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Clodagh Simonds

January 01, 1970

Clodagh Simonds (/ˈkloʊdə/ KLOH-də; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish musician, songwriter and singer. She was born in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland and raised and educated in Killiney, County Dublin.

Clodagh Simonds
Birth nameClodagh Simonds
Born (1953-05-16) 16 May 1953 (age 71)
Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Instrument(s)Voice, piano, keyboard, Harmonium
LabelsDeram, Janet Records, Die Stadt
WebsiteOfficial Website

Biography edit

At the age of eleven, she formed her first band, Mellow Candle, with two schoolfriends, Alison Bools (later Williams, later O'Donnell) and Maria White. They released their first single, "Feelin' High", on SNB Records in 1968, when she was 15. Three years later, and with an expanded line-up, Mellow Candle released their only album, Swaddling Songs, which made little or no impact beyond Ireland until around twenty-five years later. The group disbanded in 1973. Between 1972 and 1975, she guested on Thin Lizzy's second album, Shades of a Blue Orphanage, and two Mike Oldfield albums: Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn, helping Oldfield to coin the title of the latter. She also appears on Oldfield's Amarok album, his 1990 spiritual sequel to Ommadawn. Between 1976 and 1986, she lived in New York where she worked in a band with Carter Burwell and Stephen Bray, as well as writing music for two theatre productions at La MaMa ETC, and occasionally working for Virgin Records.[1]

Working within the recording industry had a negative impact on her career aims, and subsequently she resumed her long-abandoned studies of piano, and began studying music of other cultures. In 1992, Simonds relocated from London to West Cork to focus on writing music. In 1996, her mini-album Six Elementary Songs was produced by Tom Newman and released on the Tokyo-based label Evangel Records. That same year, the album Virgin Prophet—consisting mostly of recordings for Deram by a pre-drums line-up of Mellow Candle—was released by UK label Kissing Spell. It also featured two even earlier solo demos, written and recorded by Simonds at the age of 16.

Twenty-five years or so after the release of the Mellow Candle album, interest in the band reawakened, starting in Japan, and the album has now been re-released several times, attaining cult status. One of Simonds' songs, "Silversong", was covered by All About Eve in 1988, and another, "Poet and the Witch", was covered by Stephen Malkmus[2] in 1998. In 1999, she sang a version of the Syd Barrett/James Joyce song "Golden Hair" for Russell Mills' album Pearl & Umbra. Between 2005 and 2007, under the name Fovea Hex, she released 3 EPs, collectively entitled Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent, featuring Michael Begg, Carter Burwell, John Contreras, Roger Doyle, Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Robert Fripp, Percy Jones, Cora Venus Lunny, Dónal Lunny, Andrew M. McKenzie of The Hafler Trio, Sarah McQuaid, Hugh O'Neill, Colin Potter of Nurse with Wound, Geoff Sample, Lydia Sasse, Laura Sheeran, and Steven Wilson. Each EP was available in a special edition that included an additional disc, containing an extensive re-working of that EP's material by The Hafler Trio.[3]

As a performing unit, Fovea Hex usually consists of Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Cora Venus Lunny, Michael Begg and Colin Potter, with either Julia Kent, Kate Ellis or John Contreras on cello. In May 2007, Fovea Hex performed at the invitation of David Lynch at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, as part of his The Air Is on Fire retrospective exhibition.[4] Having also performed in Austria, Spain and Italy in 2007 and 2008, Fovea Hex made their debut Irish performance at the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, County Laois, in August 2008.

Clodagh Simonds presently lives in Dublin.

Discography edit

Albums edit

  • Mellow Candle – Swaddling Songs (Deram, 1971)
  • Fovea Hex – Bloom (part 1 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent, Janet Records/Die Stadt, 2005)
  • Fovea Hex – Huge (part 2 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent, Janet Records/Die Stadt, 2006)
  • Fovea Hex – Allure (part 3 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent, Janet Records/Die Stadt, 2007)
  • Fovea Hex – Here Is Where We Used To Sing, Janet Records, 2012
  • Fovea Hex - The Salt Garden 1, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt, 9 March 2016
  • Fovea Hex - The Salt Garden 2, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt, June 2017

Singles edit

  • Mellow Candle – "Feelin High"/"Tea with the Sun" (SNB, 1968)
  • Mellow Candle – "Dan The Wing"/"Silversong" (Deram, 1971)
  • Fovea Hex & Andrew Liles – "Gone"/"Every Evening" (Die Stadt, 2007)

Selected credits edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Janetrecords.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Dark Wave (10") | Domino Mart". Domino Recording Company. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Janet Records". Janetrecords.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ [1] [dead link]

External links edit

  • Janet Records Website
  • Interview with The Irish Times, November 2008
  • Interview with Tokafi (January 2007)
  • Interview with Black (German magazine, 2007)
  • Interview with BlowUp (Italian magazine, 2007)
  • Fovea Hex on Myspace
  • Review of "Bloom", Pitchfork Media
  • Mellow Candle – comprehensive history extracted from IRISH FOLK, TRAD AND BLUES – A SECRET HISTORY 17 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  • Electric Picnic

