PRODUCERS Burchmore Simon, Simeon Browne and Andrew King ,better known as “Drew Thoven”, are three of Guyana’s top producers. They have worked separately in producing outstanding music, and also themed up together to work on the upcoming Christmas Album set to be released on November 8 under Kross Kolor Records. The founder of Guyana’s Music Network and the CEO of Kross Kolor Records, Burchmore Simon was given the name “Man with the Golden Touch” because of his cultural influences and artiste development skills.
Mr. Simon is naturally gifted and says he started getting into music at six years old. He formed a band called the EC Connection, and has survived almost 16 years as a professional musician.
The name “Burchmore Simon” speaks for itself, because this outstanding producer has made many contributions to the development of Guyanese music.
Mr. Simon is responsible for the formation and recognition of various talent developments, such as Adrian Dutchin, seven-time Road March and three-time Soca Monarch; Vanilla, four-time Road March Queen; Jumo Primo, three-time Soca Monarch; and Tennicia Defreitas, 3 times children’s calypso and 2 Time Junior Calypso winner
That list also includes Cellink Kids stage winner Jovinski and many more. Kross Kolor Records has officially been ranked as the top recording studio in Guyana and it has so far been the crowning glory of Burchmore’s achievements.
Simeon Brown, Born April 17th is nicknamed as “Lil Jay” and is a gifted producer who can truly be referred to as a go getter. He is the eldest of four (4) children and said growing up with his grandmother he truly learned the value of hard work. Mr. Browne got into music from a very young age where he began singing at church and expressing his writing skills.
He excels in his writing skills because he sees himself as being a writer more than singer and also thought himself how to play the keyboard. In 2011 Simeon Browne joined the Kross Kolor label because he thought his potential wasn’t fully recognize and wanted to expand and explore and felt Kross Kolor was the perfect match to do so. From since signing on to Kross Kolor as an arranger and producer, he has worked with some of Guyana’s top artiste such as, the duo x2, VANiLLA, Big Red to name a few. He is an avid songwriter and also someday wishes to become one of Guyana’s leading producers.
Drew Thoven is a young upcoming producer, musician and writer. He started producing professionally about 1 year ago, arranged tracks over the past 3 years and has been involved in film scoring for under 2 years. When asked which artiste inspired him to emerge into the music production field, Mr. Thoven stated that there wasn’t any one thing but everything that he was listening at the time. He works closely with Kross Kolor producers and artistes.
Simon, Simeon and Drew have all enjoyed working on the “Christmas With Us” album, and knows once they continue down the path of producing great Guyanese music it will get international success.