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Artist
Simon Stokes
12+ albums
Rock and Rollpsychedelicprog of 70srockblues
about
There are currently two artists producing under the name of Simon Stokes: 1. Simon Stokes - Minimal / techno producer and DJ. 2. Simon Stokes - American Psychedelic Rock band. The biographies for the two artists are displayed below: 1. Born in Scotland's capital of Edinburgh in 1983, Stokes emerged from a decade well known for musical atrocity with a keen ear for quality sound. Ever fascinated by the technical world of making music, Stokes creates his bouncy, bass-riddled techno using an impressive hardware setup. Stokes' approach to music is all about personality, and it is this philosophy that sets him apart from the pack. 2008 has seen him signed to various labels and unleashing his own unique brand of minimal. Expect to find floor-filling attitude packed into every track. 2. Produced by Michael Lloyd (WCPAEB, Smoke...), designed by Cal Schenkel (Zappa) and dedicated to Jack Kerouac, Simon Stokes' first album is an excellent psyche blues album a la Captain Beefheart. Big City Blues, Voodoo Woman, Ride On Angel and Which Way are fast blues/rock numbers with the growling voice of Stokes and the inventive guitar of Butch Senneville (ex-Quatrain). Almost all of the songs were composed by Stokes and Randall Keith and five tracks also appeared on the soundtrack of "Outlaw Riders", a bikers movie. In 1973 Stokes was back with Senneville for a new album The Incredible Simon Stokes And The Blackwhip Thrill Band produced by David Briggs. Its sleeve designed by Pacific Eye and
