| Si Schroeder | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Alternative rock Electronic music Experimental rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Website | MySpace Blog |
| Notable instruments | |
| Plays a right-handed guitar upside-down | |
Si Schroeder (born Dublin, Ireland) is the alias of Irish music artist Simon Kenny.[1] He has released one studio album, Coping Mechanisms, and the singles Jump Ship, C4 and Brailowsky to date as Si (rhymes with "sigh") Schroeder.[2][3]
The single Jump Ship was released on 22 July 2011 and is the first release from the forthcoming Si Schroeder LP Holding Patterns.[4][5]
Coping Mechanisms was nominated for the 2006 Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year and released on Irish independent record label Trust Me I'm A Thief.[6][7] Influential Irish blogger Nialler9 named Coping Mechanisms his blog's No 1 Irish album of 2006, as did the influential Foggy Notions magazine.[8][9][10]
Si Schroeder was one of four music acts selected to represent Ireland at the 2008 Eurosonic Festival held annually in Groningen.[11]
Simon Kenny has also recorded and performed under the alias Schroedersound.[12][13] Throughout most of the 1990s he was one half of Irish indie rock band Schroeder's Cat whose eponymous four-track EP was released in 1998 on the LA label Emperor Norton Records.[14]
Si Schroeder's current band members are Mark Jordan (guitar) and Bryan O'Connell (drums).[15] Previous band members include Ger Griffin (formerly of Rollerskate Skinny), Joss Moorkens, Jimmy Eadie and Brian Mooney (both formerly of The Idiots and Into Paradise), Kevin Brew and Fiachra Lennon.[16][17] Irish electronica artist Somadrone, aka Neil O'Connor, also a member of The Redneck Manifesto, has also been part of Si Schroeder's live set-up as has Chequerboard.[18][19]
Si Schroeder has performed on a number of Irish television shows including on RTE's The View presented by John Kelly[20] and Other Voices presented by BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac.[21] On 20 July 2011 he was a guest on the RTE Radio 1 arts show Arena where he played two songs from his forthcoming second album Holding Patterns and conducted an interview with presenter Sean Rocks.[22] He was also a guest on former RTÉ Radio 1 programme The Arts Show on which he discussed the work of Irish visual artist James Coleman.[23] He has appeared on the Airfield Sessions television programme on Irish television station Channel 6 (now 3e) presented by Irish broadcaster and model Michelle Doherty.[24] He has been a guest on the Donal Dineen radio show Small Hours on Irish radio station Today FM.[25]
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