Simon Scott

Simon Scott is a sound ecologist and multi-instrumentalist from Cambridge, UK. His albums 'Insomni' and 'Below Sea Level' are out now and are published by Touch. His work explores the creative process of actively listening, the implications of recording the natural world using technology and the manipulation of natural sounds used for musical composition. He plays the drums in Slowdive and has recently collaborated with artists James Blackshaw, Spire, Taylor Deupree (Between), Isan + many more.

Monday, 4 April 2016

New Website!

I have a new website: www.simonscott.org

This site will now not be updated so please go to the above site for all Simon Scott news, info and links. Thank you!

(04.04.2016)

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Happy 2016!

*Live show: Köln on Thursday 28th January and the following day I give a 'Sound Ecology' workshop on Friday 29th! Details and tickets here: http://ambientfestival.de

*Cafe Oto January 31st 2016: TOUCH night: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/touch-presents-simon-scott-mark-van-hoen-tony-myat/

*angels i:8 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles 5th February 2016

A 4 hour octophonic sound projection with multi-channel audio works from the roster of Touch sound artists, including Chris Watson, Jana Winderen, Bethan Parkes, Hildur Gudnadottir, The Eternal Chord, Philip Jeck, Simon Scott, BNilsen & drøne

Octophonic Sound Projection: Mark Van Hoen
Executive Production: Mike Harding

11:30pm-3am - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Grand Ave, Los Angeles

http://www.musiccenter.org/sleepless?utm_source=musiccentersocial&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sleepless3

*Spire on Fri Feb 26th in Cambridge!

http://www.spire.org.uk

5-9pm

Intro: Charles Matthews plays Philip Glass “Music in Fifths" (Organ)
Charles Matthews plays The Robertsbridge Codex - extracts (Piano)
Simon Scott (Stage)
Charles Matthews plays Michael Nyman “Fourths, Mostly" (Organ)
Marcus Davidson & John Beaumont "Missa Pro Defunctis Elektro" (Stage)

INTERVAL

John Beaumont (tenor) entertains those who haven’t gone to the pub

Claire M Singer - "The Molendinar" (Organ & electronics)
Charles Matthews plays Alfred Schnittke “Two Pieces for Organ" (Organ)
Philip Jeck (Stage)
...followed by The Eternal Chord & The Spire Ensemble (all)
END Charles Matthews plays Charles Camilleri “Sonata Semplice" (Piano)

Friday, 23 October 2015

"This is a beautiful album".

'Insomni', my new album OUT NOW, is picking up some flattering reviews.

"Scott’s talent as a multi-instrumentalist truly shines – it feels like Simon Scott is all this music, all these sounds, all this one. This is a beautiful record to add to your collection".

http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2015/10/18/simon-scott-insomni-ash-international/

SHOP*

Touch have two FREE tracks to accompany the CD of 'insomni' if you purchase it from them:

http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?products_id=710

If you wish to buy my work direct here is my page featuring rare signed CD's, vinyl, sketches, my journal and downloads:

https://kesh.bandcamp.com

LIVE CONCERTS

LIVE: November 12th + 13th, Leuven Belgium: http://www.stuk.be/en/program/slaapwel-records-labelnight-dauwmorning

*Please bring your toothbrush and pyjamas to change into as the concert will occur as you lay in bed.

UK and US live dates for 2016 to be announced soon!

It is autumn. Yes the colours are splendid. Listen to the landscape.

I have also recently been interviewed about my process, studio mics, plug-in's, DAW, etc.... also by Headphone commute:

http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2015/10/22/in-the-studio-with-simon-scott/

Stay warm. x

Monday, 7 September 2015

New album reviews- 'Insomni'

Ash International have released my fourth solo album 'insomni' and the reviews are now coming in with many favourable results and flattering comments. Thank you for listening!

"Record Of The Week"- Aquarius Records.

