Shelf Life: Unreleased Demos '91 to '21 - Vol 1 | Simon Mills

Shelf Life: Unreleased Demos '91 to '21 - Vol 1

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charles_scott Wow. Everything Simon puts out evokes such an emotional response - Each song conjures up such joy, sorrow, irreverence, introspection.. One of.. perhaps the best electronic music producer of our time, Full stop. They'll be studying your work in music academy one day. Cheers Simon!!

mikeystar When I listen to this album, it is very difficult to pick which song embraces the sublime and yet iridescent feel this album gives off. And most are just from the vault!
I will say that there's a sense of progression between each year and their respective time. '90s is very ambient and dreamy. '00s is bouncy and rhythmic.
I just love your work, Simon. I've never been so in touch with a musician. Ever.

GPReS I'm surprised that I still have not written review for this MASTERPIECE. This album is not felt as "Unreleased Demos" because all tracks on it are felt SO complete and perfectly arranged. Truly speaking I can't pick a favorite track cause ALL of them are FAVS. Wonderful music, different moods, LOVE IT!!! Waiting for part 2 eagerly. Favorite track: Pitter Patter (1996).

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1.	Moonman (1997) 06:35	buy track
2.	Rum, Pa Pa Pa Pum (1997) 03:49	buy track
3.	Rooster Booster (2021) 04:06	buy track
4.	Pitter Patter (1996) 05:48	buy track
5.	Up On Brix (2007) 03:01	buy track
6.	Green Wednesdays (2016) 05:02	buy track
7.	Rolling A Seven (2010) 04:36	buy track
8.	All Crash Together (1991) 05:20	buy track
9.	Brothers And Sisters (2011) 02:04	buy track
10.	Two Waves (1995) 05:17	buy track
11.	Cathaleen Power (2021) 02:17	buy track
12.	Melton Mowbray Railway Station (2003) 02:21	buy track
13.	Bar Room Song (1997) 02:27	buy track
14.	Just Remember (When You're Gone) (2016) 04:27	buy track
15.	Churchy (2005) 02:38	buy track
16.	Memma Doo (1995) 05:16	buy track
17.	World Of Brass (1997) 05:38	buy track
18.	Ben (2019) 03:40	buy track
19.	Earth (1991) 08:00	buy track

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Here's a collection of tracks dating back to my humble beginnings as a 16 year old armed with a Commodore Amiga with a FULL 1 megabyte of RAM (true power), dreaming that one day I may release music. Often in those daysI was making tracks with my pal Martin Nice (currently releasing as Lanowa) with his 4 track, my computer and a couple of synths. It was with Martin that I got the bug for music making, and I felt that even though I must be mad, or a total dreamer, I wanted to do it as a career.

The early mid-90s followed, and I subsequently dropped out of my Fine Art Degree (in typical art school drop out fashion) because I met a talented chap called Ian Sanderson (Urban Myth Club), who'd posted an ad in a local music shop looking for electronic producers. I was out of my depth for sure. He taught me a hell of a lot back in those days, as we made a lot of strange ambient music together, and even released leftfield sample libraries under the guise of "Cuckooland" for Zero-G and Time & Space. During that time I'd gone from recording on multitrack tape to having a digital multitask machine (Soundscape), which blew my mind. Those days had me learning about synthesis, and sound engineering in particular. We actually moved into a flat, and made a studio - all above the flat which was the birth place of Bent.

1996 to late 1997 had me starting to collect "dodgy" records from second hand shops, after I had sold all my gear to move to Canada, and it was during this time that I got into sampling "daft" things and collecting lots of potential sounds on minidisk. Roll on early 1998, and I had moved in with Nail. One floor beneath where I'd lived before. Bent was born. Somehow the dots connected and it all came to fruition, after years of hoping and honing.

There's plenty here from the Bent era and beyond, too. Some of it I am very happy with. Same makes me laugh. There are embarrassing moments in there too., but hey, I was 16/17! ..Either way I've kept the lot in, warts and all :)

Shout out to those who have been part of a 30 year musical journey! I've spent a lot of time alone and with amazing people, making music and dreaming, hoping.. aspiring.. laughing! ...and long may it continue.

Thanks to everyone for your amazing support since the start... Listeners, friends and sidekicks, managers, singers, musicians, DJs, Radio stations..agents.. all of you! If I named you all personally, I'd kill my keyboard. But you know who you are, and I miss you!

Much love x

Martin Nice's Linktree: linktr.ee/Lanowa
Ian Sanderson's Bandcamp: chocolatetannoy.bandcamp.com
James Hastings' Bandcamp: jameshastings.bandcamp.com

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released August 6, 2021

Simon Mills, Martin Nice, Ian Sanderson, James Hastings

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