Simon Belshaw has studied composition with Gavin Bryars, Andy Hugill and Nick Atkinson. He completed his PhD at the University of Hertfordshire with Gavin Bryars in 2005.

He has had pieces performed by the Schidlof Quartet, PM ensemble, Gemini, Double Image and 3 Orm (amongst others). His music has been used for the video ‘Round and Round’ which was shown on Channel 4, the film ‘The Times Were Never So Bad: The Life of Andre Dubus’ and in advertising. 

He has had his own ensemble (the Belshaw band), which performed his music in both traditional and original settings, from concert halls to shopping centres, arts centres to open air festivals (including on three occasions the Bristol Community Festival at Ashton Court). The band ranged in size from an ensemble of five to one of fourteen players.

More recently he has produced multimedia installation works using sound, music and video. Two of these works, ‘Palingenesis’ and ‘Transition’, have been part of either the Exeter Autumn or Fringe Festival. He has also recorded music cds under the names Safe Harbour and the Wessex Melodica Orchestra and these have been featured on BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Devon and PhonicFM.

For the past few years he has been working on a project entitled Music Machines. These Music Machines are small computer programs that generate music, each machine explores a single idea, some are simple, some more complex. All are generated by the computer within established parameters, all run continuously until stopped by the listener and all are different each time they are played.

Musician/Sound Engineer/Producer.

Electronic, Bass Music, Hip-Hop, D&B, Ambient/Chill, Rock, Metal, Eclectic Guitar

Open to collaborations with other artists and lyricists, & sound/music productions for media, and video games.

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~Matt / DoctorWomp

Over 20 years of music projects.  Many people involved as musicians, friends and memories scattered throughout a vast sea. Vocals - Dennis Clifton

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