I really don't know ... reviewers have mentioned the following, which might give a clue to those that care about such things, and no doubt some will agree and some will disagree with the comparisons: Nurse With Wound, AMM, Morphogenesis, Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse, Lustmord, Boris Murashkin, John Ireland, John Everall, Dumitrescu
Audio Drudge. (USA ~ Jason Mantis
...a dazzling palette of sounds that combust and converge like
broad brush strokes from a thousand blended colours.
Tans der Rosen. (Belgium) ~ Qa’Taari.
...Bowers breaks with all that is academic and conventional…..
a composition of great intrinsic value and extraordinary
beauty.
e/i. (USA) ~ Darren Bergstein
...All spiritualized essence and pagan ritual aside, this
long, single track disc is a well-crafted work of
electronically-realized, Wagnerian intensity.
Eskhatos. (USA) ~ Ares Solis.
...Bowers controls and contorts his medium while using the
listener’s own insecurities as instruments in this epic
oeuvre.
EB. (Germany) ~ Yvonne Brogi.
...like a radical work of modern literature, Bowers connects
avant-garde, new music, ambient, in an impressive montage of
acoustic snapshots.
Stride. (UK) ~ Norman Jope.
...Bowers has come up with something fresh and listenable…..
The complexity of this composition defeats a verbal
paraphrase….
Audion. (UK) ~ Alan Freeman
...Extraordinary, powerful and strange music this….. but more
than that, this is an unfocused and compelling work.
Deep Listenings. (Italy) ~ Gianluigi Gasparetti
...this is a powerful work…. This innovative music cannot be
compartmentalised, a fascinating experimental composition; in
fact a classic.
Transgression:
The Wire. (UK) ~ John Everall
...In constructing his spellbinding music, Bowers utilises
conventional instrumentation in a wonderfully unconventional
way……something very special and undeniably magical.
Avant. (UK) ~ Richard Cochrane
...Surrealism is indeed, Bowers' modus operandi… Transgression
is a work which repays close listening…
Fourth Dimension. (UK) ~ Richo
...there's an energy behind Bowers' music that, succeeds in
sucking the life out of the many genres responsible for
it.
Quick Edge Music. (UK) ~ Mark Porter
...the different elements come to the fore with varying
degrees of intensity, thereby leading to a multitude of listening
experiences.
Eternal Ghosts:
Audion. (UK) ~ Alan Freeman
...challenging it is, but it amounts to rock aesthetics laid
against dissonance, resulting in an abstract musical/sonic piece
of art.
Quick Edge Music. (UK) ~ John Rafferty
...This really is powerful…thought provoking…material which
warrants careful study...set aside an hour and let Bowers work
his magic on you.
The Wire. (UK) ~ Julian Cowley
...it is the persistence of this work, its monolithic
aspect…that makes it effective…as evocations of the uncanny…it
has unquestionable power.
Pilgrim:
Avant. (UK) ~ John Rafferty
...I would urge anyone to lay their hands on a copy of this
CD… an experience not to be missed.
The Wire. (UK) ~ Julian Cowley
...each new recording confirms the distinctiveness of Bowers’
musical vision… qualities that make Pilgrim such a pleasurably
uncanny experience.
Audion. (UK) ~ Alan Freeman
...Another conceptual opus…I won’t go into Graham’s enigmatic
ideas…on this being a prelude to…‘Pilgrim’s Progress’…this is
really his free-jazz album. |