Ian Simmonds
Ian Simmonds, Juryman (born 1966), is a Welsh-born electronica and jazz musician whose music oscillates between more acoustic works of nu jazz or downtempo and heavily produced electronica, as Juryman the sound is interwoven with hip hop textures. Ian Simmonds is certainly one of a few talents "to successfully breach the chasm that keeps DJ culture from more tangible, organic realms." His complex musical landscapes are often accompanied by his deep calm voice, making poetic, political and social statements at the same time. He is a self-taught musician, singing and playing trumpet, bass guitar, piano and is a producer with numerous releases, contributions and co-productions.
Biography
Background
Ian spent part of his childhood following his trumpet-playing dad around the world. When he turned 18, he moved to London and formed a collective called Sandals with three other friends. This collective came together in the late 1980s to start a club in London Soho called "Violets", a response to the emerging acid house scene and early rave culture. Events in several other clubs followed. In the onset of the 1990s the "Sandals" were formed in that humus and became a little success, suddenly publishing for London Records. Ian Simmonds started publishing his own deep, vibrant music in 1995 first under his pseudonym Juryman, later on under his real name Ian Simmonds.
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Ian Simmonds
ALBUMS
- The Burgenland Dubs released: 2009
- Return to X released: 2000
- Last States of Nature released: 1999
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When Some Nights
by: Don Dokken(B. White/ J. Norum/ D. Dokken)
Take me back, to a time I remember well
It's a fact, when you're near
You know we could stop the world
If I'm wrong, then all right
You know it doesn't matter now
In my heart, you are mine
You know we're gonna make it somehow
Say it's not over yet
I can be anything, just for you I can make it right
Fortunes told in love's hearts, it doesn't have to keep us apart
I'm a soldier of fortune, fighting for a means to an end
If there's love in your eyes, it's only gonna take one night
Yeah, say it's not over yet, and remember...
1st CHORUS:
When some nights you are lonely
You just call out my name
I will make you mine only
Make you mine only again
On the wings of a tear
You know we could ride the storm
Like desire, I was born
To give you everything and more
If you're a soldier of fortune
Fighting for a means to an end
If there's love in your eyes
It's plainer than the world we share
Yeah, say it's not over yet, and remember....
2nd CHORUS:
When some nights you are lonely
You just call out my name
And I'll make you mine only
And you will never be lonely
When some nights you are lonely
You just call out my name
I will make you mine only again
Make you mine only again
Hold on to what you have
And not what you think is yours
Too many people stand there
Blinded by the light. They don't see.
Take me back to a time I remember well
It's a fact, when you're near
You know we could stop the world
So remember...