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Thomas Zweifel

MR ROMO

RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
56466	0	All Styles	Portland, US

DJ Mr Romo started out spinning 15 years ago. Mr Romo was, at first, a side project of Radio Personality Josh Beastie, and is now featured in Portland’s beat driven music show; Mr Romo’s Underground, on radio 1450am KPSU.

Utilizing his skills as DJ, Romo mixes & remixes various types of music, loops, and samples together to form his unique sounding Music. Mr Romo draws inspiration from a vast array artists such as Freddy Fresh, Thelonious Monk, Ken Nordine, Soul Hooligan, James Brown, and many, many, others.

Mr Romo is currently working on a new album that accumulates sound from his many years of experience. Romo's Remixes have been on inport white label mixes and include rare mixes of the Cure, Dave Allen, De La Soul, Bjork, Eric B & Rakim, Eddie Brikell,Ogden Nash, Overdoser, and several others.

Romo is working with several musicians and artists on both fusion and improvisational projects. “I love making music”, Romo states.

Mr Romo’s unique sound covers the complete musical spectrum everything from jazz, deep down tempo, country to house, world, Hip-hop, and rock.

However, when asked the question “what style are you?” in a recent interview, Mr Romo replied, “An electronic musician who conforms to the unwritten rules of IDM”. Romo continues "I'm a turntablist of sorts, and feel creating new music from snips of old is a true artform".

DJ Mr Romo has opened for such acts as the Grandmaster Flash, Modest Mouse, The Killers, Noonday Underground, Mr Scruff, The Anti-Pop Consortium, Velvet Indiana, and many more.

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