Simon Sheldon

UK producer Simon Sheldon has been journeying across musical genres for many years, producing everything from Drum n Bass, Reggae, House and Jazz. A £100 spend on a Korg mono synth at the age of 10, followed by the purchase of an Atari ST a few years later sowed the seeds of a life long desire to create music with electronic roots. On arriving to his now home town Belfast, Simon started writing, performing and releasing as Solaris, before forming Drum n Bass outfit Spree, who released tracks on labels such as Aspect Records, Formation, NIR amongst others. A prolific live act, Spree supported the likes of Roni Size, Giles Peterson and Jazzanova and headlined events across Europe, Asia and the USA, as well as playing the highly regarded Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury. As a side project, Simon also produced Reggae and performed a live set supporting the Legendary Lee "Scratch“ Perry, as well as collaborating with Irish Nu-Jazz maestros, Belcrash. More recently, he has been carving a name for himself in the House Music arena, collaborating with Quentin Kane, together releasing a mix LP and an 18 track LP, ‘Exodus’, on DJ Spen's Unquantize label, as well as remixes on labels such as Yoversion and Audiobite.

Simon also releases as 'The Naked Bongo Band' and 'Spree' and is also behind record label The Freebooter Lounge and also the long running freebooter radio show which guested on Café Mambo radio during lockdown 2020.

https://thefreebooterlounge.bandcamp.com