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The Simonsound

- South Coast, UK Other / Psychedelic / Electronic space music

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Members: Simon James, Matt Ford

Label: Project Blue Book

Manager: Curtis James

Bio: Who (or what) is (or are) The Simonsound?

The Simonsound is a sonic partnership consisting of Simon James and Matt Ford.

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“Reverse Engineering No.7 in Gilles Peterson's Albums of the year so far (2010) ”

— Gilles Peterson, Brownswood Records Blog

“Gilles Peterson's Breakout artists of the year (2010) 1 – Ghostpoet 2 – Zara McFarlane 3 – Kyle Hall 4 – The Simonsound 5 – Pursuit Grooves 6 – Funkineven 7 – Trilogy 8 – Baloji 9 – Black Coffee 10 – bPm”

— Gilles Peterson, Brownswood Records Blog

“ One of the great debuts of the year we reckon: an intriguing retro-futurist feast of music put together by UNKLE engineering assistant Simon James and his record-collecting hip-hop maverick chum DJ Format. With their bank of heavyweight analogue studio gear, not only do they perfectly replicate the sounds of lost TV and crap space-age programmes exceptionally well, they’re equally capable of turning the classic Bob James Nautilus into something even older than it was before – which is a mightily impressive feat. Well played, cleverly thought out and brilliantly mastered, this is very fine new old music. Already keenly played and plugged by DJ Food and friends, this may well prove to be a wise musical investment.”

— Jonny Trunk, Record Collector

“..the boys get together for some '60s library sci-fi drama on the excellent 'Moon Rocks', cover both 'Tour De France' (renamed 'Tour De Mars') and 'Nautilus' in a Dick Hyman and Raymond Scott stylee, and show you can inject contemporary soul into the mix with the sassy 'Between The Wake And The Sleep'. 4 out of 5 stars”

— DJ Magazine

“Love this, really Radiophonic Workshop, It's nice and playful, eerie and beautiful at the same time. This is the perfect marriage of the analogue stylings of the Radiophonic Workshop or Dick Hyman and the funk and jazz sample fodder that served Hip Hop so well in its early years. Imagine Kool Herc spinning the soundtrack to one of the World Expo¹s and you¹ll be partway there.”

— DJ Food/Strictly Kev, DJ Food

“As with almost all of the material here, funky live drums underpin extensive use of vintage synths, making it a pleasing cross between the earnest output of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the slightly more tongue-in-cheek 90¹s covers project, The Moog Cookbook. Reverse Engineering is certainly very retro but it bears all the right influences. With the playing and arrangements all so accomplished, let¹s hope they have another go again soon. ”

— Juno Plus

“....gorgeous, spacey, trippy, sexy, psychedelic brilliance that you listen to in a headphone - drenched daze, flat on your back in the park, blossoms falling at sunset, birds & vapor trails charging through the vivid blue sky. It is a lovely marriage of music and machine, dipping its toes into Bruce Haack & Delia Derbyshire territory while cultivating a beautiful, contemporary undercurrent of its own.”

— Tara Busch, Analog Suicide

“It captures the recent trend for early electronic music perfectly, but rather than being just a bunch of studio outtakes, the tracks here are formed with a full purpose in mind, namely to recapture that bygone era in a modern studio.”

— Kone-R, Spannered

“Musically it mines retro inspiration, taking ideas from spy films, space exploration, TV programmes and television and radio advertising and engineers this somewhat kitsch set of interests into a cohesive and beguiling long-player. The end product is shifts between re-imaging influential tracks and instrumental meanderings that sound like they were made for 60s and 70s TV spy programmes.”

— J.G, Bonafide Magazine

“Reverse Engineering is a refreshing mesh of the past, present and the future. It's like Mort Garson rocking shell toe Adidas with fat laces blasting into the galaxy in a funky space ship. This record will remain in the crates forever. Don't sleep!”

— DJ Spinna, Mag Mag

“The biggest week of the year so far for tunes by far! The biggest by far is the new Simonsound 7"! This will tear the dancefloor apart! A huge cover version of Jimmy Castor Bunch's 'It's Just Begun', but more beefy and synth orientated, whilst still keeping it funky!! ”

— Fat City Records, Fat City Records News

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