NOMO

NOMO were conceived in 2003 when College or university of Michigan jazz research graduate and multi-instrumentalist (tenor sax, keyboards, electric powered mbiri) Elliot Bergman plus some of his acquaintances began jamming in an Ann Arbor, MI, home where most of them lived. This resulted in the eventual development of the group, which documented its self-titled EP on Ypsilanti Information that same season, after manufacturer Warn Defever dared Bergman to create as many folks as he could towards the studio room. In 2004 the music group (which, with record and live performances combined, has already established over 60 contributors) released a full-length record of the same name. NOMO’s mixture of African is better than, avant-garde jazz, and funk captured the eye of California’s Ubiquity Information, who soon agreed upon them. Using a primary lineup that included Bergman, Erik Hall (electric 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 Shades in 2006, Ghost Rock and roll in 2008, and Invisible Metropolitan areas the following season.