CD: "Familia" by Simon Goulding
1. Familia 6:00
2. Galeria 6:49
3. Bass Face 6:09
4. Calle Obispo 6:48
5. East Side Drop 6:52
6. A Love Like Ours 6:55
7. Looking Over 6:50
8. Lindsey 6:39
9. Parque Central 7:27
10. Hurricane Season 5:53
11. Beach House 5:08
12. Mirando Al Futuro
We saw Simon play with the Snake Davis band at the Sands in Blackpool on Friday night and were really impressed. This is his own CD - check it out!
Debut album with 12 tracks of a hard hitting mix of Jazz/Latin/Fusion with smooth melodies woven around intricate and intriguing rhythms to create a sound thats Funky and original with more than a hint of bass.
Buy it here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/SimonGoulding
The new studio album by UK Bassist Simon Goulding. A mixture of Jazz/Fusion/Latin-Jazz. Draws heavily on Cuban influences from Rumba to Songo and beyond. Featuring Adam Linsley-Trumpet & Flugelhorn. Mat Sibley-Tenor Sax. Alan Wormald-Guitar. Nik Harrison-Guitar. Andy Blakeley- Timbales on selected tracks.
Simon Goulding had performed/recorded with the Bee Gees, Englebert Humperdink, Joe Longthorne, Rick Astley, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Peter Kay, Rene Froger, Ronan Keating, PP Arnold, The Four Tops, Freddie Starr, Jovenes Clasicos Del Son, Tony Christie, David Essex, The Drifters, The London Community Gospel Choir, Sheila Ferguson, Peter Grant to name but a few. On his new album Familia, Simon plays, 5 & 6 string basses, EUB (electric upright bass), Keyboards, Drum & synth programming, Percussion, clave & Berimbau.
"The album is about drawing on my memories of Family past & present here and in Cuba and the experiences we've been through. with the 1st track 'Familia' (Family) setting the scene and the final track 'Mirando al futuro' (Looking to the future) saying where we would like to be in the future. I would say the album is HEAVILY influenced by Cuban music (Emiliano Salvador, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Los Van Van, Mezcla, Irakere) aswell as my love of Jazz/Rock (Miles Davis, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Lee Ritenour's Friendship Group, YellowJackets, Lifetime). I wanted to portray all of these throughout the album".
