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Si Schroeder (born Dublin, Ireland) is the alias of Irish music artist Simon Kenny. He has released one studio album, Coping Mechanisms, and the singles Jump Ship, C4 and Brailowsky to date as Si (rhymes with "sigh") Schroeder.
The single Jump Ship was released on 22 July 2011 and is the first release from the forthcoming Si Schroeder LP Holding Patterns.
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. Influential Irish blogger Nialler9 named Coping Mechanisms his blog's No 1 Irish album of 2006, as did the influential Foggy Notions magazine.
Si Schroeder was one of four music acts selected to represent Ireland at the 2008 Eurosonic Festival held annually in Groningen.
Simon Kenny has also recorded and performed under the alias Schroedersound. 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.
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. 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.
Si Schroeder has performed on a number of Irish television shows including on RTE's The View presented by John Kelly and Other Voices presented by BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. On 20 July 2011 he was a guest on the RTE 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. 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. He has appeared on the Airfield Sessions television programme on Irish television station Channel 6 (now 3e) presented by Irish broadcaster and model Michelle Doherty. He has been a guest on the Donal Dineen radio show Small Hours on Irish radio station Today FM.