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Clodagh Simonds ˈ k l oʊ d e KLOH de born 16 May 1953 is an Irish musician songwriter and singer She was born in Banbridge County Down Northern Ireland and raised and educated in Killiney County Dublin Clodagh SimondsBirth nameClodagh SimondsBorn 1953 05 16 16 May 1953 age 71 Banbridge County Down Northern IrelandInstrument s Voice piano keyboard HarmoniumLabelsDeram Janet Records Die StadtWebsiteOfficial Website Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 Albums 2 2 Singles 2 3 Selected credits 3 References 4 External linksBiography editAt the age of eleven she formed her first band Mellow Candle with two schoolfriends Alison Bools later Williams later O Donnell and Maria White They released their first single Feelin High on SNB Records in 1968 when she was 15 Three years later and with an expanded line up Mellow Candle released their only album Swaddling Songs which made little or no impact beyond Ireland until around twenty five years later The group disbanded in 1973 Between 1972 and 1975 she guested on Thin Lizzy s second album Shades of a Blue Orphanage and two Mike Oldfield albums Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn helping Oldfield to coin the title of the latter She also appears on Oldfield s Amarok album his 1990 spiritual sequel to Ommadawn Between 1976 and 1986 she lived in New York where she worked in a band with Carter Burwell and Stephen Bray as well as writing music for two theatre productions at La MaMa ETC and occasionally working for Virgin Records 1 Working within the recording industry had a negative impact on her career aims and subsequently she resumed her long abandoned studies of piano and began studying music of other cultures In 1992 Simonds relocated from London to West Cork to focus on writing music In 1996 her mini album Six Elementary Songs was produced by Tom Newman and released on the Tokyo based label Evangel Records That same year the album Virgin Prophet consisting mostly of recordings for Deram by a pre drums line up of Mellow Candle was released by UK label Kissing Spell It also featured two even earlier solo demos written and recorded by Simonds at the age of 16 Twenty five years or so after the release of the Mellow Candle album interest in the band reawakened starting in Japan and the album has now been re released several times attaining cult status One of Simonds songs Silversong was covered by All About Eve in 1988 and another Poet and the Witch was covered by Stephen Malkmus 2 in 1998 In 1999 she sang a version of the Syd Barrett James Joyce song Golden Hair for Russell Mills album Pearl amp Umbra Between 2005 and 2007 under the name Fovea Hex she released 3 EPs collectively entitled Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent featuring Michael Begg Carter Burwell John Contreras Roger Doyle Brian Eno Roger Eno Robert Fripp Percy Jones Cora Venus Lunny Donal Lunny Andrew M McKenzie of The Hafler Trio Sarah McQuaid Hugh O Neill Colin Potter of Nurse with Wound Geoff Sample Lydia Sasse Laura Sheeran and Steven Wilson Each EP was available in a special edition that included an additional disc containing an extensive re working of that EP s material by The Hafler Trio 3 As a performing unit Fovea Hex usually consists of Clodagh Simonds Laura Sheeran Cora Venus Lunny Michael Begg and Colin Potter with either Julia Kent Kate Ellis or John Contreras on cello In May 2007 Fovea Hex performed at the invitation of David Lynch at the Fondation Cartier in Paris as part of his The Air Is on Fire retrospective exhibition 4 Having also performed in Austria Spain and Italy in 2007 and 2008 Fovea Hex made their debut Irish performance at the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally County Laois in August 2008 Clodagh Simonds presently lives in Dublin Discography editAlbums edit Mellow Candle Swaddling Songs Deram 1971 Fovea Hex Bloom part 1 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Janet Records Die Stadt 2005 Fovea Hex Huge part 2 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Janet Records Die Stadt 2006 Fovea Hex Allure part 3 of Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Janet Records Die Stadt 2007 Fovea Hex Here Is Where We Used To Sing Janet Records 2012 Fovea Hex The Salt Garden 1 Headphone Dust Die Stadt 9 March 2016 Fovea Hex The Salt Garden 2 Headphone Dust Die Stadt June 2017 Singles edit Mellow Candle Feelin High Tea with the Sun SNB 1968 Mellow Candle Dan The Wing Silversong Deram 1971 Fovea Hex amp Andrew Liles Gone Every Evening Die Stadt 2007 Selected credits edit Thin Lizzy Shades of a Blue Orphanage vocals piano mellotron Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge vocals Mike Oldfield Ommadawn vocals lyrics Mike Oldfield Amarok vocals Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells III vocals Jade Warrior Kites vocals Russell Mills Pearl Umbra vocals harmonium Tunnels with Percy Jones Natural Selection treated vocals Current 93 Black Ships Ate The Sky vocals zither psaltery Matmos For Alan Turing vocals for Molly Malone Human Greed Black Hill Midnight At the Blighted Star piano Steven Wilson Insurgentes vocals lyrics Thinguma jigsaw Misery Together piano on track Folkgore Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Pornografica Mori 2012 References edit Mellow Candle Janetrecords com Archived from the original on 17 February 2020 Retrieved 3 July 2020 Stephen Malkmus amp The Jicks Dark Wave 10 Domino Mart Domino Recording Company Retrieved 3 July 2020 Janet Records Janetrecords com Retrieved 3 July 2020 1 dead link External links editJanet Records Website Interview with The Irish Times November 2008 Interview with Tokafi January 2007 Interview with Black German magazine 2007 Interview with BlowUp Italian magazine 2007 Fovea Hex on Myspace Review of Bloom Pitchfork Media Review of Huge Pitchfork Media Review of Allure Pitchfork media Mellow Candle comprehensive history extracted from IRISH FOLK TRAD AND BLUES A SECRET HISTORY Archived 17 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine Electric Picnic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clodagh Simonds amp oldid 1222954980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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