman), Sunday, 18 June 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 19 June 2006 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Someday I'll get around to writing that Skullflower discog overview...
― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 19 June 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
what did ppl think of 'Orange Canyon Mind' - to my ears not that diff from recentish Sunroof stuff, and not as tasty as the hototogisu stuff w/ marcia b (i know el sabor will prob disagree!)
i wish Stefan was a prolific as Bower
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Monday, 19 June 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0424,eddy1,54363,22.html
― xhuxk (xheddy), Monday, 19 June 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Monday, 19 June 2006 14:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 19 June 2006 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Q('.'Q) (eman), Monday, 19 June 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Matt Bower and Robert Creeley, separated at birth?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/BOWER.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/CREELEY.gif
― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link
So anyway, Crucial Blast reissued IIIrd Gatekeeper, and while I already had it, it's nice to hear/have rip open my head again. (Also the liner notes are invaluable for providing a detailed early history of the band, and imply that more reissues are due.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 November 2007 02:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Amazing album.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 22 November 2007 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm rather fond of Obsidian Shaking Codex, myself. It hardly ever seems to get any mention, for some reason.
― Michael Dudikoff presents Action Adventure Theatre, Thursday, 22 November 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
it's XAMAN for me, total mind destruction. i hope they can rescue somebody's CD for reissuing purposes at some point.
i thought i commented earlier ITT about IIIrd gatekeeper being kind of an odd choice as a reissue as it's already relatively easy to find. and i also thought i expressed some vague hope stefan jaworzyn would stop being a cock and let them reissue the early stuff.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, it's a good gateway drug of an album, I'd say. More focused, more conventionally RAWK, and given Crucial Blast's general approach, it suits them. So why not?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, more skullflower is always better than less. i just hope it sells and they're able to do more. go, crucial blast, go.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Edward III for that Skullflower singles comp he posted a while back. Thanks!!!
― sleeve, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Did I miss that? Is it still around?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah was that on leonardo or something?
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
It was on Leonardo, I can send you an email in a week or so if it is gone.
(xpost to Ned)
― sleeve, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
it's XAMAN for me, total mind destruction.
seconded
― am0n, Thursday, 22 November 2007 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the ugliest band names ever. Just felt like getting that out of my system.
― Turangalila, Thursday, 22 November 2007 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.newtrose.com/images/Gratefuldead/420703.jpg
― am0n, Thursday, 22 November 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost - no way. brilliant name. suits them to a T.
― Mr. Hal Jam, Thursday, 22 November 2007 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've always thought it was a very extremely awesome name.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 22 November 2007 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
you are welcome sleeve, glad you dug it...
for those who missed it's like scraping resin canyon
― Edward III, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:04 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks!!!!!!!
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 25 November 2007 09:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2007 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Thx for posting links to those interviews. I've liked Skullflower for years but never researched them at all. Im particularly fond of Xaman.
― Ulysses, Monday, 26 November 2007 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Jaworzyn speaks!
http://thequietus.com/articles/13503-skullflower-stefan-jaworzyn-interview
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
wow that photo
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Monday, 7 October 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
I CANNOT get over that photo, it's like a photo of the band one garage over from Husker Du and Soul Asylum circa 1981.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 October 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
haha pretty accurate
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Monday, 7 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for pulling that out Ned - enjoyed that, apart from a few errors that should be edited out from the text.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 October 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
sure, the lack of photographic evidence of this lot spurs images of black-draped easter island goliaths, but seeing them as average late 80s stoner college students makes perfect sense, the guys in that picture were hanging out in every college radio breakroom in 1988
I'll have to post the skullflower interview I did w/ jaworzyn back in '90, it's been interesting to compare and contrast against the quietus piece
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
haha yeah i wouldn't guess that was a band from England
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 October 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Great interview.
― What, me infallible? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
skullflower interview from ugly american #6, 1990, sorry for all this long
Ugly American: Ed or GregStefan Jaworzyn: last of the rare breed
UA: When and under what circumstances did the band first form?
