Cultural Enterprise

Basic Information

Business Name

Graham Bowers ~ Red Wharf

Gender

Male

Hometown

Anglesey

About me

Graham Bowers approach to musical composition developed out of his life long fascination with associative listening (the association of sound related to life experiences) and evolved into a genre of music which he describes as "Sound Theatre".
After many years of writing sound scores for contemporary dance, mime and experimental theatre performances, his debut album, "Of Mary's Blood" was released on the Red Wharf label..........................

The first in a trilogy, "Of Mary's Blood" combined classical, progressive and experimental music. Produced and recorded with Peter B Gallagher, with musical contributions from Mark J Porter, it received critical acclaim from the international music press (The Wire, Audion, Mouvement-Nouveau) as did all of his subsequent releases.
It was followed by "Transgression", and the trilogy finished with "Eternal Ghosts", featuring musical contributions from Tim Franks, Peter B Gallagher, Mark J Porter, Jim Keddie, and William Henshall..........................

After an absence due to a serious accident, Graham Bowers wrote and recorded several sound scores for fine art animation films, in collaboration with film-maker Clive Walley; these included an MTV ident and a series of Short Shorts for the British television channel S4C.
He has also produced two short experimental films both of which have been shown at international film festivals..........................

Sculpting has resulted in private and public commissions (St. Davids Hall, the national concert theatre of Wales, The Space at Dundee) and the creation and realisation of animatronic characters for a television series in collaboration with the writer and creator of The Bradshaws, Buzz Hawkins.
Bowers finally returned to his own full length conceptual compositions of "Sound Theatre" with "Pilgrim"..........................

The musical works have been played and written about extensively in recent years, receiving extended half-hour and two-hour air-play features on national and regional radio stations in the UK, Holland, Germany, Australia and the USA.

Contact Information

Country

United Kingdom

Website

www.red-wharf.com

Education