Simon James French

a composer of music for moments, places and atmospheres. below is a curated collection of recent work and inspiration 🍃

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, de-Googling and de-Facebooking life and using creativity as an escape hatch by Conversations Late at Night •

Episode seven of Conversations Late at Night is a bit of a multi-topic episode but should make for an interesting listen. We talk about the

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Fragments [full album]

My new album, Fragments, is now available over on Patreon. After the last 3 years in Tokyo honing my sound and compositional style I'm ready to start a new journey.

Download Fragments over on Patreon.

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Listen/purchase: Soundscapes Radio • episode eleven by Simon James French

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This street would be absolutely full of visitors if it wasn’t for Covid. A rare peaceful moment around Sannenzaka near Kiyomizudera temple.

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Toji Temple in Kyoto

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A track that was deeply inspired by time spent living close to this beautiful city.

A connection that runs far deeper than just being a tourist.

This is my interpretation of the magical former-capital of Japan.

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow // Yuval Noah Harari

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Memories of Kyoto

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Brian

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Wander the Night

www.wanderthenight.com

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Wander the Night: Kyoto and our relationship to that beautiful city by Conversations Late at Night • A podcast on Anchor

In this episode we talk about the latest city in our Wander the Night series; Kyoto. To experience Wander the Night for yourself please head

A deep chat between good friend and close collaborator Cody Ellingham about our time in Japan and our relationship to the beautiful city of Kyoto.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms.

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from that time I played live in the most beautiful place in all of Wellington; The Hall of Memories within the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand.

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I had a big hiatus from Tumblr (as I've done multiple times throughout life!) but now I'm going to give it another shot.. because why not?

I like the simplicity of this place. I like how I can have it as a 'home base' for all my creative output but also link to and pay homage to all my inspiration. After all, nobody creates art in a vacuum.

I hope you enjoy reading this.

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Glimmers

verb. shine faintly with a wavering light

Read more about this track and download over on Patreon if you're into that.

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About SJF

Simon James French, aka SJF, is a sound artist and composer currently living and working between Japan and the UK.

His compositions pay particular attention to moments, places and atmospheres and the sound that can result from all of these.

This is music for meditation and contemplation.

Recent work can be found here.