Lee Jason Simeone (born 20 March 1980 in

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, England) is an English musician, who joined the independent record label Le Coq Musique in 2008. Other artists of the label include

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, Gary Asquith of

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. Simeone left the label in 2012 to set up his own Vernal Equinox Records in London.

Solo career

Simeone released his debut album ''The Dream Weaver'' on the Le Coq Musique label in 2010. The album won rave reviews from

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and

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. The album also featured

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on bass for one track titled "Epica".

Productions and collaborations

Simeone's career as a freelance producer/performer had begun when collaborating with various popular artists in 2010, most notably: the electro-pop pioneer Karel Fialka,

, Paul Reynolds (ex-

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), Gary Asquith of

, and Alan Rear (

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). Mooney, Asquith and Fialka featured on Simeone's 2011 release ''An Introduction to Simeone''. A further collaboration with Fialka was to follow where Simeone guesting on drums and backing vocals for his live shows between 2010 and 2011. Simeone's 2016 offering ''Best Seat in the Dream'' EP contains six new tracks and featured guest artists namely; former original

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bandmate Milton-Reame James. Simeone has also appeared in an episode of '' Ashes to Ashes'' alongside

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. In mid 2014, Simeone made a contribution towards production and mastering duties on the Australian rock band

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's ''Still Life'' EP, released the same year via Sony/ATV. He also recorded and performed a song for it titled "Star Lane". It came with a remastered vinyl reissue of their 1983 album ''

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''. Its A-side also featured the original band album recording of "Blue for You", remastered from the original masters at

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, with mastering engineer Simon Gibson. The EP also featured an interview that Simeone hosted with the original band member

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. In 2015, Simeone became the executive producer for the award winning documentary film ''You Better Take Cover''. A film about Men at Work, their hit single " Down Under", and the "

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" controversy. ''You Better Take Cover'' won best documentary short at the

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(2016) and winning again at the

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(2016) was met with rave reviews. Simeone produced the ''You Better Take Cover'' soundtrack album at Abbey Road Studios released via

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in 2018 as a tribute to

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. It successfully reached 105% of its funding goal. The album featured collaborations with three original band members of Men at Work. Simeone composed two original songs for the album and produced a cover version of Ham's "Still Life" from the 1985 album, '' Two Hearts''. ''You Better Take Cover'' OST also featured band interviews and material that Ham had worked on before his death in 2012. A percentage of the albums sales were donated to Ham's chosen charity; Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre.

Charity work

Lee was a former member of staff at Rock 'n' Roll Rescue in Parkway, Camden. The aim of this shop is to support the local food banks and mental health charities. The music charity shop is owned by Knox, founder member of the punk group

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Simeone is a member of Neurofibromatosis Inc. (a nonprofit organisation working towards

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patient support) and supports the charity by making donations from his releases. He is also involved with supporting the Depression Alliance and Turning Point.

Discography

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simeone, Lee Jason 1980 births Living people English electronic musicians English record producers English multi-instrumentalists English male singer-songwriters People from Rochford