Plastic Flowers


George Samaras, better known as Plastic Flowers, is a London-based Greek songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released three full-length studio albums, Evergreen in 2014, Heavenly in 2016 and Absent Forever in 2017.

Career

George started recording music on a TASCAM Multi-track and released a series of bedroom pop influenced EPs that have received praise for their lo-fi touch.
In 2014 his debut album Evergreen was released through Inner Ear Records, and Crash Symbols in Europe and the United States respectively. He later moved to London and recorded his second full-length album Heavenly in November 2015, and Absent Forever in 2017, both via The Native Sound and distribution by Warner ADA.
He became the first Greek act ever to perform at South by Southwest and toured USA and Europe. Plastic Flowers has also performed live at the Royal Academy of Arts, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens Concert Hall and Thessaloniki Concert Hall, and shared the stage with Bonobo, A.R.Kane, Emancipator, Still Corners. On his debut album he collaborated with Keep Shelly In Athens and NY-based folk artist Ed Askew.

Theodoros Pangalos Sample

In 2012, Plastic Flowers sampled Theodoros Pangalos' controversial ministerial statement "We fooled away the money together" in Sinking Ship/Vanished Crew.

Academia

As an undergraduate studying German at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki between 2009 and 2014, Samaras read modern and contemporary literature. He later completed a Master's Degree in Education Policy, and started his Doctoral Research at King's College London, where he investigates the rise of right-wing extremism in Greece during the fiscal crisis.
He is currently writing for Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
In June 2020, during the Black Lives Matter protests, he started a campaign against a local school in West Hampstead, named after slave owner William Beckford. The campaign received coverage from national newspapers and support from Emma Thompson, resulting in a name change.

Discography

LPs