Simon Williams (musician)
- Simon Williams (musician)
Simon Williams is a Leicester-based musician, graphic designer and blogger.
Music
Simon (aka Crayola) currently fronts the indie pop band sarandon, who have recorded several EPs and sessions for the BBC's OneMusic show and for Marc Riley's BBC Radio 6 program.In the mid 1980's, inspired by John Peel and bands such as The June Brides and Big Flame, he started his first band, The Colgates, began promoting in his local area and eventually set up his own cassette label, Thee Foundation For Nothing.Between 1991 and 2003 Simon recorded 25 solo albums and appeared on over 100 releases. [ [http://www.uk-fusion.com/content/view/1420/30/ Hirtes, Matthew (2006) "Sarandon: The Completist's Library (review)", UK Fusion, 21 August2006] ] In 2002 SImon set up the kabukikore record label releasing albums by Steve Beresford, I'm Sore, Future SPerm Brasil and Mugstar amongst others. Each title was released in limited editions of 50 copies in hand-made sleeves and the label became a favourite of obscure music collectors around the world as well as being much enjoyed by magazines such as The Wire.
Graphic Design
Having initially trained as a screenprinter in the mid 1980's, during which time he printed the infamous "Drugs Not Jobs" T-Shirts (famously worn by Spiritualised), Simon currently works as a freelance graphic designer under the company name of drinkMILK. He is the chosen designer for all the latest Nightingales record sleeves and CD covers as well as designing T-Shirts for various bands and, curiously, London's Tourist Industry.
Blogger
Simon writes the surprisingly popular xPQwRtz music blog - basically the story of his life as an indie kid in the 1980s.He also reviews for the online music and culture magazine Diskant as well as maintining his personal blog, an MP3 blog and poking his nose into other people's writings in an attempt to be a bit annoying.
References
External links
* [http://sarandon.net Simon's band]
* [http://drink-milk.net Graphic Design Work]
* [http://xpqwrtz.blogspot.com Main Music Blog]
* [http://smakake.livejournal.com/ Blog] (on livejournal.com)
* [http://drink-milk.net/crayola/discog.htm Full Discography]
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