Philippe Simon
I met Philippe Simon 35 years ago in his art gallery (16 rue des Bahutiers, Bordeaux, France).
I was a young student curious and passionate about any form of artistic expression. One day I opened the door to his studio and went in to look at his work …
Philippe is a painter, musician and photographer, a total artist – passionate about sound and acoustics, he even builds his own speakers.
Philippe Simon was born in 1936 and plays synthesizer every day.
So far, he composed more than 200 albums…
So, we will release some of them on Kalamine Records in tribute to a man for whom I have a lot of respect and sympathy – to highlight the fantastic work of this artist.
Zumaia.
A Miscellany of Tasteful Music/Art/Film/Litis a blog-zine dedicated to reviewing old and new artistic material from a non political point of view.
My art and music tastes hover from Baroque to Avant-Garde/Experimental. If you consider yourself as open-minded as you think you are, consider that people of a different political, moral and ethical persuasion might just be into the same music, film, literature and art that you’re into, and might teach you a thing or two about it .
Rudy Carrera.
Philippe Simon – Android – This is something of a revelation to me. Until the good folks at Kalamine Records (run by Zumaia) told me about him, he was off my radar. This I count as a loss, because Philippe Simon brings a vibrant, updated sound to the Berlin School of electronic music which [ continue reading…]
This is a Blog about Noise, Power Electronics, Post-Industrial and Experimental sounds.
Please contact me via the page for any info on material that you’d like to submit for review.
I will only review physical copies, no mp3/file reviews.
Many kind thanks to Daniel Overberger for taking and selling me the pictures of the outside of North Fuller avenue to use on my blog.
Reviews are by Choppy Noodles and Psymon Marshall.
Philippe Simon – RIL – Here’s the question of the day: what happens when an 83 year-old painter, musician, and photographer gets hold of a Korg M50 and a Nord Lead? The answer is that you get Philippe Simon, and on this showing he very much comes from the Berlin School of electronic music [ continue reading… ]