Artist Profiles

Simon Fisher-Turner

// composer, musician & songwriter

SIMON FISHER-TURNER is an actor, composer, musician, producer, and songwriter from London, England. “Simon Turner (Self-Titled)” (1990) was available from Creation Records, “Sex Appeal” (1992), “The Many Moods Of Simon Turner” (1993), “Revox” (1993), “Blue” (1994), “Nadja” (1995), “Shwarma” (1996), “Loaded” (1996), “Still, Moving, Light” (1999), “Oh Venus” (1999), “Eyes Open” (1999), “Travelcard” (2000), “Riviera Faithful” (2002), “Swift” (2002), and “Lana Lara Lata” (2007) are all independently released and available online. In the 1980’s, Simon Fisher-Turner released several singles as The King of Luxembourg, many of them receiving airplay by BBC Radio DJ John Peel. During this time Simon also started to record film soundtracks, most notably for Derek Jarman’s “Caravaggio” (1986). He has continued to compose many film and television soundtracks, including David Lynch’s “Nadja” (1995), “Jerusalem, City Of Heaven” (1996), “Shabbat Night Fever” (1997), “Trance” (1998), “My Kingdom” (2001), “Angel” (2003), “Resurrection” (2004), “Sweeney Todd” (2006), “Burning Light” (2006), and “Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes” (2008). In 2009, Simon Fisher-Turner also produced Polly Scattergood’s self-titled debut album available from Mute Records.

Website: www.simonfisherturner.com
Photo: Simon Fisher-Turner / SimonFisherTurner.com

Interview:

This is today’s answer, with a thought or two to ponder. I believe everyone probably has their own different answer to the spiritual significance of music. Music is always spiritual. It’s just life isn’t it. It is the very fabric of my life, like breathing. Soundbones. For me, the most honest music is plainly spiritual if it is honestly written or performed. It’s easier to say what music is not spiritual. When you hit a drum you summon a spirit. When you hit a man, you damage a soul. Music fills us and heals us. It is an emotive sensation. It’s the eighth sensation. Homo-sapiens as a species will die, and their music will die with them, and the significance of music will die. So perhaps there is NO spiritual significance in music, BUT IN SOUND. Sound is the spirituality of the soul.

“Music is always spiritual… It is the very fabric of my life, like breathing… Sound is the spirituality of the soul.”
– Simon Fisher-Turner, composer, musician, and songwriter

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