Background
Simone was born in Tuscany (Italy) in 1994. He started to play piano at the age of 8 and he grew up listening to a big variety of music including punk, post hard core, rap, dance, and popular music
Simone was born in Tuscany (Italy) in 1994. He started to play piano at the age of 8 and he grew up listening to a big variety of music including punk, post hard core, rap, dance, and popular music
Being introduced to electronic music 3 years before, Simone started to play and write for what would have become "The C.I.P". lieutenant took approximately two years to get things ready, after changing line up a few times, Simone and Michele came to the conclusion that the two formed a perfect balance and that was the best line up they"ve ever had. in 2013 Simone got in touch with Antonio Filippelli, producer and big name in the music industry, having played for "Vanilla Sky" in the World Tour and working for Emi and Sony. 2013 has seen Simone living in Rome (Italy) and Dublin (Irland) where he produced "Daydream" collaborating with Music Television and Sony.
Simone starts his music career in early 2013 signing for Volcan Records and recording "Daydream".
He has a really active role in The C.I.P, taking care of the arrangements and creating cool beats using synthesizers, samplers, drum machines and mac programs such as Logic, Ableton, Reason ecc. Simone"s influences include: Tycho, Flume, The Cure, Van She, M83, Tame Impala, Depeche Mode, Capital Cities, Chvrches, Empire of The Sun, Blink 182, Jimmie eat World, Brian Eno, The Killers, Management, Jon Hopkins, Paul Kalkbrenner, Yeasayer, We have band, Miami Horror, The Postal Service, Sigur Ross, Diive, Groove Armada, Skrillex, Nirvana, Caribou, Giraffage, 65daysofstatic, Oliver Tank, Phoenix, Wavves, Best Coast, Louisiana Sera, Sebastien Tellier and many others
ITALY: Rockit Magazine, Music Television Italy, Music Television New Generation, Music Television Digital Days, Rolling Stone Magazine (Italy), "Premio Roma Videoclip" (event, Rome Information Technology), TAG24 Backstage Press Webzine, Art News Webzine, Anderground.it webzine, Dj Magazine Italia, LoudVision Webzine, Sky (television), Rockambula Webzine, Paper Street, Safe&Sound Press, Reykjavik Boulevard Magazine, "Radio Città Futura" and major FM / National Radios (Information Technology) SPAIN: Radio Nacional De España (RNE), 20minutos.es, sol mùsica (tv channel), scannerFM, Canal Sur Televisión, astredupop, Radio Segovia, BCN events magazine, Rockets, HiSTéRiCaS GrabacioneS AUSTRALIA: Venture capital Media - Music and Concert Promotion (AUSTRALIA), United Kingdom: EQ music blog, Bizzarre, Fancy Melancholic, The Crack Magazine, Digital Warble United States of America: Radio FG United States of America, Bagel radio, Rormix MEXICO: Rock Activist, Revista Marvin COLOMBIA: Escena Indie URUGUAY: Urbana AFM VENEZUELA: Onclef Simone also shared the stage with artists like Planet Funk, The Bloody Beetroots, Groove Armada, Todd Terje, Congorock.
Simone is a member of electronic music duo, The C.I.P.
