Simon Scott

Monday, 4 April 2016

Mastering SPS Website, shop and 2021 update

Welcome.

I have a music website for my mastering audio services: http://spsmastering.blogspot.com

I am also on Instagram as: @spsmastering

This site will now not be updated so please go here for all Simon Scott news, info and links:
www.simonscott.org

You can find all releases in my shop, including 2020's cassette 'Apart' on 12k - https://kesh.bandcamp.com

Email: teamsimonscott@gmail.com

Thanks for listening.

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Springwatch Unsprung

I had the immense pleasure to head out to RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk, UK to be interviewed by Chris Packham for the BBC program 'Springwatch Unsprung' this week. Catch it here on the BBC iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05x7vw6/springwatch-unsprung-2015-episode-9

At 55 minutes I am also interviewed about sound ecology on the 'Springwatch Extra' show (shown at 16.30 before 'Unsprung'- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05xx9t9/springwatch-extra-2015-27-afternoon-08062015

If you are in Berlin or able to travel into this great city I am live on 11th June for a Miasmah Records night (they released my previous two albums) at FEED:

http://www.6554.de/061115/

I have a commissioned piece called 'FloodLines' now running at AirSpace Gallery for the 'Balle Lines' project that is open to the public to visit:

http://www.airspacegallery.org/index.php/projects/battle_lines

Slowdive are busy recording and doing a few shows too:

www.slowdiveofficial.com

Saturday, 7 February 2015

2015- Touch (New Release), James Blackshaw LP, Tompkins Square compilation and April US live tour

2015:

New release!

Look out in the spring for the forthcoming digital re-release of my 'Below Sea Level' 80 page journal and live version of the album and unreleased _sealevel material on the respected and ground breaking UK label TOUCH.

http://www.touch33.net

Imaginational Anthem Vol. 7

San Francisco's Tompkins Square record label-defining, genre defining series of solo guitar music, 'Imaginational Anthem' turns 10 this year and my track 'Trees Return To soil' is the featured track on this amazing compilation. Out 17th Feb! Listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/tompkinssquare/trees-return-to-soil-by-simon-scott

Review here: http://www.fretboardjournal.com/audio/album-stream-imaginational-anthem-volume-7

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR APRIL 2015

12th April- LA @ The Echo http://www.theecho.com/event/721663-simon-scott-from-slowdive-los-angeles/

13th San Francisco w/ Chuck Johnson (Tompkins Square presents Imaginational Anthem 7)- http://www.studiograndoakland.org/calendar/2015/4/13/little-nickys-presents-tompkins-square-record-release-wchuck-johnson-simon-scott

15th- Vancouver- Wise Hall (w/ Marcus Fisher and Loscil)
http://simonscottwise.bpt.me

16th- Seattle @ Hollow Earth Radio (w/ Marcus Fisher and Loscil)

2018 E Union St # A, Seattle, Washington 98122
https://www.facebook.com/events/928383300540647/

17th- Anacortez @The Business (w/ Peter Broderick and Marcus Fisher) http://thebusinessanacortes.com/events/something/

18th- Portland @ Reed University Portland (w/ Loscil and M.Fischer)

https://www.facebook.com/events/371309296407811/

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Also listen to the new James Blackshaw album 'Summoning Suns', due out Spring 2015, that I play drums on and a sprinkling of electronics to: http://jamesblackshaw.tumblr.com

Pitchfork recently reviewed it and loved it! http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20093-summoning-suns/

Thursday, 2 January 2014

2014: Happy New Year

To everybody; I sincerely hope that 2014 brings you peace, creativity, sensitivity, good health and happiness.