"Record Of The Week"- Cambridge Radio 105FM

www.boomkat.com

"Simon Scott swallows us whole with the majestic 'Insomni', his debut for Ash International.....Still, few can do this sound quite like the Slowdive man."

Fluid-

"A great album! Simon Scott's 'Insomnia' spans a season of downpours as well as warmth....he embraces a broader range of moods and timbres than on his previous albums".

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2015/08/simon-scott/

You can also buy the CD and download it at the Touch Shop (who publish this album) and receive two exclusive new tracks unavailable elsewhere!

http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?cPath=116&products_id=710

*Go to my Facebook page for live dates and other updates!

https://www.facebook.com/simon.scott.75436

Monday, 24 August 2015

New album 'INSOMNI' CD and Download is available to order Today!

'insomni'

My new album 'Insomni' is now available for pre-ordering in the Touch Shop. If you buy the CD (beautiful oversize dig-pack) you get two FREE exclusive tracks (both mastered by Denis Blackham). Shipping starts on 4th September.

CD- http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=710

24bit Digital Download- http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=711

Artwork & design by Philip Marsall. Photography by Simon Scott. Mastering by Denis Blackham. It's been over three years since US label 12k released 'Below Sea Level' and this is my debut for Ash International and Touch Publishing.

Go to the 'New Releases' page to discover more incredible music by this very special record label:

Ash International- http://touchshop.org/index.php?cPath=37

Touch- http://touchshop.org/index.php?sessId=374278A9C5673C0F5EA414565D9A9C72

Live

To promote the new album I will be promoting it live by playing two very special Touch nights on 11th and 19th September in California- :http://www.touch33.net

VOLUME and LACE present the second Resonant Forms festival

8:00PM - 11:00PM - September 11 2015

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions [LACE]
6522 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Simon Scott
Bethan Parkes
Jen Boyd
Touch [live mix]

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resonant-forms-tickets-17911260061

Event: http://www.volume.la/events/resonant-forms-2015/

Re:Sound

Saturday, September 19 at 3:00pm

Magazine A-168 on Mare Island (San Fransisco area)

Railroad Ave and Mercado Ct.,
Vallejo, CA 94592

Re:Sound + 23five present an afternoon of Touch-

Simon Scott
Steve Roden
Mark Van Hoen
Touch "Live Mix"

+ Screening of the Fennesz Wozencroft film "Liquid Music".

Doors at 3pm, Screening of Liquid Music at 3:30.

Tickets: https://www.ticketriver.com/event/16231

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/849832585052419/

More live dates to be announced very soon! For now enjoy 'Insomni' and also you can find 'Below Sea Level' here:

http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?products_id=692

Monday, 27 July 2015

New Album 'Insomni' out Sept 25th + Drums on new LP by James Blackshaw

Summer 2015:

I've played drums and added electronics to the new album by James Blackshaw! It's a pleasure to play with James again after performing on the live album 'Le Faux Magistrat' (Fantomas) in 2013.

'Summoning Suns' is out now on Important Records and can be heard and bought here:

http://www.importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec407

http://jamesblackshaw.tumblr.com

Blackshaw's 'Le Faux Magistrat', out on Tompkins Square' is available here: http://jamesblackshaw.tumblr.com/post/84933628098/fantomas-le-faux-magistrat-cd-2lp-available-on

'Insomni'

Ash International, the label run by Mike Harding from Touch http://www.touch33.net, will release my fourth solo album 'insomnia' on September 25th 2015. It was mastered by Denis Blackham and artwork was created by Philip Marshall.

I will be also performing the album at two Touch related live events in California around the release date....(LA and in the San Fransisco area) can be found advertised here: https://www.facebook.com/events/849832585052419/ + https://www.facebook.com/events/1476279799349391/

Be sure to order from the Touch site shop as it included two rare exclusive tracks unavailable anywhere else!

Want to shop? https://kesh.bandcamp.com

Thanks you for listening. S x

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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.