Songwriting
Guitar and vocals. Listen to his songs and releases here.
Styles: pop, acoustic rock, funk with world music influences and flavors.
Western drum kit
Styles: funk, rock, pop, country, blues, blues rock, hip hop and jazz.
“World music” drum kit
Styles: Middle Eastern and North African music, samba, bossa nova, cumbia, , salsa, makossa…..
Fusion kits: combinations of percussion and drums
Bespoke combinations of drum kit and percussion according to the style and needs of the music. Ideal for acoustic rock, pop and country styles. These kits combine the power and drive of the drum kit with the colours and swing of percussion all at an acoustic sound level.
Styles: acoustic rock, pop, country and funk, jazz and latin jazz, world music fusion.
North African music
Instruments:
Darbouka, req, bendir, karkabous, t’bel, tabella, frame drums and drum kit.
Styles:
Classical, Gnaoua, Aissawa, all chaabi ( popular) styles, Rai and fusion.
Middle Eastern music
Instruments:
Darbouka, req, daff and other frame drums and drum kit.
Styles:
Classical and contemporary styles.
Brazilian music
Instruments:
Surdo, tambourim, caixa (snare drum), timba, atabaques/congas, berimbau, small percussion ( agogo bells, shakers/ganzas… ) and drum kit
Styles:
Samba, Maracatu and other North Eastern styles, fusion.
Afro Cuban/Caribbean music
Instruments:
Congas, bongos, timbales and all small percussion (cowbell, maracas, guiro…), drum kit.
Styles:
Traditional (rumba and related styles), “Salsa” and Zouk.
West African music
Instruments:
Djembe, dun-duns, and drum kit.
Styles:
Traditional (Mandingue, Malinke…), electric (Electric dance band and fusion).
Central African music
Instruments:
Drum kit, congas and other hand drums.
Styles:
Soukous, Makossa, Kwassa kwassa and Afro Beat.
Miscellaneous
Instruments:
Spoons and body percussion.
Styles:
Spoons, Human Beatbox (vocal percussion with hip hop and adaptations of World beats), hand claps (North African/Middle Eastern style) as well as body percussion.
To see Simon playing drums and percussion please visit his Youtube channel.