Hailing originally from the in the outer reaches of beyond aka the remote village of Dale, Pembrokeshire, Michael's musical inspiration quickened with a move to Cardiff's beckoning City lights. Following a few false-starts cutting his teeth in Garage & Punk bands multi-instrumentalist Simmons slowly began to pursue his own electronic-based solo work. Early Conformist demos immediately caught the attention of Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens of BBC Radio alongside John Kennedy and Eddy Temple Morris of XFM.
Suitably encouraged Conformist forged ahead releasing his full debut album "Paid To Fake It" in 2012. The 9 track record dropped with little initial fanfare but quickly gained overwhelmingly positive reviews from the UK music media:
A Snake Eating Its Own Tail (edit) is a an exclusive to the compilation remix of the track from the brilliant new album Lifestyle Bible out now
Blacklight Chameleon voyages to the dark side of electronic music, writing songs full of tension and grim intensity. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 12, 2021
Revisit 25 years of the great Smalltown Supersound label with this megamix by Prins Thomas, containing hits & rarities from the catalog. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 4, 2018