Mike Norris aka Fort Romeau is a UK artist based in South
London. Mike began making music at 14, inspired by the slow jams of Air's Premiers
Symptômes and the warm analogue sounds of Autechre's Amber LP
he began creating, "just loops of noise and atmosphere, just playing with
the sound directly."
Later, while at university in Brighton, he began DJing at
clubs and the experience of being enveloped in the sound had a profound effect
on his attitude to music-making. In Mike's words, "I started really
thinking about the visceral quality of the sound all my favorite music had -
this deep, thick quality that just absorbed you."
Shortly after leaving university, Mike began working with
the band La Roux, playing keyboards and programming the band's live show - all
the while developing his own musical practice between sound checks and airport
stopovers. It wasn't until the band stopped touring that he was able to
concentrate on his music full time and, having become used to working within
the limitations of a slow laptop and a pair of headphones, changed his ethos to
music making "you have to learn to be very efficient, its is pretty
frustrating but you live within the limitations of your equipment. That's what
really defines you as a musician I think. I only have one synthesizer, a Yamaha
DX7, and this LP is really the product of me interfacing with that one synth
and a 7 year old laptop."
MP3: "Jack Rollin'" - http://www.factmag.com/2012/01/17/la-roux-keyboardist-fort-romeau-debuts-on-100-silk/
FORT ROMEAU
KINGDOMS
(100% SILK)
MARCH 6, 2012
TRACK LISTING
1. Jack Rollin'
2. Kingdoms
3. Say Something
4. Some Of Us Want For Nothing
5. Nights Bridge
6. I Need U
7. Theo (CD only)
8. One Night (CD only)
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