Simple Kid, real-name Ciaran McFeely, is an Irish born solo musical artist known for his catchy melodies, "Lo fi" country / hip hop / 60s pop crossover sound and his deliberately "simple" approach to making and performing his music. Simple Kid's approach to recording is different than others in that raw recordings are made to an 8-track cassette player - giving the music a notably vintage feel - then fed into his computer where he applies more modern techniques to create the finished song. All tracks on his albums "1" and "2" are mixed and mastered from his own recordings on his own equipment by himself. His style of remixing and sampling has been compared to Fatboy Slim's, although Simple Kid uses his own recordings as sources. More often his sound is compared to the similarly eclectic and deliberately ramshackle Beck, whom he resembles physically as well. Simple Kid's sound is difficult to place, but influences include folk, country (he

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