AMANASKA NEWS

27th Feb 2006...

CIRCLES

Here's a look at the front cover of the new Cd. The album features some stunning vocal performances from Tania Doko (Batchelor Girl), Lynelle Moran(Velure) and Janine Maunder (Naked Raven). You can listen to some samples at www.myspace.com/amanaska or click on the album cover below.

7th Jan 2006...

NEW ALBUM FINISHED

It's all done! Mixing was completed by Robbie Rowland and myself in January and mastered the following week. One World will be releasing it in April in Australia. Since then I have completed a remix for the new Naked Raven single coming out in Germany in March 'Here With You'. More info can be found at www.nakedraven.com. I have also begun mixing the new Rivetribe album. Stay tuned for some previews and downloads of Circles.

7th Jan 2006...

RECORDING FINISHED!!!!

This weekend we finished the recording process of the new record and the the contributions of all the musicians involved has breathed new life into the tracks. I have been totally blown away! The guys at One World have be very supportive and been involved as executive producers. I start mixing on Monday with Robbie so hope to have some samples up soon for you to check out. The title of the album will now be Circles instead of Diaspora and should be available in March from One World Records. Peace. simon

15th Sep 2005...

The 2005 Rivertribe European tour was a blast and we did some great shows, met some interesting musicians from around the globe and found some fresh inspiration. It is good to be home and back in the studio putting the finishing touches on the new Amanaska album 'Diaspora' Here is a sample of one of the tracks

22nd August 2005...

Simon is currently on tour in Europe with Rivetribe. They will be playing festivals in Holland, Scotland, England, Ireland and Estonia. More info can be found at www.rivertribe.com

1st August 2005...

FEATURE ARTICLE

Simon's recent recording exploits have been featured on the Metric Halo website for those of you interested in finding out more go to http://www.mhlabs.com/metric_halo/news/sLewis.shtml

SURRENDER 05 CD

A remix of Pilgrim is on the compilation Cd Surrender 05. The CD features tracks by Steve Grace, Naked Raven, Brian Houston, Rivertribe, Sons of Korah, Sammy Horner, Paul Colman and many more. These are tracks specifically recorded by the artists for the project or are selections of the artist's favorite songs from their recent releases. All Tracks have been donated royalty-free for the support of UNOH's vital work with the world's urban poor and political refugees from countries such as Burma and the Congo. More information can be found at http://www.unoh.org/

9th March 2005...

'Diaspora' is the title for the new Amanaska album and Simon has written 11 new tracks and is currently finishing the recording process with many of the artists featured on 'Panorama' and some amazing new performers from around the globe. Some of the recording was done in Chennai, India in May 2004 (see photos) One World is planning to release it in May or June. There will be updates available soon from this site so stay tuned.

9th October 2004...

Simon has spent the last 6 months touring the world with Rivertribe and recording and producing their new album on locations in India, Ireland, USA and Portugal. He has recently produced a new Amanaska track 'Floating Downstream' that is included on the new Zen Connection 3 compilation released by One World. A new Amanaska release is in the pipeline for 2005 so stay tuned for updates.

***Review from Oct 2003 MINISTRY magazine***

-Read the latest review of the debut album PANORAMA

from InTheMix music magazine online here

-The debut album from AMANASKA 'Panorama' has just been released byOne World Music in Australia and Europe. You can purchase a copy from the new online store

-Two AMANASKA tracks are on the Zen Connection compilation which has been released worldwide through ONEWORLD music. A remix of one of the tracks from PANORAMA will be on Zen 2 which will be released later in the year.