When you hear Simon Lynge, you recognize the extraordinary. In Simon’s music there is a deep down connection to the golden source of great songs. With his debut album, A Beautiful Way To Drown, the Gold Rush is on.

Recorded at Bright Orange Studios in Los Angeles with co-producers Matt Forger (Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney) and Jon Mattox (The Young Dubliners), Drown introduces Simon as a fully-formed contender for pop-legend status. The project attracted world-renowned talents like bass-player Lee Sklar (James Taylor, Jackson Browne), guitarist Shane Fontayne (Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon), drummer Jay Bellerose (Marc Cohen, Madeliene Peyroux), and bassist Freebo (Bonnie Raitt, John Mayall, CSN). Drown is a musical beauty worthy of a wide audience.

The forces that shaped Simon for this moment are elemental gifts - - a receptive mind and heart, a musical family, opportunity and a bone-sure drive.

Born in Denmark and raised in the beautiful steppes of Greenland, Simon’s early years were spent outside of school, at play, often helping to tend his neighbor’s sheep. He was constantly exposed to music and storytelling by his multi-talented father Karl, who played accordion with the "Greenlandic Bob Dylan" Rasmus Lyberth, and also worked with Eskimo folklore in the Tukak Theatre Group.

Simon later enrolled in the ideal Holstebro Music School in Denmark, where he immersed himself in the study of drums, piano and opera. His musical hunger led him to the guitar and song writing, and he quickly found himself co-writing and performing with exceptional talents in the Copenhagen songwriter scene. Invitations followed to perform at the Kashmir Club in London and then to write and perform on Nashville’s Music Row and in Los Angeles.

Simon writes and performs mostly on guitar with a style that produces bell-like harmonies that splinter in gorgeous patterns around superb melodies. Never too clever or self conscious, Simon’s music wraps round you like a new hug from an old friend.

In March 2006, a pre-release version of the title track to A Beautiful Way To Drown found its way to the national radio station in Greenland and became an instant hit, displacing Coldplay from the number two position on the charts.

The year 2007 has brought recognition and commercial opportunity to meet Simon's rising talent. This year's accomplishments include:

• Featured artist for HD Radio Alliance Party at SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX (March)


• Performed on a unique national tour of libraries in Denmark (May)


• Featured artist and sold out show at The SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark (June)


• Featured artist for the Siku Extreme Arctic Challenge in Greenland. Performance filmed for BBC broadcast. (July)


• Headline act at Copenhagen's famed Tivoli Gardens (July)


• Secured featured placement for Drown song "Love Comes Back To You" in the latest American Pie film. (October)

Not for style, but for brilliance Simon’s work on his debut release A Beautiful Way to Drown will surely be compared with the likes of Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake and other uncommonly gifted artists.

" His music expresses untamed nature and he gladly experiments with the pop format...he has wonderful voice. A truly sympathetic songwriter."

Hanne Krage Carlsen
Gaffa (DK)