Cover by Sam Chittenden - Alien adapted from a painting by Daz Smith - see www.crowdedskies.com for further information.

Musicians: Jonny Miller -Bass, Alex Thomas - Drums, Nigel Darvill - Hammond.

Recorded at the Lodge Northampton and Brookvale Sound Applications.

Simon Scardanelli has been singing, writing and recording since the age of 16. He has worked extensively in Europe and the USA , and has at various times been based in London , Amsterdam , Munich , New York and Los Angeles . Having been signed to both major and independent labels, Simon currently releases independently through Resonator Records. As one reviewer wrote of the his 2007 album - “ You never know what is lurking around That Dangerous Sparkle's dark corner, but whatever it is will always shock and surprise. Scardanelli is always prepared to take a risk, and we should all hope that it is this experimentation that is the future of British singer-songwriters.”

A charismatic and engaging performer, Simon's live shows are peppered with wry anecdotes and dry, self-deprecating humour – he is able to look back on a long and varied career with an ironic appreciation of its highs and lows. But it is the quality of songwriting and singing that will ring in your ears after a Scardanelli gig – as Sound on Sound wrote – “Simon's greatest asset is a fantastic singing voice…his performance on tracks such as “They Dance” bear comparison to the likes of Scott Walker.”

Simon Scardanelli had some success in the eighties with the rock duo Big Bam Boo , notably in the USA with the single "Shooting From My Heart". Working solo since 1991 he has released three albums since Big Bam Boo's "Fun, Faith & Fairplay" of 1989 (MCA Records). His third solo album "THAT DANGEROUS SPARKLE" was released in June 2007. Preview the entire album from the Scardanelli digital download shop. A new album is currently in production, and a single will be released in May 2008.

In 1994 the small New York label RedLine put out "The Eye Camera - Death Row Tales", now deleted but available from the digital download shop at Scardanelli's website, and "HOBOHEMIA" was released in 2005 on Resonator Records. Scardanelli's entire back catalogue including two Big Bam Boo albums is available from his digital download site.

Tracks playing here:

"The Valentines" - track one from That Dangerous Sparkle

"Song For A Soldier" an anti-war song written and recorded in June 2007

"It's Only Life" from That Dangerous Sparkle, features Mikov Sparrow on Drums, Jonny Miller on Bass.

"Let There BE A Place" from That Dangerous Sparkle

To buy the CD HOBOHEMIA or THAT DANGEROUS SPARKLE in the USA please go to CDBABY.COM , in the UK you can buy from the link on the website at www.scardanelli.com - these two albums are also available from itunes.

Simon Scardanelli is also a composer of sonic and acousmatic installations, music for experimental film & theatre, & sound sculptures. He is currently writing up his PhD in Electro-acoustic Composition at Birmingham University and is a member of B.E.A.S.T (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). To listen to extracts from commissions and works visit the electroacoustic pages on his website.

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