Tones, vibrations, notes of joy and sadness, the noise from the A14 that passes my door and the ceaseless sound the twenty first century. Oh....and Syd (RIP), P. Schaeffer, Eno, kafka, Basinski, Murakami, Debussy, Satie, Morr music, caffine, Xenakis, Simon Emmerson, 4ad, Donald Judd, Can, Ian Curtis, Berg, Wishart, David Lynch, Morton Feldman, Walt Disney, Hammer Horror, George Lucas, Milan Kundera, Oscar Wilde, technology and nature, whiskey, Bernard Parmegianni, tinnitus, the sound of vinyl crackle, Mahler, the sound of Supercollider dust, 808/909/606, MBV, John Cage, Eliane Radique, Forever changes (A. Lee RIP), the beauty and the ugliness of human nature, dreams (always underwater), the river ouse and how the seasons change.
Sounds Like
The morning after the night before/ The night before the morning after.
Simon Scott debut album "Navigare" is out now on Miasmah Recordings (run by Erik Skodvin from Deaf Center/Svarte Greiner) with special guest contributions from Jasper TX, Moskitoo (vocals) and Rafael Anton Irisarri. MIACD011 :
www.boomkat.com say this:
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
SIMON SCOTT - Navigare
'Navigare' fully embraces the idea of sound-sculpting whilst retaining the more suggestively song-driven impetus of Scott's past. Another great entry into Miasmah's rock-solid catalogue, and a wonderfully rich ambient record in its own right - one whose residual echoes of a shoegaze past give it an appeal that transcends the usual parameters of drone music".
http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/simon-scott-navigare-miasmah/
:They say "Navigare is another masterful addition to their catalogue. Miasmah rules the (air)waves".
10/10 Review "Navigare" from www.fluid-radio.co.uk:
"Every now and then an album rises up from under the radar that has me engrossed to the point that it feels almost impossible to pen my thoughts and feelings. And so it is with Simon Scott’s new release ‘Navigare’ soon to be released on the Miasmah label. Being a huge fan of all things Miasmah and seeing how they have managed to produce breathtaking releases from day one, I was intrigued to discover that Simon was back in the studio constructing the next Miasmah offering, and also fascinated to see if he would be able to provide the label with a worthy composition befitting to the strong back catalogue already in place. ‘Navigare‘ has managed to do just that and so much more".
.... as we approach the end of the ‘Navigare‘ tale the listener is left in a state of exultation knowing they have just listened to what has to be one of the best Miasmah releases to date. 10/10
Review by Daniel Crossley – Fluid Radio"
OUT NOW:::: A hard drive sound file contribution to the Machinefabriek collaboration with Gareth Davis called "Soundlines". 3inch cd out on the Machinefabriek label plus an exclusive remix ("splinter 7" from the ep "Splinters"):
"Further adding to the acousmatic soundscape is Slowdive member Simon Scott, whose contributions are difficult to quantify (he's credited with "Other [Sounds]"), though whatever he's doing, he's clearly done it right - nothing on this record is out of place and the assembled artists collectively evoke the kind of haunted imaginary universe you'd hear on something like Svarte Greiner's Knive. Highly recommended".
OUT NOW*"88 tapes" Various CD/Download for www.boomkat.com - on Keshhhhhh: includes- Aus, Sawako, Lawrence English, Fourcolor, Mark Templeton, Greg Davis, Simon Scott ("20"), Moskitoo, Akira Kosemura, Christopher Bissonnette and Hannu. Mastered by Taylor Deupree and available now from www.keshhhhhh.com !
***'An exploration of electro-acoustic sound composition that allows the everyday to alter the listening perspective as environmental sound collaborates with music that is forever changing'.
Simon Scott is the ex slowdive drummer ("just for a day" lp, "souvlaki" lp and the "5ep") who runs the KESH recording label from Cambridge and is also in Seavault (with A.Ryan from Isan) on Morr Music. He has collaborated with Brian Eno, The Sight Below for his second album due out 2010, Machinefabriek, Emmanuele Errante, Jasper TX and Rafael Anton Irisarri and also drummed for Epic 45 and Klimek, remixed ON and Isan and also provided production to the new 'Hintergarten' album by Hannu (OUT NOW on kesh).
:::For info/live bookings/etc- contact: televise@ntlworld.com or for America: centroclinal@gmail.com
Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three
albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative
releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and
four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries
are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels
such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an
essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He
is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with
different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event.
His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with
Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and
decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter
and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is
released soon on Home Assembly.
I will print what you have talked for sure and I have seen about all your next shows.. very great ! I would like a lot to be here on the begining of november, to listen to you with Jasper Tx..maybe it will be possible, but money and time will be certainly not with me...
