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Performed Songs By:

Simon Pyke
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Electronica
  • Instrument: Producer
  • Representative Albums: "Condensed (Finest Filets 1997-2002)," "Pattern Tub," "Heterarchy"

Biography

London's Simon Pyke releases angular, almost algorithmic experimental electro under the name Freeform. Expanding on the rhythmic and percussive elements of a style first seriously pursued by artists such as Coil, Autechre, and RAC, Pyke's Freeform material is at times even more lab-coat than the above, playing dense, sparking rhythmic figures off one another in complex, shifting patterns that manage to suggest ambient, experimental electro, techno, dub, and industrial all at once. After releasing an album on Ambient Soho house label Worm Interface and a stunning EP on Skam (co-owned by Autechre and fast becoming one of future electronica's most popular scouting-grounds), Pyke was snapped up by Sheffield's Warp label in 1995. His Warp debut, a double 12-inch/CD-EP entitled Prowl, was a mixture of the dirty experimental fracture of his previous Skam work and the more hi-res, circuitous electro-lounge of Warp and Clear artists such as Plaid, Gregory Fleckner Quintet, and Dr. Rockit. Although he never followed up with a full-length for the label, Pyke contributed a new track to a promo-only cassette compilation given out by Warp during a European label tour, as well as to the 1996 Worm Interface compilation, Frequencies. After his second album for WI, 1997's Heterarchy, he released three albums in three years for three labels: Headphone (Pattern Tub), Sprawl (Me Shape), and Sub Rosa (Green Park). ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide
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For other uses of the term 'freeform,' see Freeform (disambiguation).
Freeform
Birth name Simon Pyke
Born 1977
England
Genres Electronic music, IDM
Occupations Disc jockey, musician, songwriter, remixer
Instruments electronics, laptop
Years active 1995–present
Labels Freefarm, Skam Records, Worm Interface etc.
Website http://www.myspace.com/
http://freefarm.co.uk/

Simon Pyke (born 1977) is an experimental electronic music artist recording under the alias Freeform. Though grounded in electronic production and composition, Pyke's music is largely assembled from found sound and multi-instrumentation recordings, lending an organic quality to his unique style, which been described as "super-acoustic junk funk."[1]

Beginning in 1995 his first releases emerged on Worm Interface and Skam Records, and Pyke found himself in good company alongside label mates including Gescom and Squarepusher. Soon after he embarked on a month long UK tour with Autechre. In 1996 he moved to London to expand his musical outlook, and in the nine years since then he has released a number of albums and appeared on compilations alongside a range of artists, including Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, and Stereolab.[2]

Through his Freeform studio, Freefarm, Pyke creates audio content for many mediums including TV, ringtones, websites, branding, soundtracks and remixes.

The entire Freeform catalog is available in multiple formats at Bleep.com.


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Recent Developments

Pyke’s interest in exploring new areas has seen led to a variety of diverse projects. 2001 saw the release of Audio Tourism: Vietnam and China, a project which involved collecting location recordings and instruments and then reconstructing the sounds as unique compositions.

The Love Bytes Festival commissioned an interactive Audio Visual environment called "The freefactory."

In recent years his work has increasingly focused on commissions for television and motion graphics. Working closely with a range of studios including The Designers Republic, Universal Everything, Shilo, and Hornet Inc, he has produced work for Sony, Honda, Nokia and others.


Select Discography

Albums

  • Elastic Speakers (1995, Worm Interface)
  • Heterachy (1996, Worm Interface)
  • Pattern Tub (1998, Headphone)
  • Green Park (1999, Quatermass)
  • Me Shape (1999, Sprawl)
  • Audiotourism, Vietnam & China (2001, Quatermass)
  • Audiotourism, Reinterpritations (2002, Quatermass) - Remix Album
  • Human (2002, Skam Records)
  • Late Surfaces 1990-2000 (2002, Freefarm) - Collection
  • Condensed 1996-2002 (2003, Nonplace) - Compilation
  • Outside In (2005, Skam Records)

EPs

  • Prowl EP (1996, Warp Records)
  • Wildcat EP (2004, Skam Records)


Full discography, including Singles and Compilations, is available at: http://freefarm.co.uk/info_resources/FreeformDiscog06.pdf


References

  1. ^ Bleep.com FreeForm Catalog Accessed Sept. 04, 2009.
  2. ^ Freeform Myspace Biography. Myspace.com. Online: [1] Accessed Sept. 09, 2008.

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