Simon Emmerson

Simon Emmerson

"For the experimental music artist, see" Simon Emmerson (electroacoustic musician).

Simon Emmerson is a Grammy Award-nominated record producer, guitarist, DJ and founder of the group Afro Celt Sound System.

He is also the main organiser of The Imagined Village, a collaborative work from many roots artists. Simon also plays on this album.

In 1995 Emmerson was nominated for a Grammy for his production work on Baaba Maal's album "Firin%27 in Fouta".

Earlier in his career, under the pseudonym Simon Booth, he was a member of the bands Working Week and Weekend, played guitar on Everything but the Girl's debut album Eden and produced records for Baaba Maal and Manu Dibango. [Discogs artist | artist = Simon+Booth | name = Simon Booth. Retrieved on 2008-08-06] [allmusic|id=11:gcfpxqu5ldhe~T4|label=Simon Booth > Credits. Retrieved on 2008-08-06]

Discography

Afro Celt Sound System

*See Afro Celt Sound System

Production credits

*"Firin' in Fouta" - Baaba Maal (1994)
*"Witness" - Show of Hands (2006)
*"The Imagined Village - Various (Real World Records 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.working-week.org/simon.php Biography on Working Week website]

* [http://imaginedvillage.com The Imagined Village website]

* [http://realworldrecords.com Real World Records website]


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