Bent 'Swollen' Simon Mills Studio tour - Sonic Academy Artist Series

[@FluffyFelons]

Swollen and Private roads are two of the most beautifull songs I ever heard. Well done Simon!

[@FKU7777]

Love Bent, so different and unique. The melodies are genius, and the geezer seems a genuine fella!

[@superultrafabulous]

Bent is Always in my heart ☺️☺️☺️

[@Clempt90]

programmed to love is still one of my favourite ever records.

[@MightyLeftyEdward]

Bent is just so fucking good man. The class of the early 90s, and late 88 in this genre, if one at all, sonned everyone. Every artist today. I just discovered Bent, Lemongrass, Dining rooms, Lemon jelly, and hope to discover more. All these sounds though. Kids gotta learn. Young people everywhere were making classy shit. Not some shit show like now a days. 80s, and 90s I'll stay with for best music of all time.

[@anthonychilds8193]

Saw this vid randomly and realized I hadn't listened to Bent in years. Swollen was absolutely one of my favorite vocal electronic tracks back in the day and each of the first 3 or so albums had at least 1 track that had beautifully epic vocals. Yesterday Rough Trade announced a vinyl reissue of a Bent album that completely escaped me so i'm looking forward to re-familiarizing with the early Bent albums and discovering the ones I missed.

[@RUBENAGUILARIII]

You have to listen to the new album. The track "When you come by" is a dream!!

[@anthonychilds8193]

@@RUBENAGUILARIII i've listened through once and really dug what i've heard. I've not yet picked it up but Rough Trade is having or had a recent sale so I may be able to still get it at a bargain.

[@cte]

Wow, that was such an eye opener. Great to see the inside of such a strong, modern, musical influence for me. Want to see more! :D Neptune and bent ftw!! :)

[@TheSim666]

Millsy! the man, the legend! keep up the good work. No more apples in the vending machine, please. xxx

[@deaniweenie]

Great to see round Simon's studio and what a nice guy he is too. Creator of some iconic and influential sounds. Shame the interviewer liked the sound of his own voice so much. Interesting interview technique - ask a question and before Simon has a chance to answer, tell him what you think and how you do things then move on to the next question. I would have loved to hear more of what Simon had to say and much much less of the interviewer.

[@cryoshock8137]

Yeah, Chris is special in his own kind of way. Wondering how Simon got through Chris' monologue and his "I like touching"-disease.

[@sonicacademy]

You two are very very mean to me… so I talk THAT much? ;-)

[@cryoshock8137]

@@sonicacademy Your interruptions should concern you over the "muchness" of your words.

[@red_dog_5]

Smooth interview Simon enjoyed it . Great collection I miss those Nottingham tones.. stay well my friend 😊

[@kevinwilkinson2972]

I have a blofeld synth. Its great i actually make some of my dark ambient music with it. Great textural sounds.

[@mistamontiel00]

5:37 what everyone is here for Fucking awesome !!!

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Interview with Mr. Mills coming soon on my KZbin channel!

[@xaciyevxayal5748]

Good Dj Simon Mills

[@SkinnyEMedia]

06:28, that Moog sawtooth sound gave me real goosebumps! This bloke is the #1!

[@Kkidzz]

Yeah Simon, love what you've done. I've always thought it would be so great if Dolly Parton did a cover of "So Long Without You".........I'm sure you would'nt mind either $:)

[@OneHalfOfBent]

Ah thanks.... yeah, imagine that? She'd be bloomin great!

[@Chase3646]

Anyone know where to find more bent interviews?

[@LatinHouseTvCanal82]

Ufsssss Excelente Maquina Amigo Saludosssssss

[@thedarkknight1971]

Should interview the guys behind the "Rambling Band..." Lemon Jelly... They made some awesome tracks....

[@Roserytemptation]

A tune for Jack was always my favourite

[@TheAuralab]

💚

[@iamrubens]

My cat would kill for jumping on those keyboards.

[@poopoo2153]

I just have to say that the piano part in Swollen is so brilliant and wonderful that I'm still baffled by it. It's what makes that song great. And Zoe's Angelic voice of course.

[@richardmoyse872]

Do I hear a hint of "always" from the "nice strings" selection, on the Roland?

[@OneHalfOfBent]

Nice one ;-)

[@cte]

@cte napoleon* and bent lol! :)

[@dramares]

Swollen

[@OneHalfOfBent]

Hahaha! He's bloomin funny. I must watch more of him actually! #roadie

[@untonik]

Hey Simon, we want to see more! :) Have you ever thought to start a Vlog? ;)

[@voulieav]

Cameraperson is 3 sheets to the wind.

[@jsblackk]

This Smart guy knows perfectly every machine is got in its studio.. Can't say the same for most MF producers out there... anyway.. let's through some more shit on the music planet... lol

[@cryoshock8137]

Jesus... Does Chris seriously have to touch everything he sees? I'd kick him out of my studio if he'd touch everything just like that.

[@sonicacademy]

I like touching - leave me alone

[@cryoshock8137]

@@sonicacademy Sounds like a disease. Or else you're fully OK with anybody touching your wife and children. Feel you in bed then.

[@AlDF86]

And why is that so annoying to you?

[@EyesOnLegs]

Take my advice, steer clear of Simon Mills. There's a lot of con men in the music business and he's one of the the biggest! He's lucky he ain't locked up but i'm not as cruel as him.

[@rossco78]

Daniel Reid Weird comment. Simon is a very nice chap and a great musical man.

[@TheWinterShadow]

Your statement actually says more about you then it does him. Anyone who jumps on a social media platform to throw crap on someone is of very very poor taste. Doesn't matter if you are right or wrong this is not the place to do such things. Its just a video on synthesizers.

[@EyesOnLegs]

@@TheWinterShadow Oh really. You’ve no idea.

[@AlDF86]

Did you have some cases with him, or what? Did you want tell about this? Otherwise, what the fuck should we take your advices?