Simon Morrison

Dr Simon A. Morrison is a writer and academic, currently working as Programme Leader for the Music Journalism degree at the University of Chester. Author of the book Discombobulated - a collection of Gonzo ‘Dispatches From The Wrong Side’ columns penned for DJmagazine and published in the UK and US by Headpress – Simon has reported on the music scene everywhere from Beijing to Brazil; Moscow to Marrakech. He edited Ministry of Sound’s Ibiza magazine for two years and has also produced and presented TV and radio. A screenplay Simon penned, based on a story he wrote for The Guardian, is currently with a TV production company.

Within academe, Simon has contributed to Bloomsbury books including How To Write About Music, DJ Culture in the Mix and Kerouac on Record, as well as various academic publications including the journal Popular Music. His research interest, like his own practice, lies in the intersection of words and music, and his current writing stretches from a co-authored book about the global club scene for Reaktion to a co-edited title about Pink Floyd for Routledge to the publication of his PhD – Dancefloor-Driven Literature: The Rave Scene in Fiction by Bloomsbury New York in May 2020. Simon has presented this research at conferences across the world, including Portugal, Holland and Australia.