Simon Scott: Interview, a new limited cd and 7"

Friday 22 October 2010

Interview, a new limited cd and 7"

October 2010>_
An interview has just been published regarding my past, the future and my thoughts on topics such as downloads, producing, modal music and more. Read>: http://www.autresdirections.net/spip.php?article1763

Apologies to anyone who is going to/went to Plastic festival in Brussels on 23.10.10 as this event was cancelled at the 11th hour. Due to criminal damage the festival at Belle View brewery was unable to go ahead due to broken eqipment and theft. I am very shocked as the festival organisers worked very hard to put it together and I was also really looking forward to playing live on the bill with Lokai.

Any day now my new limited edition cd called 'Silenne' will be out on the wonderful Belgium label Slaapwel. The piece was designed to literally fall asleep to it so the 33 minute track is a calm and slowly evolving piece that takes a simple guitar loop and dissolves it using various DSP techniques in my homemade software.

Also due out very soon, probably mid November, will be an acoustic 7" called 'Depart/Repeat' I recorded with Nils Frahm in Berlin. It was cut at Dubplates by Lupo and it features Nils on Piano with me playing an acoustic and singing. Expect something a little different as I am pretty naked on this recording but I love the simple analogue instrumentation (the studio was analogu too) as it contrasts with previous digital releases. A special concert will be held in Cambridge on 29th November to celebrate this release and also playing is Erik Skodvin (Deaf Center, Svafter Greiner and Miasmah records labek boss) and Type Record's Ryan Teague who are both releasing records very soon on Sonic Pieces.

Last but not least I created 'electronics'/programmed textures on the new 'Sailors with wax wings' album (out now) that features a host of exceptional talent including Ted Parsons (Swans/Godflesh/Prong), Aidan Baker (Nadja), Simon Scott (Slowdive), Dominick Fernow (Prurient/Cold Cave), Vern Rumsey (Unwound), Hildur Gudnadottir (Múm/Throbbing Gristle/The Knife), James Blackshaw, [and artwork by] David Tibet (Current 93)> http://sailorswithwaxwings.bandcamp.com/album/sailors-with-wax-wings">

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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.

Friday 22 October 2010

Interview, a new limited cd and 7"

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