2009 CREW Daniel Fäldt - lead vocals, sitar, acoustic guitar Stefan Renström - bass, keyboards, vocoder Mattias Jarlhed - drums, percussion and backing vocals Jonas Hallberg - guitars
with John Lönnmyr - keyboard wizard
TARDIGRADE/ODYSSEY CREW Daniel Fäldt - lead vocals Stefan Renström - bass, keyboards, vocoder Mattias Jarlhed - drums, percussion and backing vocals Jonas Hallberg - guitars, percussion Magnus Paulsson - keyboards
PARADISE SQUARE CREW Daniel Fäldt - lead vocals and sitar Stefan Renström - bass, keyboards Mattias Jarlhed - drums Jonas Hallberg - guitars
CEINWEN CREW Daniel Fäldt - lead vocals Stefan Renström - keyboards, bass, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, voice Ola Johansson - drums Nils Stenström - electric guitar
with Niclas Dyrendahl - rap Pia Gustafsson - jingle vocal Hans Möll - vocal Kenneth Magnusson - knobs and levers
The band caught in the act performing the apocalyptic "Under The Seal" from Ceinwen, on one of the rare live occasions. Notice Jacob's stance, Daniel's short hair and Stefan's white legs.
1996 LIVE CREW Daniel Fäldt - lead vocals, tambourine Stefan Renström - keyboards Matti Jarlhed - drums Pär Fällström - bass and backing vocals David Andersson - electric guitar Jakob Cederquist - keyboards
ALUMNI Staffan Bruto - sound friend Pär Andersson - harmonica Pnina Yavari Molin - vocals Christian Aupetit - continuos support Fred Trafton - continuos support
Simon says all manifestations of music are good - that's why you'll find all kinds of friends below, and that's why some of Simon Says's songs may be of an eclectic nature. Within the band itself, the members listen to everything from folk to metal, classical, jazz, electronica, pop, singer-songwriters …
The band exists primarily as a project, focusing on studio recordings, which it has been doing occasionally since 1995. Simon Says has so far produced three full length concept albums, Ceinwen (1995) and Paradise Square (2002) and Tardigrade, 2008, plus a couple of odd jobs for French Musea and a private release (Hollow Lands, 1999).
Ceinwen is generally perceived to contain the darkest songs in Simon Says's repertoire (though the band might not agree). The ambition was to incorporate comparatively modern thinking as rap and sequencing into the traditional symphonic rock esthetic. The recordings may be flawed by inexperience, but the band still cherishes the songs and even here, the direction for what is to come is clear.
Paradise Square, took what it's predecessor delivered a little bit further. The objective was to make this the ultimate prog record, the one lacking in the band members' own collections. The music was given a more energetic push and drive, appropriate enough to develop the record's theme: religion. Paradise Square was released on Galileo Records and critical acclaim was overwhelming.
Tardigrade, a Galileo/Progrock Records joint venture, which took 4,5 years of computer crashes to finish, concludes the story of Simon, now reborn as the anti hero and against-his-will-become-revolutionary Tardigrade. Music is on an even grander scale, sometimes a bit more straightforward, but also with neurotica, pastoral beauty, trippy 12 tone hallucinations and something almost resembling a rock song.
COLLABORATIONS
2003 saw the release of Colossus/Musea's Kalevala, a triple cd where 30 bands interpreted the Finnish national epic. Simon Says's track "Som Floden Flyter" was written in a single day on a harmonium in a cottage far out in the Swedish countryside, rehearsed, recorded, mixed and mastered nine days later. The band had strict orders not to exceed seven minutes. The track ends at 07:00 precisely.
At the very end of 2005 the next Simon Says song was released, a 25 minute suite on another Colossus/Musea spaghetti epic, The Odyssey. This showed an intense, almost manic Simon Says playing at their very best during most of "Minds of Mortal Men/Meander Tales" (incidentally dealing more with sex than with The Odyssey and the title containing a little prank played on Colossus's penchant for regressive rules concerning how the music should sound).
