Photo of James Simmons (A Dancing Beggar) by Robin Parfitt
A Dancing Beggar is not a particularly auspicious stage name although it makes you think of someone making the most of a bad situation.
It turns out to be the solo project of Brighton based James Simmons who has wisely turned his back on run of the mill guitar-based indie-rock to produce “ambient and visual music”.
After one EP and one LP, he has just released an album with the great title Follow The Dark As If It Were Light. I have just posted a review on Whisperin’ & Hollerin’ and you can get a brief flavour of this atmospheric work from the preview posted on Vimeo:
There’s no shortage of haunted drones and cinematic instrumental music around at the moment but this is definitely one that does its bit to help soothe troubled souls.
I’d also recommend clicking on a fine 10 track, 46 minute mix that James produced for Futuresequence of music that inspired him along the way.
Futuresequence Mix #2 – A Dancing Beggar by Futuresequence on Mixcloud
