Simon Goff

Hailing from North Yorkshire in the UK, Simon Goff has always been a musician that has been seeking the space between genres. Growing up as a violinist performing in concert halls around the north of England, he also spent time learning from the legendary session bassist Herbie Flowers (David Bowie, Lou Reed -Walk on the Wild Side). Now residing in Berlin, Germany, he has found a home where is own music is able to speak. He has spent the last years exploring how the violin can be manipulated and processed to create a unique sound world that focuses on where acoustic and electronic sounds can meet. His live performances merge these worlds harmoniously and shift effortlessly between intimate fragility to expansive cinematic soundscapes. His new album Vale will be released in April 2021 with Berlin label 7K! and has been described as ‘a dazzling exploration of the interface between violin and technology and between the poles of intimacy and grandeur’ A collaborator to the likes of Andrea Belfi (Float), Federico Albanese (Neue Meister), Peter Broderick (Erased Tapes), Thor Harris (Swans) and Xiu Xiu to name a few, he has performed at the like of Funkhaus (Berlin, DE) the South Bank Centre (London, UK), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg, DE) and CTM Festival (Berlin, De). As well as a performer, he is a sound engineer at Vox-Ton studios in Berlin working alongside head engineer Francesco Donadello. He has worked with the likes of Apparat, Johann Johannsson, Dustin O'Halleron, Hauschka and Hildur Gudnadottir on her recent scores for the Joker (Golden Globe, Academy Award) and Chernobyl (Emmy, HBO) for which he received a Grammy award for his contribution as Recording Engineer.