Simon Law (born 28 May 1961, in

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) is a producer,

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instr ...

and songwriter for

Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their two major hits; 1989's UK number five and US number eleven " Keep On Movin'", and its follow-up, the UK number one and US number four " Back to ...

Career

Law is an original member of Soul II Soul. The band had a #1 UK hit single with "

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", where he appeared in one of the song's two music videos, and a Top 10 hit with " Keep On Movin'". The band were awarded two

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for the songs "Back to Life" and the instrumental "African Dance", both of which Law co-wrote. He worked on all subsequent Soul II Soul albums apart from ''Volume III Just Right'', producing and co-writing many of the band's other UK hit singles, including "Missing You", "Love Enuff" and "Represent". He performs with the band regularly to this day and was on the

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show ''

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'' in November 2012. Law is also a

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who has worked with artists such as

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("Love's Taken Over"), James "J.T." Taylor, and

Maxi Priest Max Alfred "Maxi" Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. He was one ...

. He is also one half of electronic duo Una Mas, with production/remix partner Lee Hamblin. He is a member of the band Jen Schaffer and the Shiners, and is credited as a producer, mixer, and background vocalist on many of their songs. He is credited on recording releases as Simon A. Law, Simon "The Funky Ginger" Law, or simply The Funky Ginger.

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