Killaflaw as a writing and recording entity formed in 2006.
Prior to this, the individual members’ musical interests and activities are
relatively diverse. Andy Paton cut his teeth composing electronic music, melding
various influences, while at the same time adding his own original dimension.
This led to him performing extremely innovative and popular live electronics
sets, characterised by a hard beat and intelligently delivered improvisation.
Benn Helm on the other hand spent his years prior to Killaflaw in a more
rock/blues environment, writing, singing and playing guitar in several bands
prior to Killaflaw’s formation. It’s fair to say that singing is the
standout quality in Helm’s range of talent. Whether it’s low blues or screeching
rock, Helm can find the notes.
The band formed through a common desire to see
what the effect would be of combining their respective talents.
There are few
acts worldwide that convincingly create and deliver such a crossover sound as
Killaflaw and that can be evidenced by the makeup of their current fan base.
Fans of everyone from Slayer through to Hot Chip find something in the sound
that they can associate with and enjoy.
Key Events
In February 2008, the band
was winner of Liverpool’s Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) award and was
selected by Fran Healy of Travis to appear on the EP ‘Play. Stop. Rewind.’ By
April, the band signed its first management contract, which provided a more
structured approach to its ongoing development.
The band’s debut EP ‘Revolution’
was released in October and received critical acclaim, notably from both the
BBC’s Tom Robinson, Kerrang!’s Emma Scott and XFM’s Eddy Temple-Morris.
Temple-Morris publically states that the band is “the missing link between
Soundgarden and The Prodigy” and continues to vigorously support them. This is
was manifest when ‘Revolution’ won XFM’s Demo of the Year award for 2008.
Within
the last year, the band has attracted the attention of its peers within music,
most notably an offer from Temple-Morris and Tom Bellamy to produce their debut
album. The band has also collaborated with Shunda K of Yo!Majesty and continues
to have material remixed by Ed Cosens of Reverend and the Makers. Indeed, Cosens
has proposed a ‘supergroup’ writing partnership between himself and other
members of Reverend and the Makers and Killaflaw.
In 2009, the band has
continued to grow in stature, in terms of writing, recording and live
performance. The second EP ‘Holy Funk’ was released in July and will be followed
up with the release of ‘Set Me On Fire’ in October. To further illustrate the
regard in which the band are held, electro legends Utah Saints are currently
working on an exclusive remix of Killaflaw’s material.
Key shows have included
supporting Alabama 3 and Phil Hartnoll of Orbital, having worked alongside Chase
and Status the previous year. The key festival performance of the year so far has
been at The Secret Garden Party in July, which has been described as one of the
highlights of the event.
The band successfully completed its first official UK tour in
October 2009, including showcase MTV, BBC and Filter Magazine shows and have now released their third EP 'Set Me On Fire', complete with an exclusive remix by techno dance legends Utah Saints, prior to the release of
their debut album ‘Sleaze and Grit’.
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