Simon Neale Explained

Shadow Child
Birth Name:Simon Bird
Alias:Shadow Child
Dave Spoon
Avec
Birth Date:1977 1, df=yes[1] [2]
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Origin:Portsmouth
Genre:House, deep house, jungle, bass music
Years Active:2004–present
Label:Food Music, Televizion, Dim Mak Records, Toolroom, Size, Dirtybird, Deleted, Moda Black, Apollo, Polydor
Associated Acts:Kry Wolf, Mark Knight, TV Rock, Lisa Maffia, Tymer, James Talk, Takura, Tom Flynn, Karin Park, Hot Since 82
Background:non_performing_personnel

Simon Neale (born 20 January 1977 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England), known by his stage names Shadow Child and Dave Spoon, is an English radio DJ and dance music producer. He's also part of the duo Avec alongside Doorly. He was part of the line-up on BBC Radio 1's "In New DJs We Trust" feature, which ran from Thursday night to Friday morning at 2 am to 4 am.[3] The DJ has become notable for his hits, "Bad Girl (At Night)" with Lisa Maffia and "Baditude" with Sam Obernik. His first release as Shadow Child was on Dirtybird Records in March 2012, and he's since formed his own record label, Food Music, alongside Lewis of Kry Wolf. Simon has a show on Rinse FM from 9 am to 1 pm every Wednesday evening as Shadow Child.

Biography

Simon Neale grew up listening to a mixture of synth-pop and early '90s house and rave, and attended a secondary school that had an undiscovered TB-303 and Juno 60 in the music room cupboard.

Using his Dave Spoon alias, he's established himself on the UK dance scene. He signed "21st Century" to Toolroom Records in 2004. The piano-led "Sunrise EP" followed and was signed to Seamus Haji's Big Love imprint.

In 2006, Spoon released "At Night". With an added vocal in 2007 from Lisa Maffia, the track crossed over as "Bad Girl (At Night)" on Universal, earning Spoon his first top 40 hit, with the second coming in 2008 in the form of "Baditude" with collaborators Sam Obernik & Paul Harris from Dirty Vegas.

He followed this with DJ compilations for Ministry of Sound & Toolroom, remixes of songs by artists like Dizzee Rascal and The Pet Shop Boys, plus updates of classics such as Gat Décor's "Passion", having landed a residency on Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust' in 2008 and a residency for Cream in Ibiza.

His 2008 single "Baditude" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 34 on downloads alone on 10 August. The following week, the song climbed to No. 29. He has launched his own label "Televizion", where he released the Pete Tong collaboration "Gas Face", which was used as title music for the Hammer Horror film Beyond the Rave.

"Friday" featuring Takura managed to enter the UK Singles Chart at number 193 after support from the likes of MistaJam on BBC Radio 1Xtra.

Discography

Extended plays

Year Album Label
2012 Shadow Child Dirtybird
2012 Phil Collins Deleted
2012 23 (featuring Tymer) Food Music

Singles

As Dave Spoon

As Shadow Child

As Avec

Other appearances

Year Song Album Label
2012 "Comb Over" (with James Talk) BBQ Trax Dirtybird
2013 "The Only One" Dirtybird Players Part 1 Dirtybird
2013 "Bending Albert's Law" (vs. Karin Park) Moda Black Vol. 2 Moda Black

Remixes

As Dave Spoon

As Shadow Child

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shadow Child – Out TODAY (on my Bday!). Facebook. 19 January 2014.
  2. Web site: In New DJs We Trust – Dave Spoon Biography. BBC Radio 1. 2008.
  3. Web site: BBC - Press Office - Radio 1 announces new signings for In New DJs We Trust show . bbc.co.uk. 13 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Shadow Child – Collected by Various Artists. iTunes Store. 24 November 2013.

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