Floralis initially came from the hardcore punk community but felt a switch was necessary in order to connect more effectively to her heritage in music. About 7 years ago, Floralis began producing and writing electronic music with very specifically political and antifascist themes in mind.
In 2023, she released her debut album "My Name is Floralis" and did a tour where every date was a fundraiser for a local anarchist direct action group. She will be embarking on her European tour in September 2025, alongside antifascist industrial artist LVZ Silenciosa, to celebrate the release of her sophomore album "Sabouteur Club Anthems Vol. 1", set to release later this year.
Floralis has performed at: London Anarchist Bookfair 2023 and 2024, Trans Pride Brighton 2022 and 2023, and has performed alongside artists such as The Menstrual Cramps, BABii, oktae, HTMLJones, Kapil Seshasayee, Liv Wynter, Delta Sleep, and toured with the guitarist of Capn Jazz Victor Villarreal.
Photographer: Ruben Hackett (@rhackett.photo)
Ethnicity: Indo-Trinidadian - Scottish
Location: Brighton, UK
Instagram: @floralis_lc
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GET TO KNOW - completed March 2025
3 words to describe you:
Antifascist, artsy, angry
Describe your sound:
Floralis is an anarcho queer producer, singer and rapper that delivers unapologetically anarchist art pop dance music dealing with the process of neocolonialism, neoliberalisation and transness from a violently ethnic perspective. Gothic, dancey, groovey. Similar to: Björk, MIA, Chumbawamba
Describe the moment you knew that you wanted to pursue music:
When I was 7 year old I embarrassingly heard Metallica's St. Anger, which is widely regarded to be one of the worst metal albums ever. I decided at that moment that music was my life long love.
How does your heritage impact your art?
Much of my lyrical content focuses around the devastation caused by the hotel industry, indentured servitude, and settler colonial projects in general. A lot of these topics are very close to my heart as a colonised person, and I incorporate elements of Trinidadian/Desi music in order to further drive home these points.
What moment are you most proud of in your music journey so far?
Either going on tour with Victor Villarreal from Capn Jazz, or just where I am right now. I'm playing to people with radical politics, and I never want that to change.
Your next music goal:
To sort out this European tour in September! I'm really excited for it, but we just need to pull it off and make sure it goes off without a hitch.
If you could collaborate with anyone, who and why?
I'd love to collaborate with Björk as she really changed my view on what music could be. Using dance music to convey hectically emotional scenes I think is genius and is definitely something I try to do in my music.
Lyrics you live by:
"If you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say
Tell them that the Nazis never really went away
They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies
And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies."
(Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died)
3 songs you're listening to right now:
Chera - FARI ft. Kieron Pepper
Tru U - Ada Rook
Marching Powder - HYPHEN
Your community shout out:
Kapil Seshasayee (@kapilseshasayee). We played a show together back in 2016 and they've stayed as one of my oldest and most consistent friends in music. Not only have they always supported me, but their music is some of the most interesting stuff coming out of the UK, with interesting blends of math rock, hyperpop, and traditional Indian music. They're not afraid to speak out against Hindutva, the Caste system, or any injustice. They always live their politics, and I think that's rare to find.
Anything else you'd like to share:
Stay tuned for my new album this year! I'll also be releasing my next single, Black Combat Boots, in the next few months.
