Dave Spoon

TIME-LINE OF A SPOON... (or Simon Neale) 1977 - Born in Portsmouth, UK. 1980 - Made first mixtape aged 3 on my Dads music centre with Police, Stones & other records! (It was wooden with large buttons). 1985 - Junior school buys Yamaha PSR keyboard, i'm obsessed! 1986 - Dad buys Casio keyboard, obsessed with this also! 1987 - Forced to play trumpet at school. :( - Listening to ANYTHING that sounds electronic! Depeche Mode, New Order, Gary Numan and even Jean Michel Jarre!! :s 1988 - Bought my first house record accidently, Londonbeat "Theres an Acid House Goin On". 1989 - Joined a secondary school with a massive new music dept' budget ;) - Found a TB303, TR606 & Juno 60 in music room cupboard!!! - Music teacher: "mmmm, I think they make acid house with a 303". 1990 - Discover a ... Bio | read more