UK-based Ian Simpson has been playing the guitar and bass since 1975, primarily self-taught apart from some study during the 1980's with Gary Boyle.

After viewing a television program on Keith Rowe and Fred Frith, Simpson started to experiment with prepared guitar, and played in "After the Stranger" with Tim Bowness ( No Man / Darkroom ) 1985 – 1988.

In 1994, Simpson started to get involved in sampling and sequencing built a small home studio. He attended a Halton College sound recording course in 1995, and began composing with virtual instruments on a PC in 1997.

Simpson launched the Electronic Musik website in 1997 along with its accompanying CD-R label.

see also > psychiatric challenge

other releases

on Electronicmusik:

• splice [2000, as LDT]

• future circuits [2002, as LDT]

• live from saturn [2002, with psychiatric challenge]