London born Simon Halpin grew up in the big smoke during the late 80's and 1990's and was influenced by the cultural and music movements happening at that time. He remembers school dinner-time when kids would loosen the fat laces on their Puma's, throw down some cardboard and have dance-off's to the new and exciting music coming out of the states. Early hip hop influences gave way to a more electronic sound coming out of Chicago, as it fused with Balearic music the British were discovering in Ibiza. House music in all its forms had arrived in London and soon people would be dancing to it in everywhere from warehouses to car parks, fields to community centers. As London club-land began to fragment and warehouses became super clubs, Simon went along for the ride - experiencing both the more underground dance music parties, alongside those which at the time were considered to be a little more "happening" by London trend setters. Summers would often be spent in Ibiza, experiencing everything the white island had to offer. All of this had a tremendous influence on Simon's music and his life.
Naturally House music would eventually lead Simon back to Disco and New York City, as he found himself in New York at David Maucuso's Loft party. David Mancuso's parties expanded the mind both musically and socially. Acid rock was played alongside acid house and dub with disco. People from every walk of life danced together without inhibition, in a lovingly decorated room, with music played on a sound system which really needed to be heard to be believed. It may have taken a while to find but the search was worth it. Simon had found h-OM-e. New York also had the newly renamed club Vinyl, which hosted Timmy Regisford's Shelter, in addition to Francois K, Joe Claussell and Danny Krivit's Body and Soul. Both of these parties, along with Francois K's current Deep Space party have had a tremendous influence on Simon.
Today Simon is a key part of London based Lucky Cloud Sound System, a creative collective who have hosted David Mancuso's London Loft parties since 2003. Simon heads up PR for Lucky Cloud, as well as being part of a dedicated crew of balloon blowers and sound system luggers who make the parties happen. More recently, with Cosmo he has hosted Cosmodelica at London club Plastic People. He's also been lucky enough to guest DJ at Beauty and the Beat.
Working with Guillaume Chottin, Simon is a founding member of DeepFrequency.com and its here he's decided to express all his musical influences in a fortnightly Sunday show called "Blood, Sweat & Tears", starting at 8pm GMT. See schdule for show dates.
Naturally House music would eventually lead Simon back to Disco and New York City, as he found himself in New York at David Maucuso's Loft party. David Mancuso's parties expanded the mind both musically and socially. Acid rock was played alongside acid house and dub with disco. People from every walk of life danced together without inhibition, in a lovingly decorated room, with music played on a sound system which really needed to be heard to be believed. It may have taken a while to find but the search was worth it. Simon had found h-OM-e. New York also had the newly renamed club Vinyl, which hosted Timmy Regisford's Shelter, in addition to Francois K, Joe Claussell and Danny Krivit's Body and Soul. Both of these parties, along with Francois K's current Deep Space party have had a tremendous influence on Simon.
Today Simon is a key part of London based Lucky Cloud Sound System, a creative collective who have hosted David Mancuso's London Loft parties since 2003. Simon heads up PR for Lucky Cloud, as well as being part of a dedicated crew of balloon blowers and sound system luggers who make the parties happen. More recently, with Cosmo he has hosted Cosmodelica at London club Plastic People. He's also been lucky enough to guest DJ at Beauty and the Beat.
Working with Guillaume Chottin, Simon is a founding member of DeepFrequency.com and its here he's decided to express all his musical influences in a fortnightly Sunday show called "Blood, Sweat & Tears", starting at 8pm GMT. See schdule for show dates.
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