Bent 'Swollen' Simon Mills Studio tour - Sonic Academy Artist Series

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Sonic Academy is proud to present another 'In the Studio'. This time Chris Agnelli heads up to the very rural west coast of Ireland to join one half of the much lauded down-tempo artists - Bent.
Simon Mills from the band 'Bent' opens his studio doors and gives us a walkthrough of the track 'Swollen'. Simon has remixed this classic track under his new guise 'Napoleon' Mills and has built up a musical portfolio that graced everywhere from Eastenders' Queen Vic to the Acropolis in Athens and featured cameos from members of Faithless, Simian and The Beloved, not to mention a multitude of revived songstresses from crackly charity shop records.
It is these charity shop records and the mischievous manipulation of the samples from them that give this act so much distinction in todays musical world.
So enjoy something a little bit different.

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17 окт 2024

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@Baz-Twinky 5 месяцев назад

Swollen and Private roads are two of the most beautifull songs I ever heard. Well done Simon!

@FKU7777 6 лет назад

Love Bent, so different and unique. The melodies are genius, and the geezer seems a genuine fella!

@Clempt90 8 лет назад

programmed to love is still one of my favourite ever records.

@MightyLeftyEdward 5 лет назад

Bent is just so fucking good man. The class of the early 90s, and late 88 in this genre, if one at all, sonned everyone. Every artist today. I just discovered Bent, Lemongrass, Dining rooms, Lemon jelly, and hope to discover more. All these sounds though. Kids gotta learn. Young people everywhere were making classy shit. Not some shit show like now a days. 80s, and 90s I'll stay with for best music of all time.

@anthonychilds8193 3 года назад

Saw this vid randomly and realized I hadn't listened to Bent in years. Swollen was absolutely one of my favorite vocal electronic tracks back in the day and each of the first 3 or so albums had at least 1 track that had beautifully epic vocals. Yesterday Rough Trade announced a vinyl reissue of a Bent album that completely escaped me so i'm looking forward to re-familiarizing with the early Bent albums and discovering the ones I missed.

@RUBENAGUILARIII 2 года назад

You have to listen to the new album. The track "When you come by" is a dream!!

@anthonychilds8193 2 года назад

@@RUBENAGUILARIII i've listened through once and really dug what i've heard. I've not yet picked it up but Rough Trade is having or had a recent sale so I may be able to still get it at a bargain.

@deaniweenie 9 лет назад

Great to see round Simon's studio and what a nice guy he is too. Creator of some iconic and influential sounds. Shame the interviewer liked the sound of his own voice so much. Interesting interview technique - ask a question and before Simon has a chance to answer, tell him what you think and how you do things then move on to the next question. I would have loved to hear more of what Simon had to say and much much less of the interviewer.

@cryoshock8137 2 года назад

Yeah, Chris is special in his own kind of way. Wondering how Simon got through Chris' monologue and his "I like touching"-disease.

@sonicacademy 2 года назад

You two are very very mean to me… so I talk THAT much? ;-)

@cryoshock8137 2 года назад

@@sonicacademy Your interruptions should concern you over the "muchness" of your words.

@mistamontiel00 8 лет назад

5:37 what everyone is here for Fucking awesome !!!

@TheSim666 11 лет назад

Millsy! the man, the legend! keep up the good work. No more apples in the vending machine, please. xxx

@cte 11 лет назад

Wow, that was such an eye opener. Great to see the inside of such a strong, modern, musical influence for me. Want to see more! :D Neptune and bent ftw!! :)

@red_dog_5 9 лет назад

Smooth interview Simon enjoyed it . Great collection I miss those Nottingham tones.. stay well my friend 😊

@SkinnyEMedia 3 года назад

06:28, that Moog sawtooth sound gave me real goosebumps! This bloke is the #1!

@OneHalfOfBent 11 лет назад

Ah thanks.... yeah, imagine that? She'd be bloomin great!

@iamrubens 11 лет назад

My cat would kill for jumping on those keyboards.

@kevinwilkinson2972 3 года назад

I have a blofeld synth. Its great i actually make some of my dark ambient music with it. Great textural sounds.

@Kkidzz 11 лет назад

Yeah Simon, love what you've done. I've always thought it would be so great if Dolly Parton did a cover of "So Long Without You".........I'm sure you would'nt mind either $:)

@poopoo2153 Год назад

I just have to say that the piano part in Swollen is so brilliant and wonderful that I'm still baffled by it. It's what makes that song great. And Zoe's Angelic voice of course.

@SkinnyEMedia 3 года назад

Interview with Mr. Mills coming soon on my RU-vid channel!

@xaciyevxayal5748 3 года назад

Good Dj Simon Mills

@thedarkknight1971 5 лет назад

Should interview the guys behind the "Rambling Band..." Lemon Jelly... They made some awesome tracks....

@Roserytemptation 4 года назад

A tune for Jack was always my favourite

@Chase3646 3 года назад

Anyone know where to find more bent interviews?

@LatinHouseTvCanal82 11 лет назад

Ufsssss Excelente Maquina Amigo Saludosssssss

@TheAuralab 4 года назад

💚

@dramares 4 месяца назад

Swollen

@richardmoyse872 6 лет назад

Do I hear a hint of "always" from the "nice strings" selection, on the Roland?

@OneHalfOfBent 11 лет назад

Nice one ;-)

@OneHalfOfBent 11 лет назад

Hahaha! He's bloomin funny. I must watch more of him actually! #roadie

@untonik 4 года назад

Hey Simon, we want to see more! :) Have you ever thought to start a Vlog? ;)

@cte 11 лет назад

@cte napoleon* and bent lol! :)

@jsblackk 11 лет назад

This Smart guy knows perfectly every machine is got in its studio.. Can't say the same for most MF producers out there... anyway.. let's through some more shit on the music planet... lol

@voulieav 4 года назад

Cameraperson is 3 sheets to the wind.

@cryoshock8137 2 года назад

Jesus... Does Chris seriously have to touch everything he sees? I'd kick him out of my studio if he'd touch everything just like that.

@sonicacademy 2 года назад

I like touching - leave me alone

@cryoshock8137 2 года назад

@@sonicacademy Sounds like a disease. Or else you're fully OK with anybody touching your wife and children. Feel you in bed then.

@AlDF86 Год назад

And why is that so annoying to you?

@EyesOnLegs 11 лет назад

Take my advice, steer clear of Simon Mills. There's a lot of con men in the music business and he's one of the the biggest! He's lucky he ain't locked up but i'm not as cruel as him.

@rossco78 6 лет назад

Daniel Reid Weird comment. Simon is a very nice chap and a great musical man.

@TheWinterShadow 4 года назад

Your statement actually says more about you then it does him. Anyone who jumps on a social media platform to throw crap on someone is of very very poor taste. Doesn't matter if you are right or wrong this is not the place to do such things. Its just a video on synthesizers.

@EyesOnLegs 4 года назад

@@TheWinterShadow Oh really. You’ve no idea.

@AlDF86 Год назад

Did you have some cases with him, or what? Did you want tell about this? Otherwise, what the fuck should we take your advices?