Simon Lloyd of New City Sound (NCS)

Simon Lloyd: to listen to latest mixes and radio shows featuring Simon click here http://newcitysound.podomatic.com

Style:

From funky, electronic and club house to classics and rare groove.

Background:

Simon has been involved in the credible dance music scene since the late 1980s and has been DJing in various guises for nearly 20 years!

Growing up in North Kent, with early influences in rare groove, jazz funk and hip hop - Simon discovered the early house and ambient sounds with Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling as the Ibiza revolution took hold.

Simon sites his influences from London Records, Junior Boys Own and FFFR and others in the early 1990s – regularly still dropping tracks such as ‘Leftfield – Not Forgotten’; X Press 2 – Say What’ and ‘Soul II Soul – Back To Life’.

Throughout his DJ career, Simon has kept true to the sounds that shaped his life and if you get a chance to see him live you will always catch a club classic or a new edit of a classic dance track, alongside both current and future dance tracks.

Simon is one of the busiest DJs within the New City Sound collective with booking requests every weekend, though preferring to play regular nights in small intimate venues rather than larger clubs. 

You'll find Simon on the terrace at Cafe Del Shore every Saturday in the summer of 2011.

Simon’s mix of genres has led to appearances at nights with Hed Kandi, the Opening night at the 02 Academy, appearing as a dj in BBC1 series 'Mistresses' right through to a funk and soul guest mix on Star FM with Soul Train.

Simon's Newcitysound podcast mix in April 2011 received huge feedback for it's originality with praise and plays from Pete Tong's management team.

After playing at the prestige Central Fashion Show in Bristol, Simon held a residency at Severnshed for 3 years and invited Matt and the New City Sound team to join him on a monthly basis in late 2008.  After immediate success of the nights at Sevenshed, Simon was asked to join the NCS team and willingly accepted.

You can catch Simon most weeks at Goldbrick House and Shore in Bristol, where he is the resident at both venues.

Simon is regularly selected to DJ at some of the region's prestigious events and parties including ‘33’, O2 Academy, BBC Casualty and The Bristol Fashion Show.

Influences:

So many!

Simon’s all time top 10 gives an indication of influences…

  1. Lustral – Everytime (Funkagenda Remix)
  2. Hardfloor – Hardtrance Acperience
  3. New Order – Blue Monday
  4. Eric B & Rakim – I know You Got Soul
  5. Sven Breder – Fenster
  6. A Man Called Adam – Easter Song
  7. Roy Ayers – Running Away
  8. Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley)
  9. Kariya – Baby Let Me Love You For Tonight.
  10. Echo & The Bunneymen – Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remake)

Appearances & Residencies:

  • NCS @ Byzantium, Bristol
  • NCS @ The Snowball, Old Down Wine Cellars, Bristol
  • Rave Radio
  • NCS @ Bristol Pride Festival 2011 Main Stage, Castle Park
  • NCS 5th Birthday ft KKlass @ Bijou, Bristol
  • Cafe Del Shore, Harbourside, Bristol
  • NCS @ The Matara Centre, Gloucesterhshire
  • NCS @ SS Great Britain
  • NCS @ The Glow Ball, Bristol, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • NCS @ Platform 1, Bristol
  • NCS @ Racks, Bristol
  • NCS @ The Paintworks, Bristol
  • NCS @ The Nineteenth House, Bath
  • NCS pres Joey Negro @ The Warehouse, Bristol
  • NCS @ Pride Festival 2010, Castle Park, Bristol
  • NCS @ The University of West of England
  • The Blue Reef Aquarium, Bristol
  • Revolution, Bath
  • NCS present Junior Jack & Kid Creme @ The Warehouse, Bristol
  • NCS present Danny Rampling & Kklass @ The Warehouse, Bristol
  • NCS 4th Birthday & Record Label Launch @ The Warehouse, Bristol, with The Shapeshifters & Toolroom Records
  • Harmony II (Luxury Boat)
  • Barker's, Bristol
  • Cutler's, Bristol
  • Raymond Blanc's Brasserie, Bristol
  • NCS @ Decades of Decadence Fashion Show, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
  • NCS @ The River, Bristol
  • The NCS Radio Show
  • NCS @ Day & Night, Bristol
  • Hed Kandi – Twisted Disco, Cheltenham
  • NCS @ Cafe Rene - Bristol
  • NCS @ Warehouse - Bristol
  • Severnshed – Bristol
  • Volks – Brighton
  • Mars Bar – Bristol
  • Brunswick – Gloucester
  • Fiesta Havanna – Bristol
  • Bridge – Bristol
  • Cafe Rene – Make Poverty History
  • Hermanos – Bristol
  • Brownstone’s – Bristol
  • The Shore – Bristol
  • Bossa Nostra – Sounds Of The Summer
  • O2 Academy
  • Crackers – Gloucester
  • Aftershock Radio 
  • Bristol Fashion Show
  • Star FM – Soul Train