Who or what is Simon Bookish?

About

Leo Chadburn is a London-based, classically-trained composer, producer, arranger, vocalist and live artist, whose diverse work includes experimental music, improvisation, remixes and scores for the theatre, contemporary dance and visual art.

He is best known as Simon Bookish, under which guise he has released three albums of transgressive, investigatory pop and electronic music, besides appearing live internationally.

Simon Bookish

(Above: Simon Bookish performing with RareSonik at the Royal Festival Hall, September 2009)

You can hear much of the Simon Bookish back catalogue and read more about some recent projects on this site...

For live bookings, remix and arrangement requests, and general enquires, please use the contact page.

Bookish Live (with strings)

Simon Bookish is currently touring in two 'flavours' - the raucous saxophone band line-up, and the rather more mellifluous strings version.

Back in September, the Bookish + strings project appeared live on Diesel U: Music Radio - you can hear broadcast below (in OK audio quality), featuring Leo's new string arrangements of some of the more experimental material from all three Simon Bookish albums (broadcast presented by the wonderful Rory Philips)...

Simon Bookish with String Quartet LIVE on Diesel:U:Music 25.09.09 by simonbookish