SJ: Can't recall exact details -- it was either late '85 or early'86. At first we were called Total (after a non-group ofmyself and a photographer named Hugh; the two of us tooksmack and groveled around on the floor making droning noiseswith various electronic bits... I suspect this did not soundvery dramatic). We sort of appropriated the name. The firstrehearsal was Matthew, Stuart, and myself. Strangely enough,this is also the current line-up.
UA: Was the absence of any info about the band on the recordcovers a deliberate attempt to shroud Skullflower in mystery?Or was it just cheaper to leave the names off?
SJ: The former, totally and utterly against any perspective Iwould consider sensible. Let's not dwell on that...
UA: What's up with your fluctuating line-up? Does it causedifficulties?
SJ: With the first line-up Matthew was too inept to play guitaror bass properly and sing at the same time, so in came aperson named Binnie (now a tattooist and also on the new LP),long-time associate of Matthew and who'd been in a bandcalled Pure (Matthew and Binnie, no music, lots of screamingand background noise). Binnie played one-note bass for quitea while. Gary Mundy from Ramleh (weedy contemporaries ofWhitehouse) somehow entered on guitar, so for some time itwas thus: Matthew, vocals and occasional bass or guitar bits;Binnie, bass; Gary, guitar: Stuart, drums; me, guitar. Thiswas the line-up for a 12" we recorded but never released. Oneof the tracks on the unreleased session has mutated into"Wave", the 27-minute number on the new LP.
The fluctuating line-up has only caused difficulties if it'sbeen Stuart the drummer who failed to materialize - Matthewhas had to fill in on drums a couple of times (which actuallyended up pretty good -- results are on the CD, "Black AssBone" and "Elephant's Graveyard"). We've had Steve Throwerfrom Coil in on drums a couple of times. We've also had amutant called JFK on bass on the two above tracks. The stuffhe played was real good but he's not the kind of person youreally want to have to look at or converse with, so what thefuh... I don't think there was ever any idea of a concreteline-up as such and most of the time things have worked outmore than satisfactorily.
UA: Where, how, and on what do you record?
SJ: We record whenever, at a small studio in south London on8-track. It was once a month for a while, but things as theyare it isn't anymore.
UA: Do you have a legion of fans?
SJ: Don't know about fans. If there are any they're thankfullyreasonably silent. There are a couple of worthless losers whomouthed off that they were "friends" -- one of 'em is the UKequivalent of McGonigal (actually even worse if truth betold) and ought to be shot on sight. But fate always dealsthese dickweeds a losing hand and will strike 'em down withcancer pronto.
UA: Is appearing on the cover the New Music Express one of yourgoals in life? Have you been ignored by the English press?
SJ: Don't be silly. What exactly constitutes the English musicpress? If you mean the weeklies, then what difference does itmake if they ignore you anyway? We're not in this to hypeourselves up so we can sign to a major label and consequentlyspend all the time complaining about how shitty they are...
UA: Are you, Stefan, the main curley-q about which theSkullflower members nebulate? Are you the main man? TheSvengali? Or is this a troop effort?
SJ: No. No. No. Sort of.
UA: What equipment is used during the average Skullflowersession?
SJ: Various shitty guitars and decaying amps. Borrowed drum kit.Effects: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, Memory Man, Graphic Fuzz,and a creation called the Frequency Analyzer, which has beendistorted beyond belief by some freak who wired it up formain supply and overloaded it so much it sounds like purehell. The guitar on "Slaves" on the new LP is going throughit. Other shit: Yamaha digital echo and sampler (v. cheap)and Super Tone-Bender by (I think) Colour sound or something.Gary uses the Ibanez distortion, one of the best. C/R whatelse.
UA: Do you play live often? What are your shows like? Hypnotic orcheesy?
SJ: Have only played live 2 1/2 times. Once with Gary, Matthew,Stuart, and myself. We were called Total then still. Verynoisy. Once with only me and Matthew (the 1/2 time) and oncesupporting losers AC Temple, with Matthew, Stuart, and myselfon "Slaves", then joined by Binnie for "Wave". Both werelong. The tape didn't come out. Typical.
UA: Do you suck blood? Are you in fact a vampire?
SJ: Haven't sucked on anything for simply ages, sweety pie.
