NOMO “NEW TONES” STREET DATE: 5/09/2006 On New Tones, set for release May 9, ■ NOMO are performing at the 2006 2006 via Ubiquity Records, home-made SXSW conference and will perform live Detroit electronics and huge horn dates throughout the summer including opening for His Name Is sections blast big band funk and Alive. Bookings by Trey at Aero. riotous jazz. ■ Made URB's Next 100 list 2005 NOMO's roots are firmly planted in the fertile soil of African polyrhythm and American free jazz, and ■ “Nomo can get to the smoking funk of bandleader Elliot Bergman's tracks draw inspiration from the Africa 70 and Egypt 80, not unlike cultures and generations wildly different than his the way Jerry Gonzalez cut up his latin home setting. jazz and hard bop album Crossroads NOMO were signed to Ubiquity through interest in their with snippets of authentic, little-known self-titled debut album, and on the back of an percussion-only rumbas to take the onslaught of persuasive emails from their fans (including Sam Valenti IV of Ghostly fame) that the band puts on a listener to Cuba between Latin takes must-see live show. Raw propulsive rhythms and infectious on Monk and Mingus.” DUSTED MAGAZINE melodies carry a horn section and multilayered percussion that is part Tom Ze, M.I.A., Philip Cohran, P-Funk, Antibalas, FOR FANS OF: Tortoise and Harry Partch. TORTOISE, ANTIBALAS, KOKONO NO 1, YESTERDAYS NEW QUINTET FILE UNDER: Enigmatic Detroit producer Warn DeFever (His Name Is ELECTRONIC, ROCK/POP, JAZZ, AFROBEAT Alive) was charged with capturing the band's live energy, 5% DISCOUNT UP TO 1 WEEK AFTER STREET DATE (CD ONLY) and he shaped the sounds for maximum impact. New Tones is a full-color, spiritual soundscape that marries the exotic with the gritty. NOMO's New Tones moves beyond the ecstatic to approach Bergman's vision of a transcendent, CD - CATALOG UBR11194-2 LP - CATALOG UBR11194-1 LIST PRICE: $16.98 LIST PRICE: $16.98 elemental sound—one that aims to move both bodies CD BOX LOT: 30 LP BOX LOT: 50 and spirits. VINYL IS NON-RETURNABLE RECOMMENDED UBIQUITY TITLES: 1010 W. 17TH STREET COSTA MESA, CA 92627 PHONE: (949) 764-9012 ext.110 FAX: (949) 764-9013 EMAIL: [email protected] THE BAMBOOS BREAKESTRA VARIOUS ARTISTS FOR INFORMATION AND SOUNDCLIPS OF OUR TITLES, GO TO STEP IT UP HIT THE FLOOR REWIND! 5 WWW.UBIQUITYRECORDS.COM CD/LP CD/DLP CD/DLP.