Simon 7, founder of Nature Beat Music and band Didjworks, hails from Melbourne Australia and lived in New York City for over 10 years.
After working as a guitarist/songwriter in Europe and the US for many years rediscovered the Didjeridu on a return trip, and has been mesmerizing audiences with its rich earthy trance-like sound ever since.
Didjworks as well as participating regularly with the Music Under New York program has also performed at Woodstock 95, Alvin Ailey dance concerts, Wendy Perron s Downtown Underground, Andrea Marcovicci at the Symphony Space, Lincoln Center Outdoors, Bang on a Can with the Cassatt Quartet Alice Tully Hall, Nation public radios New Sounds, Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and many other plays and club gigs.
Simon is also a member of the band Mecca Bodega who recorded the soundtrack to HBO’s Subway Stoties and have performed many festivals and toured the US and Australia.
Nature Beat Music has released 6 CD albums to date, Didjworks, New York Dreaming, Grand Central, Live, Citizen of the World, and Collective Unconcious.
Simon is also heard on 3 Albums with Mecca Bodega including a live CD recorded at the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, Mike Mainiers’ The Dreamings and many other soundtracks and TV commercials.
Simon moved back to Australia and resides in Byron Bay.
Discography:
Grand Central Live (1995)
Citizen Of The World (Nature Beat Music NBM003, 1996)
Collective Unconscious (Nature Beat Music NBM007, 1999)
Tranceformation (Nature Beat Music NBM008, 2003)
Past Present Future (Nature Beat Music NBM009, 2004)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Hello,
I recently stumbled upon this video on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYouf1aCcAQ
I’ve never heard anything like it, and it is quite literally exactly the sound I have been looking for for a prehistoric series I have been working on.
I’d be curious to know if there are any published tracks of this music I could silence? Strictly the didgeridoo and percussion? I would need it to be prehistoric (non-metal) instruments much like this sound.
Ideally for the intro music to the videos and as background music to videos, episodes, and the next short film we are working on.
Best!
I’d love to contact my dear friend Simon7. We are good friends from London.