Simon Scott: End Of 2011

Sunday 18 December 2011

End Of 2011

My sophomore album “Bunny” was released in October so this is one of the most notable things to mention about 2011. I completed it by spring so it feels like an album of 2010 for me to be honest as I took 18 months to complete this record. The details of sound sources were never written into the press release/label information sheet so it feels pertinent and relevant to list them:

Vinyl and CD samples
Hardware hacked FM Buddha Machine
Sony Walkman cassette player
Field recordings (recorded on an Edirol R-09 and iPhone 3G) from Cambridge and including rabbits, family and one sound walk file from July 2010 that was led by Sawako Kato.
A MaxMSP looper patch that I’ve been developing since 2009. It basically allows you to record multiple loops for manipulation when playing back files. The patch supports various effects such as reverb, delay and pitch shifting alongside the ability to use pre-existing audio that you can granulate.
Acoustic, semi-acoustic and electric guitars (Fender Jaguar and Jagstang, Yamaha acoustic and Epiphone Riviera).
Various percussion such as thumb piano, wooden blocks, handmade instruments and contact micked drum shells.
SuperCollider programming (simple SinOsc layers)
Drum kit (Pearl MLX)
Marshall and Vox amplifiers
Hydrophones
Steinway grand piano
Harpsichord
Gamelan
Vocals (DPA, Neumann and Sure microphones).

My Best Of 2011:
Fourcolor- As Pleat, Narrow by Steinbruchel, In A Place Of Such Graceful Shapes by Taylor Deupree And Marcus Fischer, Proximities by Steve Roden, (I love Steve Roden and also Donald Judd so this release is a win-win combination), Intrusion- The Seduction of Silence (Echospace), Stephan Mathieu- A Static Place, Minamo- Document, Tasogare- Various 12k, Nils Frahm- Felt, Jim O'Rourke- Old News 5, Machinefabriek- Sol Sketches, Ryan Teague- Causeway, Illuha- Shizuku, James Blackshaw- Holly EP, Clams Casino- Rainforest EP, Andy Stott- Pass Me By and Byetone- Symeta.

2012 looks exciting..... an update soon!

Please get in touch for live booking offers for EU, US and Japan (autumn 2012): simonscott@simonscott.org

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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.

Sunday 18 December 2011

End Of 2011

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