Widely known as BigSimon, his real name was Simón Echeverría Romero. He was 34, and moved with his parents from Santiago de Chile to London at the age of 1, to flee from Pinochet's dictatorship. There, he studied music before moving to Madrid at 12, where he started a great career as a producer. His last works include the new albums of Mägo De Oz, Saratoga and Stravaganzza.

He also played the guitar with the band Not For Us. His carrer as a producer began by working as an assistant in the Sintonía studios in Madrid where he worked with the best national and international producers. Those last years, he worked as a free-lance producer for many hard rock and progressive bands. His death was a shock to all the people of the Madrid music scene, who went to see him before he was incinerated on Wednesday morning, 2nd of July at Almudena's crematory.

He was an excellent, nice person loved by fans and the people he worked with. One of the most talentuous creators ever coming from the Spanish rock scene now rests in peace, because of a liver cancer detected a few weeks ago, when he had just finished the work on the new Skizoo album in Murcia. He died on Monday, 31st of July 2006.


Translated from Spanish.

You can read the reactions of some bands on their official websites:
Mägo De Oz
Stravaganzza

R.I.P. BigSimon

Source:

mariskalrock.com