nigel simpson

• sunslide a special compilation

my old horse from ‘bowie’ 2012
blown to pieces from ‘stromboli’ unreleased
blossom from ‘slower music movement’ 2009
lightening gone from ‘rex harrison’ 2010
etude 5 from ‘études’ from 2009
prepare ribs from ‘the beauty of repetition’ 2012
bookshelf from ‘sudvar’ 2007
distant dub unreleased demo
bowie from ‘bowie’ 2012
fieldpiano 2 from fieldpiano released 2010 on fieldmuzick
doing laundry from ‘pepin’ 2013
shopping (on ebay) from ‘pepin’ 2013
photocopying from ‘sudvar’ 2007

Moved to Suffolk from London in 2009 and now live in old Shotley across the river from Felixstowe that played a part in the soundscapes. Particularly with the releases ‘fieldpiano’ and ‘mechanisme’ recorded outside for German labels.

2007 ‘sudvar was an ep that came about from experimenting with garageband a kettle, wine glasses and the human voice. Influenced mostly by Arve Henriksen’s Norweigan landscapes. Some of this was used by the BBC’s Imagine on Sir Richard Rogers.

Meeting Phil Manzanera in 2004 at the foodstore in Queens Park resulted in piano sessions on two of his albums. Phil had suggested recording some work that resulted in ‘stromboli’. This was finished in 2009 and is set for future release.

Meanwhile other releases include ‘rex harrison’; ‘folksy’ with guitar and voice . Having read the Keith Richards biog and intrigued by his detail of open tuning, 8 tunings were used. At the time hired a room in London for small acoustic gigs – lasted no more than 30 minutes and cost only a fiver ! Intimate and fado-esque.

The Chinese instrument guhzeng features on ‘the beauty of repetition’ released in 2012. Celebrating the return of Obama to the presidency.'endorphin' May 2014 release availablewww.sunslide.bandcamp.com