ELLIOT BERGMAN
saxophone brainwaves electric kalimba
ERIK HALL guitar nu-tones drums
QUIN KIRCHNER drums percussion
DAN BENNETT bari sax percussion
JUSTIN WALTER trumpet percussion
JAMIE SALTSMAN bass
Influences
Can
Sun Ra
Tom Ze
Fela Kuti
Moondog
Brian Eno
Harmonia
Funkadelic
Miles Davis
Phil Cohran
Joe Zawinul
Steve Reich
Harry Partch
Konono No 1
Marion Brown
Alice Coltrane
Talking Heads
Francis Bebey
Pharoah Sanders
Morton Subotnick
Sounds Like
NOMO
Invisible Cities CD x LP (Ubiquity), 2009
+ LISTEN x BUY DIRECT + iTUNES + AMAZON + EMUSIC
+ NAPSTER
NOMO
Ghost Rock CD x LP (Ubiquity), 2008
+ LISTEN x BUY DIRECT + iTUNES + AMAZON + EMUSIC
+ RHAPSODY
NOMO
New Tones CD x LP (Ubiquity), 2006
+ LISTEN x BUY DIRECT + iTUNES + AMAZON + EMUSIC
+ RHAPSODY
NOMO
Nu Tones 12'' (Ubiquity), 2006
+ LISTEN x BUY DIRECT
NOMO
Better Than That EP (Kindred Spirits), 2006
+ LISTEN x BUY DIRECT + iTUNES
NOMO
NOMO LP (Ypsilanti), 2004
+ iTUNES
DETROIT FREE PRESS
Nomo pushes the envelope and comes up with something truly special.
This one conjures up trailblazers Brian Eno (circa "Before and After
Science") and Miles Davis (circa "On the Corner") and is utterly
astonishing. Still driven by horns and percussion, Nomo is in
formidable form on "Ghost Rock," one of the most audacious and
spirited albums so far this year.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Whatever you call their music, it's got an infectious groove the makes it impossible to keep your hips from swaying.
JAZZ TIMES
NOMO mixes various strains of great black music into a single blazing sun of sound, and right from the distorted sounds of the amplified kalimba that open the CD, you know NOMO is going to hit you with a hip-swiveling blast of righteous Afro-funk.
THE WASHINGTON POST
Elliot Bergman's Nomo is one of the tightest, swingingest Afrobeat world-jazz
bands on the planet.
MAGNET
It’s party music of the first order, locking into a groove so deep you can practically feel the sweat.
FADER
When “Better Than That” came in with what sounded like a conga and a Coke bottle percussion duet I sat up on the futon, then I got smoked by both the ensuing free jazz saxophone solo and the mbira passage. I stayed with the music, all the way though to “The Seams” and “La La La”—the album’s two brief final songs that masterfully explore both the band’s astro potential and their sure-footed soul foundations.
XLR8R
Subtly shifting time signatures and grooves, and outfitted with more than capable soloists, Nomo sounds fresh in an otherwise saturated market.
URB
Elliot Bergman leads these 17 Detroit musicians bangin’ blowin’ and honkin’ through some funk and afrobeat hot enough to melt a Midwest blizzard.
J'ai beaucoup aimé votre style et votre présence ! Désolé ne n'avoir pas pu assister à la fin de votre concert pour vous saluer in situ mais j'espère une prochaine fois à la "Pamparina" ou ailleurs en France avec une p'tite jam ! Bon été à vous tous et bonne route ! Encore bravos et merci pour ce plaisir ! B§B
Michael Jackson died and that night I had a dream, I dreamed that I was on top of a bike with ET in the basket, woke sad because it was just a fucking dream. For breakfast I had a revelation: it is easy to criticize, but it is not easy to take a picture with the ET I called the computer, it crashed, reboot and have fun with the coolest artist that ET has the hands.
listen: Michael, jesus and me love, affection, samba!
i got really sad for about an hour when i left you at the airport in Paris, like i'd lost something i never had. i love the album. t-shirt is too big though. gawd im so tasteless, ok bye. see you in Canada sometime eh?
Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat The Spirit Of Fela Is Alive & Well Mukatsuku Records 4/5 An explosive slice of Afrobeat from Kaleta gets the licensing thumbs up from Mukatsuku, who finally get this gem to the Fela faithful. Originally clocking in at over 14 minutes, its been chopped virtually in half to add more punch and immediacy, whilst on the flip Guynamite and label boss Nik Weston add a more contemporary boogie house twist to the original, in doing so losing none of the vitality or the 'Fela' essence.
Kaleta & Akoya Afrobeat The Spirit Of Fela Is Alive & Well Mukatsuku Records 4/5 An explosive slice of Afrobeat from Kaleta gets the licensing thumbs up from Mukatsuku, who finally get this gem to the Fela faithful. Originally clocking in at over 14 minutes, its been chopped virtually in half to add more punch and immediacy, whilst on the flip Guynamite and label boss Nik Weston add a more contemporary boogie house twist to the original, in doing so losing none of the vitality or the 'Fela' essence.
Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the this year's People's Music Awards kicked off on Friday 12th of June. And we are putting the call out to all NEW AND UNSIGNED BANDS to enter their best song into this years awards.
So if you want to hear some of the best new-music in the world and have your say in who is crowned the people's choice, then check out our myspace page, or go straight to the website: thepeoplesmusicawards.com
To build something new, we need to let go of the old can. War has never been a solution and we want our music to a new way of thinking contribute to a better world and work with peace, love and harmony to the problems of this world face.
Please check out my new album "Feel The Fire" - The Remixes!
Including remixes by Smoove, Lack of Afro, Rephrase, AIFF, Thomas Blondet, Ed Royal, Una Mas Trio, Mash & Munkee, ALVO, Daytoner, The Uptown Felaz, JetTricks and Alan De Lanaire!
Feel welcome to listen to it on my profile and leave a comment.
you can order the new 12" on good old vinyl at: www.juno.co.uk www.fatcity.co.uk www.kudosrecords.co.uk www.hhv.de www.deep.hu
and the whole album digital at: www.iTunes.com www.amazon.com www.play.com www.musicload.de
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
