Simon Wickham-Smith (born
Rustington,
East Sussex, 2 February 1968) is a
British musician,
translator,
academic and sometime
astrologer. He first came to the attention of the
experimental music underground with the release of
Lake, a collaboration with
Richard Youngs issued under the
moniker R!!!S!!!. He and Youngs would go on to make many more albums including
Ceaucescu,
Pulse Of The Rooster and
Metallic Sonatas for labels such as
Forced Exposure, Majora and
VHF. He has also released a handful of
solo albums, including
Love & Lamentation. He is an occasional member of the Helsinki Computer Orchestra, an indication of his move towards
computer-based music during the late '90s and early part of this decade. A new collaboration with
Richard Youngs was released in 2006, the product of a five-year plan in which the duo recorded just 10 minutes of music each year. The album was titled
5 Years.