About
Simon James is a self trained sound artist from a working class background engaging in deep listening to the unheard - mixing environmental field recordings with electronic and electro acoustic sources. Over three decades of using field recordings in music and commercial work, including creating sonic landscapes for radio drama, TV and Film, Simon's field recording practice has shifted over the last 10 years to a focus on natural and constructed environmental recordings and a growing sensitivity to the hidden, quieter sounds that often go unnoticed or dismissed as noise, alongside neglected communities and voices. He brings decades of deep listening to workshops with a wide range of participants and believes strongly in the power that listening holds to bring about meaningful change.
Simon’s compositional approach is exploratory and instinctive, focussed on timbral shaping, finding the sounds in between the sounds and exploring the relationship between these and field recordings.