Amsterdam based, world oriented. Music lover trying to make his own.

THE VELVETISERS are a four-piece band hailing from in and around the Gloucestershire town of Stroud. Their funky, punky, rock-pop style brings a refreshingly creative and quirky re-imagination to their unusual selection of covers from across the decades of popular music.

Independent label. Artist-run. Loud, raw and real.

Jonni Slater’s music ranges from intimate and heartfelt to uplifting and cinematic, mixing a love of dramatic soundscapes with classic songwriting.

“Slater is onto something special” NeverEnoughNotes.co.uk

“Plays with the mind and heart while refusing to sit still long enough to be pigeonholed.” Jamsphere.com

Freelance digital radio plugger and Digital PR consultant at TBT Music Development and Blang Records.

Alternative | Psychedelic | Dancey

From Bury UK, Signal Committee carve out their own sound somewhere between New Order, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.

Played on BBC6 Music once or twice, otherwise undiscovered.  

Don't read, listen...

https://about.me/classicalbanksy (photo by Ki Price)

2020 marked Simon Roberts’ mainstream debut as Media Music Composer, with a nomination from ITV, for a Royal Television Society Crafts and Design Award for his score for “Return to Belsen,” directed by Simon Broughton, and written and presented by Jonathan Dimbleby. Simon teams up with MultiStory again in 2021, for the follow-up, “The Cellist of Auschwitz,” featuring Anita Lasker-Wallfisch.

"Return to Belsen" - broadcast 7th April, 2020, ITV1:

https://youtu.be/UKzQm-eeSRw

An early successful Opera career, which saw him managed by Luciano Pavarotti and living in Italy, Simon was forced to prematurely retire from the opera stage for health reasons, and the enforced convalescence that followed, gave him time to consider new professional directions. 

Having worked as an opera agent for a while, he decided to pursue a career as composer, inspired by Gian-Carlo Menotti, for whom he worked as PA between 2003-2005. 

Following a year of study under Hans Zimmer, a string of media music credits followed, including film scores for Will Rogers' "Bloodline,' Rachel Kelly’s “The Colour of Torment,” alongside scores for the small-screen documentary "Tyranny and Absolute Power - How Magna Carta Happened," for the Manorial Society of Great Britain, and most recently the award-nominated "Return to Belsen” for ITV/MultiStory. 

With 5 singles so far commercially released as “Classicalbanksy,” all eyes are now on the debut album, "Transgenre." The release date has been put back to early 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and boasts a stellar line-up of guest artists. 


Simon Roberts’ Audio Showreel:
https://rcrft.co/reel/Classicalbanksy/audioshowreel
Simon Roberts’ Audio/Visual Showreel:
https://vimeo.com/291702413/45d9502ac3
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The American Dream? features on the following compilation:
Mattrix Mixtape Vol 30 download:
https://www.slacker.com/album/various-artists/mattrix-mixtape-volume-30
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy website:
https://classicalbanksy.com
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy iTunes Page:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-american-dream-single/id1205870917 
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy at CD Baby:
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/classicalbanksy
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/classicalbanksy
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Vimeo:
www.vimeo.com/classicalbanksy
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJi_qgZ8FY4NLT4wTrL3Lw?view_as=subscriber
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/classicalbanksy
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Classicalbanksy
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/instaclassicalbanksy/
Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Google+:
https://plus.google.com/109399724123763346878

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