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Skidoo!
Experimental / Ambient / Psychedelic

Free the Vibes!



Bristol,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/2/2009
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Member Since7/26/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.skidoo-vibes.co.uk
Band MembersJust me, making noises in the studio. Sometimes friends come and bring me food...
InfluencesBrian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Yes, Hawkwind, AmonullunomA, Children's Television Themes of the 1970s, Amplifier, Steve Reich, Van der Graaf Generator, Stereolab, Steely Dan, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Ravi Shankar, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Spinal Tap, Monster Magnet, Black Sabbath, A Perfect Circle, Blue Oyster Cult, Philip Glass, David Lynch, Gorecki, Cliff Martinez, Leaves' Eyes, Gong, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills and Nash, Beatles, Hendrix, Boards of Canada, Stars of the Lid, and a whole bunch more, but you get the drift...
Sounds LikeWell. I don't know. You'd have to hear it :-)
Record LabelNo label. Creative Commons Licence instead.


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   About Skidoo!

Shameless plug: Listen to Groovin' On. It's groovy! Right. Now that's out of the way...

About me... hmmm... well, I've always been into music. As a youngster, I was deeply inspired by such far out things as the theme tunes to Sapphire & Steel, Blake's 7, and of course Doctor Who.

I've played bass guitar in bands ranging from Singer-songwriter to Psychedelic Space Jazz, with the occasional appearance on other-people's-music whenever I happened to be nearby. I've also been blessed with a deep joy of analogue synthesisers, and recently managed to acquire one! A big fat modular system. It's all wooden-cased and full of patching goodness. Nice :-)

So these days, I play with notes and sounds in my cosy home studio. The production is getting better with every new track as I learn the ins and outs of equipment and instruments, and gain new and more subtle sonic sensibilities.

Occasionally, folks ask me to write something for them, which I find immensely satisfying. I wrote this one for a T'ai Chi Chu'an demonstration a couple of years ago, and it still remains one of my best pieces (warning: that file is big, about 8MB, but is well worth mulling over with a nice cup of tea).

I also enjoy working with friends, but this doesn't happen as much as I'd like. Who knows... I may meet some future friends on here who'd be willing to contribute a note or two of musical joy...


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Skidoo! has 42 friends.
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Pablo





Jan 8 2009 6:28 AM

High! Pablo here, reporting from Inner Space to wish you a great 2009! (we interrupt this comment with a brief announcement):
The New Psychedelic Masterpiece "Take Two" Is Here! (16 tracks of sugar coated insanity) Hear 4 new songs!
(P.S. the new album is best appreciated on a higher plane....;))
Martian Soul Trekkers





Mar 2 2008 11:19 PM

Hi Skidoo
four new songs of well know smoothness and strong musicality.
Love very much Deep Field Pizza (nice weired title): nice intro and then you push the pedal - very good!
Lotta cheers and respect for the new
tracks!
Ralf / MST/Wired Ant
Dawn Chorus Ignites





Feb 22 2008 4:39 PM

A telecaster. Nice one, tele's rule! You changed your tracks. I must have a listen. Cheers, Mat
Dawn Chorus Ignites





Feb 20 2008 11:22 PM

Hi Simon. Hows it going? Splendid music! I'm really enjoying listening to it. The last two tracks are epic! Great sounds and playing too. You've inspired me to fish my ebow out for a blast. Hope you are well. Mat
Pablo





Dec 19 2007 6:48 AM

thanks you for being a friend. happy holidays!
living:stone





Oct 5 2007 6:35 PM

How'ye doin' Simon, you supersonic scientist, you guaranteed eternal sanctuary man?

I hope all's well...

livi.x.
Nerv'OZ





Oct 2 2007 11:41 PM

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Hello!
living:stone





Jun 16 2007 1:08 PM

'bout ye S...

The Empire is such a beautiful place to play... It was Dark Funk. Bells ringing, Ian Paisley speeches, 10/8 timings, French Horn mic'd through a Chaos Pad, Two Apple Macs, Aramaic lyrics... y'know, the usual Belfast band playing a gig :-)

You are always in my thoughts.

I.x.
surfhunter





Jun 16 2007 12:06 PM

many thanx for the add!
Martian Soul Trekkers





Jun 9 2007 9:47 PM

Hi Skidoo
Gyre and Gimble is another beautiful track
very relaxed but nevertheless a good drive
Sunny days furtheron

Ralf/MST/Wired Ant

PS:Gyre and Gimble brought my dictonairy
to capitulation
living:stone





Jun 3 2007 6:17 PM

The Unknown...

As we know there are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know there are known unknowns.
That is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.

—Donald Rumsfeld, Feb.12th,2002 at a Department of Defence news briefing.
ohead





Jun 1 2007 7:25 AM

Wicked sounds my friend.Thanks for connecting and stay in touch....dave.
Horpe





May 29 2007 8:00 AM

Hi there!

Big thanks for your add and support! If you've got a little time left, please kill some by listening to the genre of Progressive Dance :-)

Also if you like VDGG, A Dance Mix of Man Erg(!) is under construction! It's in my blog... :)

Cheers and take care!

/Horpe (in PROGress)
living:stone





Apr 2 2007 11:26 PM

Skidoo!
Give us some more music at once man!

Love to the par of ten to you...

living:stone - the now proud owner of a Roland GR-33 guitar synth :-P
Alex Tiuniaev





Mar 27 2007 8:47 AM

thanks a lot! i'm not home right now, but i'll check out your music later today... download.com stuff is much more new-agey, so you may not like it... i like music of many different genres, so i'm happy with being a bit new-agey sometimes... :)

thx,
alex
Tim Nelson





Mar 15 2007 8:40 PM

Thanks!

Yes and no. The hands playing the real mellotron on the inside of my RPM album are indeed mine, but that photo wasn't from these sessions. (That 'tron belongs to Fort Apache studios in Cambridge, MA.)

I used M-Tron on the new album... Samples of a mellotron playing tape recordings of actual instruments: sort of like one of those pictures inside of a picture inside of a picture inside of (etc.)

-t-
living:stone





Feb 22 2007 10:10 PM

The gal below is great...

Groovin' On IS groovy and you're the sexiest bass-playing cellist I have ever heard.

Shemhamporash!!!

livi.x.

Susan Enan





Feb 22 2007 6:05 PM

Funny, I just found your page a couple of days ago, via the guy below.
Good times, good times......

living:stone





Feb 21 2007 11:18 PM

Ha! Found You!

x.
Wired Ant





Jan 30 2007 10:06 PM

Why does such beautiful music

has so less traffic !?

Ralf

Wired Ant





Sep 13 2006 3:11 PM

Thanks for friendship!
I like both tracks a lot! "Groovin on" is a nice
and well done blend of some jazzy stuff and electronics!
Wanna hear more!
Cheers

MST will add you soon
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