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Simon Emmerson (12 March 1956 – 13 March 2023) was an English musician and record producer. He founded the bands Working Week , Weekend , and Afro Celt Sound System . Early life and education
Afro Celt Sound System was a European and African group who fused electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System was formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists. [3]
Simon Emmerson is an electroacoustic music composer working mostly with live electronics. He was born in Wolverhampton, UK, on 15 September 1950.. Simon Emmerson studied at Cambridge and at City University, London where he founded the electroacoustic music studio in 1975, remaining until 2004 when he joined De Montfort University, Leicester as Professor in Music, Technology and Innovation, and ...
The Imagined Village is a folk music project founded by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System.It is intended to produce modern folk music that represented modern multiculturalism in the United Kingdom and as such, featured musicians from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
In January 2016, Afro Celt Sound System announced that there is currently a dispute over the ownership of the name "Afro Celt Sound System", and that currently two bands exist, a lineup led by founder Simon Emmerson, and a different line-up headed by Martin Russell and James McNally. [31] [32] Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Les Emmerson (1944–2021), Canadian vocalist and guitarist; Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1863–1941), American politician, Governor of Illinois from 1929 to 1933; Ralph Emmerson (1913–2007), English clergyman; Scott Emmerson (born 1982), English professional footballer; Simon Emmerson, British record producer, guitarist, and disc jockey
Witness is the twelfth studio album by British folk duo Show of Hands.The album was recorded in January 2006 at Presshouse Studio, Colyton, Devon, and was produced by Simon Emmerson and Simon ‘Mass’ Massey from the Afro Celts, who helped to incorporate elements of traditional African, ambient and electronic dance music with the duo's characteristic folk style.
Simon Booth (rugby league, born 1971), played in England in the 1990s Simon Booth (runner) (born 1968), British fell runner Simon Booth, pseudonym for musician Simon Emmerson (1956–2023)