‘Hugely atmospheric, an enticing aural landscape. Music for the ambient generation. The Brain is the perfect album to play last thing at night. A deep musical journey into the land of dreams. Simon Webb (aka Si) produces exquisite music for the ambient generation that fuses influences from classcal, world and electronica. Simon Webb is a musican and composer best known for his theatre and television work. THE BRAIN is his first solo album.’
The Brain credits: music and lyrics by Simon Webb except The Sad Man which has lyrics by Keith Box. All tracks are performed by Simon Webb on vocals, piano, synthesizers, keyboards, samplers, percussion, and guitars. With Simon Clarke on flute and sax, Roddy Lorimer on reverse flugel horn, Jean Rigby and Mary Carewe on vocals. Also members of The Papua New Guinea National Theatre on drums, flutes and voices. Music recorded and mixed at SF studios London UK, and mastered by Martin Russell at Sonic Innovation London UK. CD production supervisor Alan Stewart.
The Brain is available on Spotify here.
The Brain Back Story
There is an interesting story behind this album. In 2001, when I was in the early stages of my Spidercat boatbuild, I came to a realisation that I would never complete the boat in the single year I had imagined. So I would need to get back to work, and build the boat part time. Since I had burnt my bridges somewhat in commercial TV, I had to come up with a plan. I decided to dig deep in to my bottom drawer and see what was lurking musically. The Brain is the result and it came together pretty quickly. I sent out 300 copies to every producer I could think of in London. Luckily Nick Hytner at the National Theatre liked it, and hired me to write the music for his next two Shakespeare productions, The Winter’s Tale, and Henry the 5th. This turned my career back to my first love, the theatre and set me off on an entirely new path. Thanks Nick!