Simon Sweetman
Simon Sweetman is the drummer/percussionist for The Winter
He writes about music at www.offthetracks.co.nz
and podcasts at https://soundcloud.com/off-the-tracks
Simon Sweetman is the drummer/percussionist for The Winter
and podcasts at https://soundcloud.com/off-the-tracks
15/07/2015 at 7:29 pm
[…] on winter solstice day 2003 in Wellington, The Winter is an improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman and Dave Edwards… with a sound that swerves from acoustic folk/blues with hints of Asian, […]
25/07/2015 at 7:26 am
[…] on winter solstice day 2003 in Wellington, The Winter is an improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Simon Sweetman and Dave Edwards… with a sound that swerves from acoustic folk/blues with hints of Asian, […]
30/08/2015 at 1:58 am
[…] clarinet, electronics Dave Edwards: guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, sanshin, electronics Simon Sweetman: drums and percussion, […]
18/05/2017 at 3:23 pm
[…] “There are New Zealand artists working in this medium (Montano, Seht, Audible 3) combining concrete poetry, field recordings, found-sounds and electro-acoustic manipulations to sit as aural wallpaper, but Dave Black’s debut release (and a re-birth, if you like, for David Edwards) is an actual document – as much a post-modern piece of Performance Journalism as it is a static batch of “songs” or tracks, After Maths & Sciences is a pleasing challenge of an album. It lives up to the cliché of presenting something new with each listen,”- Simon Sweetman […]
19/05/2017 at 11:04 am
[…] Simon Sweetman: xylophone, percussion […]
19/05/2017 at 11:08 am
[…] Acoustic improvisations on guitar, ukulele, banjo, clarinet, piano, harmonica and percussion by Simon, Dave and Mike. The Winter 2011 The Winter 2011 The Winter 2011 […]
19/05/2017 at 11:17 am
[…] Simon Sweetman – drums and percussion […]
08/02/2018 at 10:27 am
[…] Kingston (cello, acoustic guitar), Paul Winstanley (fretless bass, turntables), Simon Sweetman (percussion), Nigel Patterson (hammond organ), Cylvi M (percussion), Simon O’Rorke […]
26/12/2019 at 3:18 am
[…] in tribute to the extinct New Zealand bird the huia by Dave Edwards, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman. The 19-minute final track remains an underrated fiffdimension epic. [send us your […]
26/03/2020 at 9:01 pm
[…] section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
08/04/2020 at 9:50 pm
[…] section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
12/06/2020 at 4:03 am
[…] band songs, recorded the following year with a string section of Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman on percussion. Without the interludes Loose Autumn Moans in turn becomes a tighter and shorter […]
12/06/2020 at 9:22 pm
[…] section, recorded on all-analogue equipment, by Dave Edwards, with Sam Prebble, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
15/07/2020 at 2:17 pm
[…] two free improvisations, with percussionists Simon O’Rorke and Simon Sweetman, and Korean bassist Youjae […]
05/09/2020 at 9:49 pm
[…] Poetry and accompaniment in a more modernist vein – verbose spoken word (salad) + improvised guitar. A journey down a road not taken for NZ music, by Dave Edwards with Simon O’Rorke, Youjae Lee, and Simon Sweetman, […]
08/11/2020 at 12:09 pm
[…] abstract dissonance, and pots & pans percussion. By Dave Edwards, Mike Kingston, and Simon Sweetman […]
31/07/2021 at 11:35 pm
[…] “Dave Black’s debut release (and a re-birth, if you like, for David Edwards) is as much a post-modern piece of Performance Journalism as it is a static batch of “songs” or tracks, After Maths & Sciences is a pleasing challenge of an album. It lives up to the cliché of presenting something new with each listen,”– Simon Sweetman […]