Si Schroeder

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Si Schroeder

| image = Si Schroeder.jpg

| caption = Si Schroeder in Berlin, September 2013

| origin = Dublin, Ireland

| instrument =

| genre = Alternative rock
Electronic music
Experimental rock

| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter

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| website = http://facebook.com/pages/Si-Schroeder/33542298272

}}

Si Schroeder (born Dublin, Ireland) is the alias of Irish music artist Simon Kenny.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2006/0512/1146660074478.html|title=Si-CHEDELIA|work=The Irish Times|date=5 May 2006}} He has released one studio album, Coping Mechanisms, and the singles Clocked, Jump Ship, C4 and Brailowsky to date as Si (rhymes with "sigh") Schroeder.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2006/0505/1146660071470.html|title=CD of the week|work=The Irish Times|date=5 May 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://irishmusicdb.com/s/sischroeder/ss_singles.htm|title=Si Schroeder Singles|publisher=The Irish Music Database}}

The single Clocked was released on 1 June 2012 and is the second release from the forthcoming Si Schroeder LP Holding Patterns, following the release of the previous single Jump Ship on 22 July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://merrydemocracy.wordpress.com|title=Si Schroeders New Single Jump Ship From The Forthcoming Long Player Holding Patterns|publisher=Si Schroeder Wordpress blog|date=23 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/archive1/2011/0720/arena.html |title=Live Music Si Schroeder |publisher=RTÉ Radio One |date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122651/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/archive1/2011/0720/arena.html |archivedate=3 November 2012 }}

Coping Mechanisms was nominated for the 2006 Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year and released on Irish independent record label Trust Me I'm A Thief.{{cite web|url=http://www.choicemusicprize.com/past_prizes_2006.html|title=Choice Music Prize 2006 Shortlist|publisher=Choice Music Prize}}{{cite web|url=http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |title=Si Schroeder: artist profile |publisher=Trust Me I'm A Thief |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105224/http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |archivedate=17 July 2011 }} Influential Irish blogger [http://www.nialler9.com Nialler9] named Coping Mechanisms his blog's No 1 Irish album of 2006, as did the Foggy Notions magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.nialler9.com/2006/12/dance-electronic/top-irish-albums-of-2006-the-results |title=Top Irish Albums of 2006 – The Results 1. Si Schroeder – Coping Mechanisms |publisher=Nialler9.com |date=13 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114043113/http://www.nialler9.com/2006/12/dance-electronic/top-irish-albums-of-2006-the-results/ |archivedate=14 January 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/mystery-man-comes-out-to-play-the-sweet-sounds-of-a-best-kept-secret-64712.html|title=Si Schroeder: Mystery man comes out to play the sweet sounds of a best kept secret...|work=The Irish Independent|date=16 December 2006}}

Si Schroeder was one of four music acts selected to represent Ireland at the 2008 Eurosonic Festival held annually in Groningen.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2008/0118/1200561512051.html|title=Loose on the loose in Groningen|work=The Irish Times|date=18 January 2008}}

Simon Kenny has also recorded and performed under the alias Schroedersound.{{cite web|url=http://thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?43875-Foggy-Notions-presents-Si-Schroeder-Whelans|title=Foggy Notions presents Si Schroeder, Whelans|publisher=Thumped|date=4 December 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nialler9.com/2006/12/dance-electronic/top-irish-albums-of-2006-the-results/|title=Top Irish albums of 2006: the results|publisher=Nialler9|date=13 December 2006}} Throughout most of the 1990s he was one half of Irish indie rock band Schroeder's Cat whose eponymous four-track EP was released in 1998 on the LA label Emperor Norton Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |title=Si Schroeder: artist profile |publisher=Trust Me I'm A Thief |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105224/http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |archivedate=17 July 2011 }}