UA: From what influences and chemicals does Skullflower deriveits go-power?
SJ: Musical influences are whatever you want them to be. Surelyyou don't want me to drone on about what I/we listen to? Weall have totally different musical tastes anyway.
Used to take plenty of L at recording sessions. Much of thefirst 12" and Form Destroyer was produced at all-nightersunder the influence of extremely bad acid we named WhiteLightning. Much teeth-grinding and unhappiness generated byit. Steve Thrower once freaked out completely on it whilelistening to us produce a 10 minute noise track (as yetunreleased). Recent sessions have been (for me at least)drugless to a large extent and have taken place in daytime.
The acid is okay for recording but it fucks you up for mixingproperly. Haven't been able to take speed for fuckin' yearsnow and getting hold of smack A) involves dealing with theworld's worst subhumans and B) turns you into one when youtake it, which don't leave a lot of options.
UA: What are the band member's histories?
SJ: Matthew: Sulphur of Lions (supported the Biting Tongues acouple of times, I believe), Pure. Former included Stuart,latter included Binnie. Maybe something else but you don'tcare. Me: couple of live gigs in Whitehouse and alsocurrently involved in the regenerated Whitehouse, probable UStour in September. Gary: Ramleh, as I mentioned before. Alsoin Breathless, who you might have heard of. Very big inItaly. Oh. Binnie played on a Zos-kia single. Both Binnie andmyself played a live gig in Zos-kia (something I'm sure manypeople would rather forget). We've all played in varioushorrible groups that sort of formed our approaches. Generallyquite fun but nothing of "significance".
UA: Is Skullflower the next evolutionary step in music?
SJ: Yes. No.
UA: Are you a member of the Temple of Psychick Youth?
SJ: Are you serious? I wouldn't let my dork anywhere near thatlot.
UA: How much control do you have over what you are doing? Couldthe band reproduce "Elephant's Graveyard" note-for-note? Ordo you concentrate more on tone and mood?
SJ: There's only a couple of numbers we've tried to reproduce.Obviously it wouldn't be possible to reproduce anythingnote-for-note. Everything we do is improvised to variousdegrees. Usually a quick one-time run-through, then recordit. Only "Slaves" and "Wave" have been with us for a longtime. "Slaves" was actually performed by Pure many times. I'dsay it's almost entirely concentrating on mood and tone. Itis, however, an approach I find increasingly dissatisfying.
There comes a certain point when "notes" are called for andif that's the case I want them in tune with the bass. Thewall of sound still works (you'll hear evidence of both thesepaths on the new LP), but I think there's a danger of gettingstuck in a rut with recording that way all the time.
UA: Ever shot heroin with Sonic Boom?
SJ: Ever shot my wad in Sonic's bum? Pardon? What kind of asleazeball do you think I am?
UA: Do you people have jobs? Or do you live in the woods and eatJabberwockys?
SJ: Some do. I don't. Matthew now lives in the Lake District andis having to do shit work to survive. Stuart works at ascreen printers. Can't remember exactly what Gary does,civil service or the post office or something... I run afucking film festival and Shock Records, also edit ShockXpress mag, do some odd bits of writing, fuck knows whatelse. Ain't had a proper job for some time, to be honest.
UA: Ever been to Stonehenge?
SJ: Once. It was horrible. I ate loads of hash and wanderedaround amongst nude hippies until I freaked out and returnedto the truck we'd gone in. Hitched home the next daycompletely stoned and got off on the wrong bit of motorway.Never again (this was about '79).
UA: Do you see Skullflower making a trip to America?
SJ: Highly unlikely. Where's the fuckin' filthy clams?
UA: Will your records be released in the U.S.?
SJ: Released by whom? Some clown whose name I won't mention(actually Ernie at Circuit) tried to get me to license the7", the new LP, and CD to him for a price I wouldn't offer toa wino in the street. I think stuff's getting over thereslowly on import. Xaman will be out sometime in September.There's also a 7" out from Majora, who put out the Sun CityGirls' (one of my absolute favorite groups) last couple ofreleases. Also looks fairly certain to be a Forced Exposuresingle before too long. Both will obviously be reasonablyeasily available in the U.S. There'll hopefully be a CD ofXaman, too, with a couple of extra things. The LP has threetracks on side one, one on side two. There's some stuff wecouldn't fit onto the album -- Majora have got one of thosetracks for their 7" -- and an old number we did at the veryfirst recording session which I got back from RRRecords whodidn't use it. It's one of our faves, so that'll be on theCD.
