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Todd Simon Sounds

Horns and Strings at US prices!!!

About Me


Todd Simon has become the go to guy for horn and string arrangements. Lately he has been busy creating soulful sounds for both Ubiquity, Eighteenth Street Lounge and Stones Throw labels. His horns have mysteriously ended up on Lily Allen's "Sunday Morning/U Killed It".
Upcoming Releases:
Ocote Soul Sounds - The Alchemist Manifesto
Sam Sparro - featuring the Sweet & Sour Horns
Kero-One
Shawn Lee vs. Clutchy Hopkins
Out Now:
The Lion's "Jungle Struttin'" members of Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Rhythm Roots All Stars and Orgone link up for some soulful Rock Steady and Dub on Ubiquity.
Connie Price and the Keystones "Tell Me Something" Cinematic soul meets Hip-Hop feat. vocals from Soup (J5), Mikah 9 (Freestyle Fellowship), Aloe Blacc, and Percee P.
Clutchy Hopkins, the new Braille album and many more.
Previous projects Todd has contributed to:
Ohmega Watts new LP "Watts Happening" and Orgone's "Killion Floor" just on Ubiquity records featuring Todd's arrangements and trumpet stylings.
Peep this:
the Spanky Wilson/Quantic Soul album "I'm Thankful"
"Day's Like This" Shawn Escoffery
Madlib's Sound Directions
El Michels Affair
Antibalas
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Sugarman 3
Macy Gray
Breakestra
Rhythm Roots All-Stars
Red Bull Music Academy
Oh No's "Exodus..."
Eighteenth Street Lounge's Remix Album

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: toddsimonmusic.com
Influences: David Axelrod, Sonny Lester, Willie Mitchell, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Fela Kuti, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Quincy Jones, HUgh Masekela, George Martin, Lucho Bermudez and
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Sounds Like:
Soloing with Aloe Blacc!

Unearthed from the vaults:

Check me jammin' with The Gaslamp Killer @ The DoOver:
Get this video and more at MySpace.comTHE LIONS - IN STUDIO-EXCLUSIVE!!!

THE RHYTHM ROOTS ALL STARS performing TONY ALLEN'S "JEALOUSY EXCLUSIVE!!!

A dream come true! YNQ live. Ill never forget this gig:

Record Label: Ubiquity, Stones Throw, Tru-Thoughts, Epic, etc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Some Toddy T Radio Shows Online...

Some great mixes have posted up online. Please take a listen and let me know what you think:Red Bull Music Academy Radio/Melbourne Marvels/Todd SimonScion Radio's Wax Poetics Radio/DJ Monk-One w/ Conn...
Posted by Todd Simon Sounds on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:36:00 PST

New Releases... Orgone, Ohmega Watts, etc.

Ton's of great creations are finally showing some light.1st off, a huge project I've been working on came out Monday October 8th:my beautiful daughter Ruby Brixton Simon!!! She's got mad soul and will...
Posted by Todd Simon Sounds on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:22:00 PST

Vote for Gilles Peterson All Winners 2006

Hook a horn bro up and vote for some of my projects for this year's Gilles Peterson All Winners 2006. Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/allwinners2006.sh tml and under Album of the Year...
Posted by Todd Simon Sounds on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:13:00 PST