Simon Harris (musician)
Simon Harris [1] (born 10 September 1962) is a British music producer, DJ, remixer and electronic musician from London predominantly known for his 1988 hit song Bass (How Low Can You Go?) [2] as the founder of the Hip Hop label Music of Life and producer of most of it’s catalogue of songs.[3]
Harris[4] started as a mobile DJ in the Chigwell, Essex area in 1977 and became known for his mixing, in 1979 he joined the roster of DJ’s at Radio Forest Hospital Radio and promoted disco events featuring Capital Radio DJ’s. In 1981 Harris met Froggy [5] at one of these events and the two then formed a mixing team which resulted in a succession of releases including the 1987 Decade Remix of You to Me Are Everything by The Real Thing which became a top 10 Uk hit.
Froggy [6] and Harris [7] then decided to launch their own label, Music of Life which was initially distributed by StreetSounds. Then in 1986 Froggy left and Harris took the direction of Music of Life into Hip Hop and the label released many early British Hip Hop tracks by artists including Derek B, The Demon Boyz, Asher D and Daddy Freddy and Einstein but it was the series of Breakbeat albums ‘Beats, Breaks and Scratches[8]’ which included sampled scratches [9] that were a continued success and were released in territories such as Germany and the USA. Harris [10] was signed to UK label FFRR [11] by Pete Tong MBE in 1987 with the initial release being 'Bad on the Mic' [12] and remixes for Joyce Sims, Steve "Silk" Hurley, D-Mob Feat. Gary Haisman, Sinitta [13] for Simon Cowell's Fanfare label and then also featured in music production magazines describing the sampling technique [14] included on the 1988 FFRR Records album, 'Bass' [15] and numerous radio mixes including Dave Pearce's 'Fresh start to the week' in 1988 [16] and covered in UK magazine Hip Hop Connection.[17] In 1992 Harris produced The Ambassadors of Funk [18] with a UK Top 10 hit. Harris's association with sampling evolved from vinyl onto the sampling CD [19] in the 1990s and then more recently to digital releases on the Mastermix DJ label,[20] Plus Soda Music in Greece.[21] Bass (How Low Can You Go?) was remixed in 2016 by German production team Milk & Sugar [22]. Harris has been involved in many remix projects including the songs Boogie Nights [23] and Boogie Nights (song) Gangsters of the Groove for [[Heatwave]],[24] The first ever official Elvis Presley Remix for BMG Rights Management 'Bossa Nova Baby',[25] Grace Jones,[26] Prince (musician)'s only No1 pop hit 'The Most Beautiful Girl in The World' and more recent DJ productions on Traxsource [27] and the ELROW Music release 'This is Serious' with Morrison which was remixed by Dennis Ferrer [28] and featured on the BBC Radio 1 Friday night dance shows.
Discography[edit]
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [29] |
GER [30] |
US Dance [31] | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Bad on the Mike" (featuring 3 Boom MC's) [12] | – | – | – | Single only | |||||||||
| 1988 | "Bass (How Low Can You Go)" [32] | 12 | 47 | 3 | Bass! [2] | |||||||||
| "Here Comes That Sound" [33] | 38 | – | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "(I've Got Your) Pleasure Control" (featuring Lonnie Gordon) [34] | 60 | – | 23 | ||||||||||
| "Another Monsterjam" (featuring Einstein) [35] | 65 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | "Ragga House (All Night Long)" (featuring Daddy Freddy) | 56 | – | – | Disturbing the Peace | |||||||||
| "Don't Stop the Music" (featuring Dina Carroll & Monte Luv) | 84 | – | – | |||||||||||
| "Time" (featuring Leslie Lyrics) | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "Louder Than a Shotgun" | – | – | – | Back to the Bass [36] | |||||||||
| "Summertime" | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| 1992 | "Rollin' with the Punches" | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "Simon Harris age, hometown, biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marshall, Vie (August 1989). "Bass production". Micro Music. Music Magazine Archive (Aug/Sep 1989): 67–69. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ↑ "Simon Harris". MySpace. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ Metason. "Simon Harris". ArtistInfo. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Froggy got Britain mixing - DJ History". djhistory.com. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Interview: UK Mixing Pioneer DJ Froggy". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Simon Harris on Apple Music". Apple Music - Web Player. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Simon Harris discography - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Mixcloud". www.mixcloud.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Radio, N. T. S. "Simon Harris | Discover music on NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "FFRR - Music label - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A, Author Mike (1987-10-10). "October 10, 1987: Simon Harris featuring 3 Boom MC's, Heavy D & The Boyz, Bananarama, Glen Goldsmith, Cameo". James Hamilton's Disco Page. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Sinitta – TOTP Rewind – the 80s". TOTP Rewind - the 80s. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Marshall, Vie (August 1989). "Mr Bass Man (MIC Aug/Sep 1989)". Micro Music (Aug/Sep 1989): 67–69.
- ↑ Dam, Nostra (2020-12-16). "Simon Harris". BestMusic80. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ RANDOMRAPRADIOCRAIG (2020-08-27). "Dave Pearce Fresh Start to the Week Feat Simon Harris in Conversation/ In the Mix [Plus a Silver Bullet session] – 11 April 1988 [REMASTERED]". RANDOM RAP RADIO. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Hip Hop Connection #219 (Jan/Feb 2008) – Britcore". Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Revisiting Nintendo's novelty pop hit". Eurogamer.net. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Goodyer, Tim (March 1992). "Criminal Record? (MT Mar 1992)". Music Technology (Mar 1992): 54–59.
- ↑ "Simon Harris Producer Page". Mastermix. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Simon Harris - Remixer Producer - Plus Soda Music". plussodamusic.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Murray, Robin (2015-02-09). "Premiere: Milk & Sugar vs. Simon Harris - 'Bass (How Low Can You Go)'". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "Chilfest". Chilfest. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ The Best of Heatwave [Griffin] - Heatwave | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-03-08
- ↑ "ElvisNews.com - Elvis Presley news magazine - By Fans For Fans". ElvisNews.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ DjPaulT (2022-07-14). "Foggy". Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Simon Harris - Never B Another -The Remixes". www.traxsource.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Farmer, Grahame (2019-07-23). "Dennis Ferrer remixes Simon Harris 'This Is Serious'". Data Transmission. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Official Charts Company: Simon Harris". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Simon Harris – German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 1 April 2014.[dead link]
- ↑ "Simon Harris – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Simon Harris, 'Bass (How Low Can You Go?)'". Washington Post. 2021-12-24. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "A review". www.repeatfanzine.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "Lonnie Gordon". StockAitkenWaterman. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com - Simon Harris - Another Monsterjam". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "spanishcharts.com - Discography Simon Harris". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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