UA: How many copies of the first EP, Form Destroyer, the 7", andthe CD were printed up? Will there be more printed for thosehopping on the bandwagon too late?
SJ: First EP: 500. Form Destroyer: approx. 600. "Bottomless Pit"7": 500 plus a not-for-sale edition of 75. CD: 1,000, thoughhopefully it will stay in print. I consider that to be thedefinitive edition of Form Destroyer, which I hated the mixof on vinyl. Likewise the last EP. The 7" will be availableon a CD compilation of the first five Shock singles, which'llalso have an extra track by each group. The new LP I guesswill be 1,000. The EP will hopefully remain out of print.Fuck the Form Destroyer LP anyway. Matthew repressed 300 orso of that, I think, so it's probably still available. Therewas supposed to be an info sheet I prepared for that. Neverwent in. Idiots requiring copies will only get them for twoIRCs.
UA: What are your plans for Shock?
SJ: Plenty. Maybe a new Strangulated Beatoffs 7". There's noshortage of material. I'm going to do some recording withTony Wakeford of Sol Invictus for a 7". A 7" from a new bandcalled Spasm, sort of a h/ c Hawkwind meets the Buttholes,which'll be produced by Steve Stapleton (Nurse With Wound).Possibly a new Current 93 7". I'd like to look further afieldto more avant-garde territory -- the Lol Coxhill LP is a stepin the direction I'd like to take, both for the label and theshit I do myself. I'm supposed to do some gtr on the nextNurse With Wound recording -- a 30 minute track of some sort.Main problem is that producing avant-fuck noise means slowsales means less records coming out. It's sort of frustratingto be sitting on stuff you want to put out but haven't gotthe money.
Shit I'd like to do (may, if all works out) is someBorbetomagus junk on CD and a compilation of material by theincredible Null/A.N.P. axis (monstrous Jap noise of thehighest calibre).
Anyway, what the fuck. Shock Xpress mag should mutate intobook form early next year. Every year I say I'll stop doingthe film festival but continue on... Things get out of handwith what you want to do, what you should do, and what youhave to do... But fuck, everything essentially sucks anyway,the world's a pit full of rancid horse piss and most people'slives need to be terminated real soon... End oftransmission...
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that!
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
np
tl;dr fun fact: matt bower played drums on "elephant's graveyard"
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
I noticed that!
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
We've also had a mutant called JFK on bass on the two above tracks. The stuff he played was real good but he's not the kind of person you really want to have to look at or converse with
jfk rfi
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
JFK was an alias of anthony difranco, he was the bassist on IIIrd gatekeeper
lot of shots fired in that interview lol
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for pulling out the other interview.
He has a mixed relationship w/publicity. Wantng Skullflower as a group to be known a bit more, gain a visibility - at fanzine level, rather than getting to the mainstream music press - but then after splitting away not ever having a web presence at all, and he is fairly hostile to anything web (eBay etc.)
For a group that sounded quite improvised its surprising how far between their live appearances were. And its a bit of an untold tale how he got to acquire 'notes'. His work with Ascension etc isn't texturey at all. Look at Jason Pierce's attempts at imrpov by comparison. SJ really absorbed the free stuff he was listening to.
Shame that Borbetomagus comp never came to be. The Dead C comp issued on Shock is one of my favourites in a very underrated calatogue.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, kinda fashionable at the time to take pops at Mike McG iirc, which always seemed like some bullshit to me.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
I never dug the Ascension stuff as much as Skullflower, but SJ did an awesome interview in Marc Master's Crank Automotive zine that was big reading for me in college. Same issue had an equally epic Richard Youngs interview.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 04:17 (ten years ago) link
Stefan used to be a regular punter at the bookshop where I worked, and was always a really sociable dude (I'm not sure the humour behind a lot of his opinions comes across that well in these interviews.) One day he came in while I was playing 'Copy Shoot Cop' by Spiritualised. Stefan asked me what it was, and when I told him it was Spiritualised, he was REALLY disgusted (w/ me, w/ himself, w/humanity)
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Copy Shop Cop
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 08:47 (ten years ago) link
http://jpburnett.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/skullflower252b252biii.png
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
V good interview w/this guy in the wire. Repeats his hostility to vinyl.
