Neil Campbell & Michael Flower

DOORS 7PM TICKETS £8 ADV (CLICK HERE) / £10

Muckle Mouth presents

Neil Campbell & Michael Flower, founding members of legendary Leeds freak-out collective Vibracathedral Orchestra, the "totemic ensemble of contemporary British outsider music"

as part of a celebration of Tony Conrad's life and work over two evenings, marking the one year anniversary of his death.

Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present will screen the following evening (Apr 6).

ABOUT

Neil Campbell has been active on the lunatic fringe of underground music since at least 1979. In that time, as well as his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra he has performed and recorded widely as solo performer, ad hoc collaborator and core member of groups such as A Band and Astral Social Club. His collaborations are myriad, including Richard Youngs, Campbell Kneale, High Wolf, Grumbling Fur, John Clyde-Evans, Filthy Turd, Oren Ambarchi, Ashtray Navigations, Spider Stacy, David Larcher, Blood Stereo, John Olson and Matthew Bower. Writers have described him variously as "a one-man subculture", a "grandfather figure" with "hallucinogenically inclined pallet". Neil shares his birthday with Grace Jones, Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot and Joey Ramone - LOOKOUT!

Michael “Mick” Flower operates himself in a similar musical territory which focuses on the droning element of strings, guitars, wind instruments and handheld percussion. Occasional vocal mutterings may remind people of traditional Indian ragas, while other parts of his work hints more at the academic influence of say a Henry Flynt or Tony Conrad. Mick has also played with everyone from Chris Corsano (as Flower-Corsano Duo),  Pete Nolan's Magik Markers side project Spectre Folk, MV&EE w/The Golden Road and Sunburned Hand of the Man.