Shimon Alcoby, who performs and records music as Shimon, is an English DJ,

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

, and founder of AudioPorn Records. Shimon is also affiliated with the drum and bass

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

Ram Records RAM Records is an independent record label established in 1992 by Andy C with the help of his friend Ant Miles. It specialises in drum and bass. The label and business is run by Andy C and business partner Scott Bourne (Red One). Ram Records ...

, and has published music through Ram since its inception in 1992. Shimon is one third of

Ram Trilogy Already responsible for a raft of drum'n'bass classics recorded throughout the '90s, Ram Recordings' bosses Andy C and Ant Miles - formerly known as Origin Unknown - united with fellow Ram producer Shimon to form Ram Trilogy. Fittingly, the three de ...

, a collective which also includes

Andy C Andrew John Clarke (born 7 April 1976) is a British DJ and record producer and is co-founder of RAM Records, a pioneering label in the drum and bass genre. Music career Early years Andy C was a DJ in his own right but gained a strong reputa ...

and Ant Miles. Shimon's solo record production work includes the singles "The Predator", "Hush Hush", and "The Shadow Knows". The single "Body Rock" reached number 28 in the

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on 6 January 2002. In 2006, Shimon was asked by

Novation Digital Music Systems Novation Digital Music Systems Ltd. is a British musical equipment manufacturer, founded in 1992 by Ian Jannaway and Mark Thompson as Novation Electronic Music Systems. Today the company specializes in MIDI controllers with and without keyboard ...

to produce sounds for their Xio Synth. Shimon is also a breaks producer with releases on

Finger Lickin' Records Finger Lickin' Records is an English record label. Founded by Justin Rushmore and Jem Panufnik (known collectively as Soul of Man) in 1998, Finger Lickin' is solely dedicated to dance music, mainly covering breakbeat, electro and hip hop, eleme ...

such as "I Like You", "Around the Edge", and "White Noise". In 2007, Shimon began releasing tracks on his own record label, AudioPorn Records, and was featured as the cover artist in Kmag in December of that year. He was also responsible for the mix CD ''AudioPorn'' that was issued with the magazine.

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Shimon
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimon Living people English drum and bass musicians DJs from Manchester English record producers Electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people) RAM Records artists