Si Schroeder's current band members are Mark Jordan (guitar) and Bryan O'Connell (drums). Previous band members include Ger Griffin (formerly of Rollerskate Skinny), Joss Moorkens, Jimmy Eadie and Brian Mooney (both formerly of The Idiots and Into Paradise), Kevin Brew and Fiachra Lennon.{{cite web|url=http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |title=Si Schroeder: artist profile |publisher=Trust Me I'm A Thief |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105224/http://www.trustmeimathief.com/artists/schroeders.html |archivedate=17 July 2011 }} Irish electronica artist Somadrone, aka Neil O'Connor, also a member of The Redneck Manifesto, has also been part of Si Schroeder's live set-up as has Chequerboard.{{cite web|url=http://www.iamsomadrone.com/wordpress/?page_id=2|title=About Somadrone/Neil O'Connor|publisher=Somadrone/Neil O'Connor official WordPress blog}}

Si Schroeder has performed on a number of Irish television shows including on RTÉ One's The View presented by John Kelly,{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |title=The View: Si Schroeder performs live in studio in May 2007 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118050925/http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |archivedate=18 November 2009 }} RTÉ Two's Two Tube{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ihaVO9e7Y|title=Si Schroeder Goes on Tour|publisher=TwoTube TV on YouTube}} and RTÉ Two's Other Voices on which he was interviewed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |title=Other Voices: Watch Si Schroeder's performance on the seventh series |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118050925/http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |archivedate=18 November 2009 }} He has also appeared on the Airfield Sessions television programme on the now-defunct Irish television station Channel 6 presented by Irish broadcaster and model Michelle Doherty.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv_qXs5u8rs|title=Airfield Sessions: Si Schroeder – The Reluctant Aviator|publisher=Channel 6 }}

On 15 January 2013 he was a guest on The Dave Fanning Show on RTÉ 2fm where he played a session that included three songs – Jump Ship, Blood's The Colour and Stop – from the forthcoming album Holding Patterns.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2013/01/15/the-certain-three-tour-live-with-dave-fanning-dan-hegarty/|title=The Certain Three Tour Live With Dave Fanning & Dan Hegarty|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}

He has been a guest of Donal Dineen on his former radio show Small Hours on Irish radio station Today FM and on the RTÉ 2XM show Radio Activity on 16 November 2012 where he played three songs, Blood's The Colour, 70s Kid and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XMw9BXV9vo&feature=relmfu Stop], from the forthcoming LP Holding Patterns.{{cite web|url=http://freshairfestival.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/idle-chatter-uneasy-listening-si-schroeder/|title=Idle chat and uneasy listening courtesy of Si Schroeder|publisher=Fresh Air official WordPress blog|date= 24 November 2009}}{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XMw9BXV9vo&feature=relmfu|title=Si Schroeder @Whelanslive Dublin 18/11/2012 3 of 3|publisher=YouTube|date=19 November 2012}}

On 20 July 2011 he was a guest on the RTÉ Radio 1 arts show Arena where he played two songs from his forthcoming second album Holding Patterns and conducted an interview with presenter Sean Rocks.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/archive1/2011/0720/arena.html |title=Live Music Si Schroeder |publisher=RTÉ Radio 1 |date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122651/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/archive1/2011/0720/arena.html |archivedate=3 November 2012 }} He was also a guest on former RTÉ Radio 1 programme The Arts Show on which he discussed the work of Irish visual artist James Coleman.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |title=The Arts Show: Si Schroeder discusses the life and work of James Coleman in a programme from August 2007 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118050925/http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/si_schroeder.html |archivedate=18 November 2009 }}

In January 2012, Irish music artist Sunken Foal made available a [http://soundcloud.com/sunken_foal/jump-ship-sunk-vers-original remix arrangement he created of Si Schroeder's Jump Ship.]{{cite web|url=http://soundcloud.com/sunken_foal/jump-ship-sunk-vers-original |title=Jump Ship Sunk Vers. (original by Si Schroeder) |publisher=Soundcloud |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211041936/http://soundcloud.com/sunken_foal/jump-ship-sunk-vers-original |archivedate=11 February 2012 }}

In February 2015 Schroeder and Sunken Foal collaborated on a track entitled 'Never Knew' (music by Sunken Foal, lyrics and vocals by Schroeder).

In September 2015 Schroeder completed a score for a theatrical version of Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' for Theater Bonn in Germany, directed by Gavin Quinn and designed by Aedin Cosgrove, both of Pan Pan Theatre company.