TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Simon Wilcox

TITLE: Smart Function

RIPPER: Team RNS

197kbps avg - Pop
0hr 36min total- 53.8mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-04
RIP DATE: 2004-05-18

08 Brand New Game                 3:31

10 Get You Home                   3:42

Simon Wilcox established herself as an
artist with her debut album Mongrel of
Love (2000). She toured extensively and
developed a reputation as a songwriter,
especially as a lyricist. She traveled
across the continent, as far north as
Dawson City and as far south as Los
Angeles. Her music captured the hearts
and imaginations of many. With her
sophomore album, she wanted to reach
more people and yet continue to explore
songwriting. "I've had the opportunity
to write for and with such a diverse group
of artists that I've been able to
express so many different aspects of my
personalitywhen I sat down to write my
own material-I could really focus on
capturing a moment in my life".
Listening to Simon's work for/with
artists such as Three Days Grace,
Jorane, Projet Orange and even Randy
Bachman (!) one is struck by her
versatility and skill.

Mongrel of Love won Simon critical
acclaim and substantial media coverage
(Maclean's, Le Soleil, La Presse, The
Vancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen, Now
Magazine and The Ottawa Sun, to name a
few) and it also drew attention to her
remarkable life story. The daughter of
Canadian rock guitarist David Wilcox and
UK-based record producer Sadia Sadia,
Simon was abandoned at the age of three.
A fan of her father's music took Simon
in, ostensibly for a month, but her
parents did not return, and Simon
stayed. By the age of sixteen Simon was
on her own, traveling the world. She
reconnected with her parents and in them
she has found both inspiration and
friendship. Also a visual artist, she
has studied fine art in Italy, England and
Toronto. She has exhibited her work both
here and abroad. Proudly Canadian,
Simon speaks French impeccably, and
she can also speak some Italian (picked
up while apprenticing in Florence with
Profesore Agostino Dessibut that's
another story). At nineteen she began
her work as a musician. Simon has
appeared as both a guest/ featured
vocalist on recordings by Ashley MacIsaac,
The PocketDwellers, Kevin Hearn (of the
Barenaked Ladies) and many others.

Most recently, Simon formed a label:
SHErecords. SHE has partnered with BMG
to release "Smart Function" on May
4/2004. The team that brought this album
together is great: from producer Ron
Lopata, to a band of talented musicians
(namely Davide Direnzo, JK and Justin
Abedin) to her manager, Keith Porteous.
This remarkable team has strongly
informed the new direction of Simon's
work. The new material is a departure,
and yet Simon's voice is as strong as
ever. "smart function" is both remarkably
ambitious and highly original. Hip-hop
rhythms and syncopations hearken the
spirits of jazz and blues; lyrics of
rare truth-telling set up an intimate
conversation between artist and
listener; and singing of sheer, strong
beauty inspires and resonates.