themilkman on Sep 16th 2008 11:37 pm

BOMB THE BASS
Future Chaos
K7230CD
!K7 Records 2008
09 Tracks. 46mins21secs
It’s been just over twenty years since Tim Simenon delivered his first slice of Bomb The Bass delicacy. One of the seminal tracks of the acid/rave era, Beat Dis defined the shape of things to come, and is, like other classics like Acid Tracks, Voodoo Ray or Pump Up The Voume, to name but three, very much at the root of contemporary electronic music. Far from remaining in the limelight or cashing in on his early success, Simenon spent much of the nineties and naughties behind mixing desks, producing or remixing records for artists as diverse as Neneh Cherry, Seal, Depeche Mode David Bowie or the recently passed away Hector Zazou.
This year marks the return of Tim Simenon the musician, with his first proper album since his 1995 effort Clear. Continue Reading »
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themilkman on Aug 6th 2008 11:11 pm
The legendary Tim Simenon will release his first new album in thirteen years. Simenon gained fame twenty years ago with the seminal sampledelic Beat Dis, and went on to release three albums and countless EPs and brought dance music and hip-hop close. Since, Simemon has produced, remixed or collaborated with a wide range of artists, ranging from Neneh Cherry, Massive Attack and Björk to Depeche Mode and Naomi Campbell.
The new Bomb The Bass album, Future Chaos, due out on 15 September on K7, features a host of vocal contributors, from Jon Spencer, Red Snapper’s Richard Thair, Jake Williams, and Screaming Trees’ Mark Lanegan to David Best, of Brighton Krautrockers Fujiya & Miyagi and Paul Conboy of A.P.E.
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