Simon Scott | |
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_(53748913605)_(cropped).jpg) Scott with Slowdive at Wide Awake Festival 2024 | |
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| Born | (1971-03-03)3 March 1971 (age 54) Cambridge, England |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Member of | Slowdive |
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| Website | simonscott |
Simon Scott (born 3 March 1971) is an English musician, mastering engineer and sound artist,[1][2] best known as thedrummer inSlowdive and formerly ofLowgold andThe Charlottes. He also fronted Inner Sleeve/Televise, and has released ambient music as a solo artist.
Born inCambridge,[3] Scott first started drumming with female frontedHuntingdon bandThe Charlottes in 1987 at the age of 16, having recorded two studio tracks a year earlier as part of Honey Chainsaw. He left the Charlottes in 1990 to replace drummer Neil Carter inSlowdive who had supported them in London at The White Horse in Hampstead. He played on albumsJust for a Day andSouvlaki, which was voted inThe Guardian as "One of the top 50 albums to hear before you die" in 2007. Scott left the band after5 EP was released in early 1994, prior to the band working on their third albumPygmalion, but rejoined in 2014 when they announced their reformation.[4]
Scott formed and fronted Inner Sleeve in 1997 who released two singles in 1998 and an albumLooking Up in 1999, all on theFierce Panda label.[5]
In 1999, Scott split Inner Sleeve up to joinLowgold following the departure of original drummer Paul Mayes, appeared on one track on the band's debut albumJust Backward of Square and toured it extensively (supportingColdplay andGrandaddy) with the band.[5][6] He left the band in 2002 after the band ran into financial problems following the collapse ofNude Records.[7][8] Demos recorded prior to the collapse of Nude and his departure were later released on the compilationKeep Music Miserable including the track ″Time Reclaims All Frontiers″, which was premiered atReading Festival.
Scott then reformed Inner Sleeve asTelevise with new musicians and signed to London record label Club AC30.[7] He has also played in the bandsThe Sight Below, Seavault (onMorr Music), Chapterhouse and Conformists (withJasper TX).[7]
In 2006, Scott established an electronic experimental record label KESHHHHHH Recordings, working as a musician and sound artist from his Cambridge recording studio and was remixed on an album called88 Tapes byLawrence English, Sawako, Moskitoo,Greg Davis,Benoit Pioulard,Christopher Bissonnette,Mark Templeton, and many more.[7]
2009 saw the release of Scott's debut solo album,Navigare onMiasmah Records.[9][10] Reviews called it a "Tour-De-Force" and UK music website Boomkat said that the album "transcends the usual parameters of drone music".
In 2010, Scott released the limited 7" "Depart, Repeat". A second album calledBunny on Miasmah was released on 7 October 2011. Scott also performed at Seattle festivalDecibel the same year.[11]
The albumBelow Sea Level was released on12k in May 2012 and was accompanied by an 80-page journal written whist recording in the sunken areas ofThe Fens in East Anglia where the album is conceptually based.[12][13][14][15]
Scott occasionally performs live[16] withThe Sight Below and co-wrote/co-produced three tracks on the second albumIt All Falls Apart released in April 2010 onGhostly International. In January 2012Kompakt releasedPop Ambient 2012 which featured Scott's track "For Martha" and alsoPop Ambient 2014 includes his track ″Für Betty″. Scott also drums and co-writes on acoustic guitaristJames Blackshaw's albumFantomas: Le Faux Magistrat onTompkins Square released July 2014 and drums on Blackshaw's 2015 albumSummoning Suns.
Slowdive reformed in January 2014, toured globally and began recording a fourth album that was released to critical acclaim in 2017.
In 2015 Scott'sBelow Sea Level was re-released by UK label/Arts organisationTouch Music, followed in 2019 by his 'Soundings' album for the label.[17]
In December 2020, Scott released "Apart" on 12k.[18]
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