Images of the limited edition version of The Beam. As well as the colour vinyl and map from the standard edition, this pack adds a sew on Monorail Pilot Patch, mini booklet, one of a kind 1/4 inch tape loop and Simonsound Transit Authority ticket. Available exclusively from our Bandcamp.
Packaging and design by Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press.
Very excited to share images of the new Simonsound single ‘The Beam’. The title track will be getting its first public airing on BBC Radio 3’s The Late Junction on Tuesday 13th of May, so please tune in to hear that. Pre-sales and more info on the strictly limited edition ‘Pilot Pack’ will follow that broadcast.
A fantastical Monorail journey in sound!
Like a souvenir from a mid century World’s Fair, ‘The Beam’ follows in the footsteps of early electronic musicians such as Raymond Scott, Tristram Cary and Tom Dissevelt.
Travel into the realm of imagination with The Simonsound Transit Authority
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Coming soon on Project Blue Book Records, take a trip into your imagination aboard the SS Mk I Monorail
I recently visited Florida again and had more time to explore Kennedy Space Center and the missile and rocket launch sites of the early space missions. I also spent a lot of time riding the Monorail at Disney as inspiration and to collect footage and material for an upcoming Simonsound release in the new year. More on that soon.
A little videophonic collage for our remix of Beta Hector’s ‘Trust Me’. Re-imagined as mythical magical dream sequence!
Its a free download from Beta Hector’s Bandcamp page.
Here is the full length visuals from our tour with DJ Format this year, interspersed with a bit of footage from shows. The audio is from our Paris, Aberdeen, Vienna, Brighton and London shows.
Thanks to everyone who came along. It was a blast!
New Simonsound 7” coming early next year.
Here is a video for our collaborative single with DJ Format, ‘Battle of the Planets’. You can get the single on the new DJ Format LP, ‘Statement of Intent’.
We’ve added quite a few new shows to our current tour so hope to see you there. This weekend we are in Wrexham, Cardiff and Southampton.
May 4th - Le Zoo, Geneva
May 5th - Le Romandie - Lausanne
May 18th - Band on the Wall - Manchester
May 19th - The Yellow Rooms - Newton Abbot
May 24th - The Cluny - Newcastle
May 25th - The Shipping Forecast - Liverpool
May 26th - The Faversham - Leeds
June 15th - WTF @ Le Nouveau Casino - Paris
August 16th - The Tunnels - Aberdeen
August 17th - The Annexe Liquid Rooms - Edinburgh
August 18th - Koko - London
Some pictures from our first 4 shows with DJ Format in Brighton, London, Birmingham and Norwich. Thanks to all at the venues and to everyone who came along and danced. Next stop Bristol.
A little taster of the show we are touring with DJ Format.
Format starts the show on the turntables cutting up some of his better known songs before being joined by Simon on the Moog Synthesizer and an armory of electronic effects. Here they take you away on a musical journey from Hip Hop & Funk to spaced out electronics. The music is accompanied by synchronised visuals that sample moments from classic B-Boy footage, tripped-out animation and carefully chosen visual oddities in a cut ‘n’ paste style that is completely in tune with the music.
The music itself consists mostly of songs from DJ FORMAT’s first two albums, his new album STATEMENT OF INTENT and also songs from THE SIMONSOUND’s album REVERSE ENGINEERING that Simon & Format made together in 2010.
The video footage was filmed at the launch party on Friday 2nd March 2012 at The Concorde 2, Brighton but the sound was replaced with practice recordings from home due to sound quality issues on the actual video recording.
Updated schedule -
16th March - Hare & Hounds - Birmingham
17th March - Norwich Arts Center - Norwich
30th March - Lakota - Bristol
8th April - Twisted Pepper - Dublin
12th April - Central Station - Wrexham
13th April - Club Ifor Bach - Cardiff
14th April - Soul Cellar - Southampton
4th May - Le Zoo - Geneva, Switzerland
5th May - Le Romandie - Lausanne, Switzerland
19th May - Yellow Rooms - Newton Abbot
24th May - The Cluny - Newcastle
26th May - The Faversham - Leeds
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