Also pleased he had a not so favourable reaction to Funhouse.
Also lol @plans for a Derek Bailey solo alb to called One More Solo Album
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 February 2014 10:56 (ten years ago) link
Sad sad that never came out.
Playing tonight: http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/voice-and-guitar-beyond-tradition.shtm
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 March 2014 12:31 (ten years ago) link
kvetch #1: o great reissuers of skullflower, you serve a worthy and honored purpose, but why o why do you place bonus tracks at the beginning? that must be some pretty righteous shit if you think I need to hear any of it before "elephant's graveyard".
actually…
― j., Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Last Shot At Heaven! up at Bandcamp with bonus trackhttps://skullflower.bandcamp.com/album/last-shot-at-heaven
― ringworm, Monday, 25 May 2015 10:16 (eight years ago) link
I don't think I've heard any Skullflower since 2008. Am I missing anything?
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 August 2017 11:56 (six years ago) link
The KIno series of remasters?I think I gave up on them after that . I think I have Argon somewhere and could never get into it.Had the IIIrd Gatekeeper in its original cd form which I got in Dublin in the mid 90s and like muchly. Also really like Ramlegh's Homeless for some of the same reasons.mauy prefer Loop for better groove.BUt have got into the KIno volumes I bought recently. Mainly IV though.
― Stevolende, Friday, 11 August 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
despite it's questionable title, Homeless features one of my favorite songs from either group...Fagenders.
― dan selzer, Friday, 11 August 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
fwiw a fag end is a cigarette butt in the UK
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 August 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
hah. I feel better about it now.
― dan selzer, Friday, 11 August 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
not like Ramleh never toyed around with some questionable stuff of course.
Ramleh's Circular Time 2cd from a few years back is well worth checking out... massive grooves, kinda noisy but earth-moving.
I actually just got all of the Kino CDs (I had Form Destroyer and Xaman on vinyl already but bonus traxx)! Was kind of wondering if he had gotten out of his uninteresting, headache-inducing black metal inspired phase 'cause I liked og Skullflower. I liked the weird, Krauty stuff he did in the later Sunroof! era and the first revival of Skullflower. I loved the weird, acoustic drone stuff he did for a while. But that shrieky shit makes me check out fast.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 12 August 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
https://skullflower.bandcamp.com/
― 👁 (am0n), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
I was hoping someone else had already spent weeks trawling through the Bandcamp but anyway
http://skullflower.bandcamp.com/album/the-wisdom-of-venom
Pretty listenable excepting some moments of high pitched feedback, but the last song is really cool... twisty organ loop into some epic guitar fuzz arching into the blastosphere. Kinda Sunroof! or Total vibes.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 August 2017 08:46 (six years ago) link
oh cool, sunroof! still one of my all time favorites even though i haven't kept up
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
though imo his peak is youngsbower
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah Youngsbower was amazing. Sigh. Why no Youngsbower 2?
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 August 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
That period where like Boredoms VCN and Super AE vibes and also Krautronic burbling melodies were influencing Bower was primo
I was hoping someone else had already spent weeks trawling through the Bandcamp but anyway― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, August 20, 2017 4:46 AM
haha it is a lot to go thru. no tinkling synths yet but the more recent stuff under the "yllustrous forger of dreams" moniker is reaching back to the calm era. will prob buy the newest one - https://skullflower.bandcamp.com/album/the-108https://skullflower.bandcamp.com/track/burning-swamp-of-pitch
this one is also nice owing to the psaltery playing - https://skullflower.bandcamp.com/track/melek-taus
also:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3931828151_10.jpg
― 👁 (am0n), Sunday, 3 September 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
Thanks! "Dove Grey Lagoons" on the 108 is great!
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 4 September 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link