Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts/Unfold) chats to Simon Richmond aka Palm Skin Productions about his new album “Other Times’ on Tru Thoughts. Simon talks about being part of K-Creative who were signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label, the early days of James Lavelle’s Mo Wax and being one of the first artists to release on the label, getting signed and then dropped by Virgin and more stories on his fascinating journey with music.
Buy/stream 'Other Times' : truthoughts.ffm.to/othertimes.OYD
Follow Palm Skin Productions online:
instagram.com/palmskinproductions
twitter.com/SimonPalmskin
In Conversation timings:
0.00 Intro
1.00 Talking about the Other Times album and how Simon linked to Tru Thoughts
6.39 Recording an album in lockdown
10.00 Resetting during lockdown
14.28 Music connecting with politics, identity and race
16.00 Simon’s favourite tracks from the Other Times album and the album process
20.56 Discussing the epic track The Sword Will Die and how Mr Scruff and Gilles Peterson reacted to it, as a track to play out in clubs
25.40 The DJ process and playing tracks at Fabric that might throw people a bit or work well.
34.58 Simon’s first involvement in music. Joining The K – Creative who were signed to Talkin Loud after connecting with Patrick Forge
44.23 Getting sacked from The K Creative, as they chose having a light show at gigs over Simon as the percussionist.
46.14 Connecting with James Lavelle at the Honest Jon’s record shop and the early days of Mo Wax.
56.57 Stories from That’s How It Is club night in London including DJ Shadow, Quest Love, Ice T all being there.
58.55 Working with Neneh Cherry
1.01.00 Signing to Virgin
1.03.20 Getting bigger budgets due to signing to a major label and how it helped as music technology was not where it is today
1.07.03 Creative labels in the 90’s
1.09.10 Deciding to make an experimental album for his debut on Virgin rather than a club record and then getting dropped.
1.11.02 The excitement and then disappointment of getting a track from that album on a Hollywood film.
1.13.06 Dealing with being dropped by your record label.
1.18.53 Working with Jonny Dollar (Massive Attack, Gabriel, R.E.M and many more)
1.34.23 Social media and follower numbers effecting how people listen to music
1.37.03 Mental Health and social media
1.38.54 The good parts of social media
1.43.00 Current feelings and situation with music
1.44.30 Current feelings on how the UK is politically and that influence on music.
1.49.00 The importance of being creative and sharing information
1.54.06 What Simon has learnt from his time in the music industry and the advice he would give to new artists
Tru Thoughts Online:
tru-thoughts.co.uk
tru-thoughts.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/truthoughts
instagram.com/tru_thoughts
twitter.com/tru_thoughts
mixcloud.com/truthoughts
soundcloud.com/tru-thoughts
Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts/Unfold) chats to Simon Richmond aka Palm Skin Productions about his new album “Other Times’ on Tru Thoughts. Simon talks about being part of K-Creative who were signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label, the early days of James Lavelle’s Mo Wax and being one of the first artists to release on the label, getting signed and then dropped by Virgin and more stories on his fascinating journey with music.
Buy/stream 'Other Times' : truthoughts.ffm.to/othertimes.OYD
Follow Palm Skin Productions online:
instagram.com/palmskinproductions
twitter.com/SimonPalmskin
In Conversation timings:
0.00 Intro
1.00 Talking about the Other Times album and how Simon linked to Tru Thoughts
6.39 Recording an album in lockdown
10.00 Resetting during lockdown
14.28 Music connecting with politics, identity and race
16.00 Simon’s favourite tracks from the Other Times album and the album process
20.56 Discussing the epic track The Sword Will Die and how Mr Scruff and Gilles Peterson reacted to it, as a track to play out in clubs
25.40 The DJ process and playing tracks at Fabric that might throw people a bit or work well.
34.58 Simon’s first involvement in music. Joining The K – Creative who were signed to Talkin Loud after connecting with Patrick Forge
44.23 Getting sacked from The K Creative, as they chose having a light show at gigs over Simon as the percussionist.
46.14 Connecting with James Lavelle at the Honest Jon’s record shop and the early days of Mo Wax.
56.57 Stories from That’s How It Is club night in London including DJ Shadow, Quest Love, Ice T all being there.
58.55 Working with Neneh Cherry
1.01.00 Signing to Virgin
1.03.20 Getting bigger budgets due to signing to a major label and how it helped as music technology was not where it is today
1.07.03 Creative labels in the 90’s
1.09.10 Deciding to make an experimental album for his debut on Virgin rather than a club record and then getting dropped.
1.11.02 The excitement and then disappointment of getting a track from that album on a Hollywood film.
1.13.06 Dealing with being dropped by your record label.
1.18.53 Working with Jonny Dollar (Massive Attack, Gabriel, R.E.M and many more)
1.34.23 Social media and follower numbers effecting how people listen to music
1.37.03 Mental Health and social media
1.38.54 The good parts of social media
1.43.00 Current feelings and situation with music
1.44.30 Current feelings on how the UK is politically and that influence on music.
1.49.00 The importance of being creative and sharing information
1.54.06 What Simon has learnt from his time in the music industry and the advice he would give to new artists
Tru Thoughts Online:
tru-thoughts.co.uk
tru-thoughts.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/truthoughts
instagram.com/tru_thoughts
twitter.com/tru_thoughts
mixcloud.com/truthoughts
soundcloud.com/tru-thoughts
