La La La - Music

NOMO Were Conceived In 2003 When University Of Michigan Jazz Studies Graduate And Multi-Instrumentalist Tenor Sax Keyboards Electric Mbiri Elliot Bergman And Some Of His Acquaintances Began Jamming At An Ann Arbor MI House Where Many Of Them Lived. This Led To The Eventual Formation Of The Group Which Recorded Its Self-Titled EP On Ypsilanti Records That Same Year After Producer Warn Defever Dared Bergman To Bring As Many People As He Could To The Studio. In 2004 The Band Which With Album And Live Appearance Combined Has Had Over 60 Contributors Issued A Full-Length Record Of The Same Name. NOMO's Mix Of African Beats Avant-Garde Jazz And Funk Caught The Attention Of California's Ubiquity Records Who Soon Signed Them. With A Core Lineup That Included Bergman Erik Hall Guitar Nu-Tone Cymbals Jamie Register Bass Vocals Dan Piccolo Drums Dan Bennett Baritone Sax Justin Walter Trumpet Olman Piedra Congas Cajon Shekere And Ingrid Racine Trumpet NOMO Released New Tones In 2006 Ghost Rock In 2008 And Invisible Cities Under A Year Later read less