Email address: All bookings and gifts please contact: teamsimonscott@gmail.com

I start the new year by changing my shop so now everything available, past and present releases, is on sale at the Kesh bandcamp site until 20th Jan: http://kesh.bandcamp.com/album/below-sea-level

Secondly, I am thrilled to be on German label Kompakt's newest 'Pop Ambient' 2014 compilation. You can get yourself a copy of the LP + CD here on 27th January:

http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2014_lp_cd

This year will throw up a number of new releases and projects, including a guitar piece on the new 'Imaginational Anthem' compilation released on US label Tompkins Square. There will be a ltd 8"single release in the springtime and also the album release of an exciting project I worked on in Paris in 2013 with James Blackshaw, Charlotte Glasson and Duane Pitre.

I'm currently recording new music out in The Fens of Cambridgeshire and it looks very likely that I will be busy playing music this summer....stay tuned!

Simon x

Saturday, 24 August 2013

A perpetual twilight, new compilation track and 12k artwork for Sakamoto + Deupree

Summer is almost over but I recently wrote some words about my summer in the Fens, where I reside in East Anglia, that was published this month by the fantastic 'Caught By The River' website.

Read it Here:

http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2013/07/a-perpetual-twilight/

Keep your eye on my website for upcoming gigs and an exclusive soon-to-be-released track 'Water Shadow' that is forthcoming on a new Ghostly International label 'SMM' compilation called 'Opiate':

http://ghostly.com/releases/smm-opiate

"The record opens with Simon Scott's "Water Shadow," a luxuriant piece of beatless ambience that's like a wash of warm water or the first touch of the summer sun on your face after a long, cold winter".

I am busy in the studio finishing various musical projects and future releases so stay tuned"!

I have produced exclusive new artwork for the forthcoming Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree album 'Disappearance'. It is a wonderful album and will be on many 'Best Of 2013' lists I am sure:

http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/disappearance/

In the meantime my 12k CD 'Below Sea Level', that is close to selling out at 12k HQ, is now available in the ever-supportive Caught By The River shop (grab a copy of the 'On Nature' book too):

http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=71&product_id=400

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Field Recording fanzine available, Simon Scott web feature and a brand new mix (free download).

Cheryl Tipp, the Natural Sounds Curator at the British Library, has put together and edited an astonishing latest edition of 'An Antidote to Indifference' for http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2013/07/24694-field-recordings/. My 'Below Sea Level' album feature from 2012 is included and I am delighted to be part of such an insightful and interesting feature!

To buy a copy of this publication go to the Caught By The River site (you may soon find copies of my album in their shop plus lots of other recommended books ('On Nature' is a big favorite), prints and music) here:- http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=396

photo by m.fischer

I have recently created a new mix for http://secretthirteen.org that features some of my favorite artists, including Miles Davis, John Fahey, This Mortal Coil, James Blackshaw and Swans, that I am keen to share. It is a FREE download and I hope you enjoy the selection:- http://secretthirteen.org/secret-thirteen-mix-077-simon-scott/

photo by m.fischer

Also, I have had a nice write up on The Sirens Sound website that I am very flattered to read. It discusses my current work and some previous releases. You can read it all here:- http://www.thesirenssound.com/2013/07/10/simon-scott-below-sea-level/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Finally I have a piece coming up on Caught By The River about my life in The Fens.... keep your eyes on the site around the 16th July for the feature: http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/

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Album reviews

Robert Macfarlane: "It's an amazing sound world, into which you fall (subside)".

The Wire Magazine called it "this exquisite study in sound ecology.”

EARS LEND: “ A stand-out album of glowingly warm, densely textured excursions into landscape & memory. Also a hugely impressive book of thoughts & photography".

MUSICWONTSAVEYOU.com: "It is this combination between rural nostalgia and pathos of human content to fill "Below Sea Level", raising the charm and the imprint emotional well above the average of the many products and electro-acoustic environment."

THE WIRE MAGAZINE say: "Scott is particularly adept at layering coolly shimmering guitars and churning currents of noise into something vast. A haunting aspect is how it seems to contain traces of tunes that stand out like half-forgotten relics of the past”.

