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Thomas Simon

Rank #295 New York, NY Alternative / Atmospheric / Experimental...

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Members: T. S. (guitars, keys, synthesizer, bass, percussions, sampling, harmonica, vocals)...includes looped field recordings from Thomas' Walkabout sessions wor...

Sounds Like: Brian Eno, Bauhaus, Bill Laswell, The Church..., Ennio Morricone, You Tell Me...

Label: endorphin records, New York, NY, USA

Bio: "Simon’s intense guitar playing highlighted his performance. His instrument had an ominous, jungle-like sound, as if a tiger would burst through the stage at any moment."
-Deli Magazine, New York City, (CMJ 2012 review)

"In just under an hour onstage he managed to evoke Bauhaus, Pink Floyd, the... See Full Bio

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"Simon’s intense guitar playing highlighted his performance. His instrument had an ominous, jungle-like sound, as if a tiger would burst through the stage at any moment." Deli Magazine, NYC

— Josh S. Johnson, Deli Magazine

“Small Beast on Life Support: One of the Year’s Best Rock Shows: ... Headliner Thomas Simon gets a lot of film work, so it’s no surprise that his shows have an enveloping, cinematic quality .... Simon pulls you in with a swirling vortex of a million guitar, keyboard and percussion textures. More than just a one-man band, he was a one-man orchestra, shifting from slowly swaying, blacklit soundscapes aloft on endlessly oscillating sonic ebbtides, to several vocal tunes. One stomped along on a memorably savage series of distorted chords straight out of the Dead Boys or Sham 69 catalog. Other times, he’d introduce a hypnotic beat and then build it methodically, with layers of guitar that roared, clanged, howled and blended into each other, sometimes gracefully winding down to where the whole thing started. If there’s ever another Alien movie, this is the guy who should get to do the score.”

— by delarue, NEW YORK MUSIC DAILY

“Small Beast Lives! "...Thomas Simon was one of the earlier acts, playing solo on electric guitar with his usual labyrinth of effects pedals spanning the stage. This guy has more pedals than most orchestras have people, the result being that he often sounds like an orchestra, endless loops, waves and washes of sound reverberating through the mix. Kinetic and sometimes frenetic as he lunged and stabbed at his effects, firing off shuddering blasts of noise, eerily reverberating Syd Barrett-esque chords or gleefully macabre lead runs, he was a little more rock and a little less ambient this time than usual (he’s got a new album out with a full band behind him, which may explain a lot). In just under an hour onstage he managed to evoke Bauhaus, Pink Floyd, the Church, My Bloody Valentine and Philip Glass, sometimes within seconds of each other. It’s rare that a solo performer can be this interesting to watch." ”

— by delarue, -New York Music Daily

“Thomas Simon Brings His Kaleidoscopic, Psychedelic Sounds to the Gershwin Hotel...”

— Lucid Culture

“CD Review: Thomas Simon – Monção: Haunting and hypnotic, Thomas Simon’s new album is a suite of eerie, mostly instrumental soundscapes evoking both Syd Barrett and David Gilmour-era Pink Floyd as well as Bauhaus and, when the ghostly melody begins to take a recognizable shape, Australian psychedelic legends the Church....”

— Lucid Culture

“ Thomas Simon is a New York City multi-media artist who has self-released several albums of stimulating soundtrack material that occupies an alternative space via an eerie progressive cross-breeding of goth and grunge. Born in Vienna, Austria, Simon embraces a world-beat approach to music by creating cinematically inspired compositions that know no bounds, even blending tabla and didgeridu into his darkly meditative concoctions. ”

— Progression Magazine, MA, USA

“Viennese expat Thomas Simon closed the night on a frequently mesmerizing note with a long, practically seamless, improvisational set...”

— Lucid Culture

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May 27

The Way Station
Brooklyn, NY, US | 8:00pm
The Way Station
Brooklyn, NY, US
Mon May 27 8:00pm
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opening the show for NYC guitar hero: Brad Craig, on at 9pm also on the bill, 10pm: Brian Lang