Simon Frank was born in Canada and grew up in New Delhi and Beijing. By day he’s an art world salaryman, and by night he makes music and DJs, influenced by post-punk, industrial music, acid house, Indian classical music, improvised music, and more. His projects include Hot & Cold (with his brother Josh Frank, member of Gong Gong Gong), Love Theme, and Love Research Institute. In 2017, he released the solo cassette album “Humid Music” on Taipei’s Lonely God Records; in 2019 he started the event series XMQ Presents, and in 2021 he released the album “So Dream It” on Hong Kong’s Absurd Trax.
The songs on “So Dream It” fall between set categories, merging electronic post-punk with acerbic acid house synth tones, and punctuating low-slung rhythms with sampled shouts and percussion.