FLUID RADIO (UK)

"Below Sea Level is Magnificent. He has finally reached back to this sort of seminal moment where he was at one with the world."

THE MILK FACTORY (UK)

"Scott builds particularly striking soundscapes here."

THE POST ROCK (DE)

"Ein filigranes Zusammenspiel von Natur und Technik trifft hier zusammen."

LEND ME YOUR EARS (BLOG)

"A stand-out album of glowingly warm, densely textured excursions into landscape & memory."

CHAIN D.L.K. (.COM)

"A sort of osmosis between acousmatic pastorale and lively natural elements."

TEXTURA (.ORG)

"He has granted access to what for many will be a new locale and provided enlightenment about its dramatic history."

EXPERIMEDIA (US)

"The album's seven tracks form a seamless and coherent narrative of carefully sculpted motifs."

BRAINWASHED (.COM)

"The sound of 1990s shoegaze dissembled into its most rudimentary components."

GO MAG (ES)

"El talento se le intuía, en fin, pero todavía faltaba por llegar su gran disco, esa obra que confirmara definitivamente su posición entre los grandes del ambient. Y ese disco es Below sea level."

AMBIENT EXOTICA (.COM)

"Scott’s devotion to this project results in a fantastic journey through the Fenlands of England."

MONSIEUR DELIRE (FR)

"Delicate tracks featuring fine interactions between instrument (mostly electric guitar) and digital treatments."

CHRONIQUES ELECTRONIQUES (FR)

"Simon Scott réalise ici un chef d'oeuvre indispensable de musique exigeante. Une seule écoute au casque pour se faire piquer. Des centaines à venir pour y puiser d'innombrables trésors et détails cachés. Bien au delà d'une convenue recommandation. "

INDIEROCKMAG (FR)

"De toute évidence, vous n’avez plus la moindre excuse pour passer à côté de ce chef-d’oeuvre."

DE:BUG (DE)

"Ambient mit verstecktem Stachel. "

ROCKERILLA (IT)

"chitarre elettriche e galloni di silicio allo stato gassoso."

KLANGVERHAELTNISSE (DE)

"driften die Stücke schwerelos durch üppige Schichtungen von synthetischen und natürlichen Klängen, Verfremdungen, Ergänzungen."

SKELETON CREW QUARTERLY (BLOG)

"In some cases, Scott seems to be playing for the present moment, merely coexisting with a complicated patch of nature. In its most satisfying moments, however, Below Sea Level sounds like a poignant farewell."

TITLE (DE)

"Warmen Klängen und unaufdringlichen Bewegungen."

PLAYGROUNDMAG (.NET)

"Es un disco que suena como una gran burbuja, una burbuja fina que puede estallar en cualquier momento."

A CLOSER LISTEN (.COM)

"Below Sea Level is more than music, more than sound; it’s a quiet revolution."

AUTRES DIRECTIONS (FR)

"Un peu plus longtemps, un peu plus loin, un peu plus profondément."

HAWAI (PT)

"The sound of rushing coastline washed sand regions without relief, ossified in time."

ESSMAA (FR)

"Entre deux rives, entre île et continent, entre jour et nuit, la musique serpente frappée d’un dernier rayon de lumière ; transporte autant d’espoir que de mélancolie."

NEURAL (IT)

"The dreamlike sequences are powerful, even in the absolute suspension of landscapes and the aesthetic perceptions they transmit. "

RITUAL (IT)

"È un ambient poco accademico e molto fluido che riporta alle fredde paludi del Cambridgeshire attraverso il calore dei ricordi."

MUSIQUE MACHINE (.COM)

"This sense of the past threads through 'Below Sea Level' to remind of the qualities of Super 8 footage."

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SOLD OUT:- "Depart /Repeat" 7" (recorded by and piano played by Nils Frahm) on Sonic Pieces, "Silenne" CD on Slaapwel, 'Traba' 12" EP on Immune and 'Silenne' 3" CD.