Si Begg
| Si Begg | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Simon Begg |
| Also known as | Buckfunk 3000, Cabbage Boy, S.I. Futures |
| Born | 1972 (age 44–45) Leicester, England |
| Genres |
Electronica Dance Experimental techno Drum and bass |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, dj |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Labels | Caipirinha Novamute Ntone |
| Website | www.SiBegg.com |
Si Begg (born 1972) is electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer Simon Begg, from Leicester, England. His music combines elements of Experimental, Downtempo, Breakbeat Ambient, Drum and bass, Turntablism and Jazz. Begg grew up in Leamington Spa and moved to London in 1991. His recording career began in 1993 and he has used a number of different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on several record labels.
He has also recorded music for short films, television advertisements and video games and has performed sound design work for television channels including the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV.
Si Begg studied at Trinity School and Mid Warwickshire college, becoming interested in electronic music from an early age. Begg confessed that the first electronic-based record he ever heard was "Probably Jean Michel Jarre; my uncle used to be into his stuff, and used to play it in the car. My brother's mate's dad also had Tubular Bells and stuff like that. I remember being really into all the sounds and noises, the total futurism. And I was right into Star Wars and Tron and all those kinda kids' sci-fi things."
Listening to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in the late 1980s, Begg was introduced to early Chicago acid and bands like Warp's LFO, Cabaret Voltaire, Severed Heads and Negativland. This influenced him to move away from playing guitar and drums with schoolmates and toward creating cut-up electronica with fellow electronic musicians, under the group name Cabbage Head Collective.
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