We spoke to SimonPosford about growing up in a musical household, the process behind his new album and the ideal mind-state in which to listen to it.
Simon Posford has never headlined a mainstream dance music festival, but for those familiar with his name and output, the English musician is nothing less than a major electronic scene star.
Last May, Posford and Ram performed what were billed as the last Shpongle live shows at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The two-night run sold out in eight minutes. My grandfather was a composer in the 1940s. He wrote mainly musicals, and had some tracks performed by Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby and other luminaries of the time; so music was always playing in the house, and my family is still very supportive of what I do. I think they were probably worried about drugs, but they seem to like some of my more psychedelic music.I wrote a song on the piano aged about 8 with my dad called “Chicken Vindaloo.
When I got my first record deal advance, I bought a Roland Sh101 -- something I still use to this day. I didn’t start DJing for a quite a while after that, so I would have bought more studio gear.I went on Spotify to check how the encoding and mastering sounded on my lockdown album that was just released. I was concerned about a loss of 3D and depth. Before that I was listening to"8.
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