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NOMO
/ New Tones (CD/LP)
“Mindblowing work from one of the greatest new groups we've heard in years”
- DUSTYGROOVE.COM
"Eight-headed future-jazz geniuses... not only does New Tones get your brain and body moving; it also captures the frenetic energy of NOMO's live sets."
- ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"Bring on the dance fever... just in time for summer"
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DETROIT METRO TIMES
"NOMO lay down a pulsing blend of Afrobeat and space-age, Sun Ra–inflected jazz... NOMO takes it out into the stratosphere while keeping it solidly rooted in the funk."
- TIME OUT CHICAGO
"Even in May, Detroit can't possibly be this hot, sweaty and loud... forever funky"
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URB
"Exquisite... imagine the blasting horns and orchestral gusto of Antibalas dirtied up, deftly dented and jerry-rigged with some gnarly homemade electronics and percussion."
- BOSTON WEEKLY DIG
"Just might bring tears to your eyes."
- XLR8R
"NOMO takes a giant step forward with its sophomore release, which will fill dance floors wherever it's spun."
- DETROIT FREE PRESS
"Funky, frantic music"
- WORLD FAMOUS
“Bergman has taken NOMO well to the next level on its sophomore effort, forging a clattering, vital sound that bridges styles and decades with ease.”
- PITCHFORK
       
       
       
On New Tones home-made Detroit electronics and huge horn
sections blast big band funk and riotous jazz. NOMO’s roots
are firmly planted in the fertile soil of African polyrhythm and
American free jazz, and bandleader Elliot Bergman’s tracks
draw inspiration from cultures and generations wildly different
than his home setting. In many ways (at least geographically and
sonically) NOMO are a distant relative of the TRIBE collective.
Undoubtedly they carry the spirit of the legendary Detroit-label’s
creative output.
NOMO were signed to Ubiquity through interest in their self-titled
debut album, and on the back of an onslaught of persuasive emails
from their fans (including Sam Valenti IV of Ghostly fame) that
the band puts on a must-see live show. Raw propulsive rhythms
and infectious melodies are propel a big horn section and multilayered
percussion that is part Tom Ze, M.I.A., Philip Cohran, P-Funk,
Antibalas, Tortoise and Harry Partch. Enigmatic Detroit producer
Warn DeFever was charged with capturing the band’s live
energy, and he shaped the sounds for maximum impact. New Tones
is a full-color, spiritual sound scape that marries the exotic
with the gritty. NOMO’s New Tones moves beyond the ecstatic
to approach Bergman’s vision of a transcendent, elemental
sound—one that aims to move both bodies and spirits.
In 2004 Ypsilanti Records released NOMO’s debut album and
the band sold a few thousand copies (in the USA), mostly based
on the strength of their live set. Later in the Fall of 2005 P-vine
would give the debut album a Japanese domestic release. Following
that, Ghostly International released a Dabrye remix of "Not
Wisely/Too Well", from the debut, on the "Additional
Productions vol.1" EP. In the Spring of 2006 Kindred Spirits
will include "Better Than That" on a spiritual jazz
compilation and release a four song 12" in March prior to
the New Tones album release in May.
“The New Tones recordings are more intricate and nuanced
than anything we’ve released,” says Bergman. “The
record features an arsenal of homemade percussion including the
“electric sawblade-gamelan”, “no-tone”
shakers, and the “Nu-Tone cymbals”,” he adds.
To read more about NOMO, click here.
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