Rock influences are apparent on "Becomes A Boy" Simon Says latest recording, this one for Colossus/Musea's Inferno. But fans will surely distinguish Simon Says trademark organ lines, classical/jazzfusion hysteria and melodic/harmonic signature through the slow rolling rock beat, escalating into satanic brutality.
2009 will – among other things – see Simon Says interpreting/twisting/violating/cheering the works of others. Scarab's "For Her Son" and Kaipa's "Tajgan" have gotten their own Simon treatment, making both classics a lot heavier. And for the instrumental Tajgan Daniel delivers some beautfiul acoustic guitar/scat song work.
Hi! We are Believe from Poland! Our new third album "This Bread Is Mine" will be available everywhere in August 2009! Visit our profile on Monday and listen our new single...
I thought that some of your fans and friends might be interested in 2 great progressive rock events coming up in August and October in Southern California.
The first features Spock's Beard drummer Nick D'Virgilio and a band of 12 as "Rewiring Genesis" performing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
The second is our sixth annual progressive rock festival: CalProg. This year's lineup is It Bites, Karmakanic, Agents of Mercy and Touchstone. Also Spiraling's Tom Brislin will be performing a solo set on the patio during the dinner break.
DICE, “just call it cosmic prog” with their 15th CD “Versus Without Versus, Endpart” and their 2nd DVD “A Long Cosmic Trip” thanks very much for frienship. From germany - best regards! . .
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. . You can read our brasilian-interview on our webside: www. dice-band. de . Check it out! .
Hej Stefan! Three Friends-Gentle Giant(3 Members) kommer till Götet den 25 April (Musikens Hus) det får du inte missa,Dom spelar bara Gentle Giant,gästsångaren är från 10 cc,på you Tube heter dom dentle Giant,endast korta snuttar. Puss å kram "Pallus"
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover
Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
........Notre nouveau clip, entièrement fait à la main... PIG MONSTER.
Déjanté, hors normes, expérimental, décalé, théâtral, déglingué.
........Our new music video, entirely handstitched .... PIG MONSTER.
Crazy, non-standard, out of norme, unusual, experimental, out of phase, theatrical, delirious.
Pig Monster
BONNE ANNÉE, GROSSES BISES et VIVE le ROCK...
Paradise Square, took what it's predecessor delivered a little bit further. The objective was to make this the ultimate prog record, the one lacking in the band members' own collections. The music was given a more energetic push and drive, appropriate enough to develop the record's theme: religion. Paradise Square was released on Galileo Records and critical acclaim was overwhelming. 
Tardigrade, a Galileo/Progrock Records joint venture, which took 4,5 years of computer crashes to finish, concludes the story of Simon, now reborn as the anti hero and against-his-will-become-revolutionary Tardigrade. Music is on an even grander scale, sometimes a bit more straightforward, but also with neurotica, pastoral beauty, trippy 12 tone hallucinations and something almost resembling a rock song.
2003 saw the release of Colossus/Musea's Kalevala, a triple cd where 30 bands interpreted the Finnish national epic. Simon Says's track "Som Floden Flyter" was written in a single day on a harmonium in a cottage far out in the Swedish countryside, rehearsed, recorded, mixed and mastered nine days later. The band had strict orders not to exceed seven minutes. The track ends at 07:00 precisely.
At the very end of 2005 the next Simon Says song was released, a 25 minute suite on another Colossus/Musea spaghetti epic, The Odyssey. This showed an intense, almost manic Simon Says playing at their very best during most of "Minds of Mortal Men/Meander Tales" (incidentally dealing more with sex than with The Odyssey and the title containing a little prank played on Colossus's penchant for regressive rules concerning how the music should sound).
Rock influences are apparent on "Becomes A Boy" Simon Says latest recording, this one for Colossus/Musea's Inferno. But fans will surely distinguish Simon Says trademark organ lines, classical/jazzfusion hysteria and melodic/harmonic signature through the slow rolling rock beat, escalating into satanic brutality.
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