Who Shadow Child is
Simon Christopher Bird (born 20 January 1977 in Portsmouth) is an English record producer and DJ. He is often credited as Simon Neale, and is best known by stage names Shadow Child and Dave Spoon. He is a member of the group Lovequest with Doorly and Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears and also MASC, a duo formed with Altern 8 musician Mark Archer. From 2022, Bird became a resident on the re-launched Kool FM with his DNA radio show after a 9-year stint on their parent station, Rinse FM. He was also previously part of the line-up on BBC Radio 1's 'In New DJs We Trust'.
Biography from the Shadow Child article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Shadow Child, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
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Scene ranks
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Artists to compare
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Shadow Child in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Shadow Child have?
Shadow Child has 339,300 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Shadow Child's world ranking?
Shadow Child is ranked #663 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Shadow Child from?
Shadow Child is from United Kingdom, where they rank #125 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Shadow Child make?
Shadow Child is categorised as House in the DJ INDEX.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.