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Rent RomusLink to home page : Rent Romus  Biography: Rent Romus is a force spanning over twenty years of creative improvised music. He is the current director and producer of Edgetone Records, curator of the Luggage Store Gallery Series, and the SIMM Music Series at the Studio 6 Musicians Union Hall, both located in San Francisco. Rent Romus has produced countless shows, events and festivals featuring experimental, avant garde, freejazz, experimental, electronica, and noise artists from within the Bay Area and all over the world.From his very beginnings as a student of Jazz, studying under the tutelage of Stan Getz, Bruce Foreman, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Martin, and drummer Eddie Moore he found himself drawn to the outer realms of music. In 1986 at the age of 16 he founded the progressive jazz sextet Jazz On the Line, as a vehicle for his original compositions. They produced several projects, including In the Moment with Chico Freeman in 1992. In 1997 Romus had the honor of recording with tenor sax master John Tchicai. Tchicai is best known for his work with the NY Art Quartet, NY Ear and Eye Control, and his recordings with John Coltrane and Albert Ayler. Rent Romus' ongoing free jazz/experimental project Lords of Outland has had many incarnations. But most recently included collaborations with drummer Philip Everett, bassist Ray Schaeffer (of Tri-Cornered-Tent-Show), and noise artist C.J. Reäven Borosque, as well as free-jazz legend Jim Ryan etc. He is also founding member of The Abstractions, who have released 3 albums thus far. Although his past is in jazz, he has expanded into other realms of improvisation and sound exploration, including electroacoustic instruments, in the trio Hideous Dream led by noise artist C.J. Reäven Borosque. His fascination for experimental music is cross-genre and all encompassing. “Romus has been central to the creative music world of the West Coast for a number of years, and he keeps stretching the boundries of originality with each new release.” - Frank Rubolino onefinalnote.com/Cadence "The center piece of the band is Rent Romus with his fantastic sax work, and like his contemporary Zorn, Romus has a long history in the music scene as well as in the established cultural art world working and collaborating with talented musicans."-Jackalblaster As a leader/co-leader: Title Year Recorded Label Novo Navigatio (2004) Edgetone EDT4027 Tri-Cornered Tent Show (2004) Edgetone EDT4022 ARS Vivende (2003) Edgetone EDT4019 Sonic Conspiracy (2002) Edgetone EDT4012 Avatar In The Field (2001) Edgetone EDT4001 PKD Vortex Project (1998) Edgetone EDT4003 Blood Motions (1998) Jazzheads/Edgetone JH1136 ADAPT…or DIE! (1997) Jazzheads/Edgetone JH9503 You’ll Never Be The Same(1995) Jazzheads/Edgetone JH943 In The Moment (1992) Edgetone EDT002 no boundaries (1991) Edgetone EDT001 Dark Wind (1988) JOTL JL1001 As a band member: Moe!Kestra: TWO FORMS OF MULTITUDES:CONDUCTED IMPROVISATIONS(2003)Edgetone EDT4021 C.J. Reaven Borosque: The Metal Quan Yin (2002) Edgetone EDT4011 Jim Ryan: Forward Energy, Configurations (2002) Edgetone EDT4009 2AM: 2AM (1997) Old Bull OBR1001 Paris Slim: Bleedin’ Heart (1996) Global Guinea Pig: Out of Town (1995) Edgetone EDT 4002 Other Web links http://www.romus.net Edgetone Records All Music Guide Meridian Gallery Currently Romus resides in the San Francisco Bay Area working on numerous projects with and for the new sonic/experiemental/free jazz community. "The center piece of the band is Rent Romus with his fantastic sax work, and like his contemporary Zorn, Romus has a long history in the music scene as well as in the established cultural art world working and collaborating with talented musicans." -Jackalblaster Work-In-Progress: Executive Director 501(c)3 non-profit artist organiationOUTSOUND curates Luggage Store Gallery Series, SIMM Series, @ Outsound New Music Summit Owns and operates Edgetone Records Address: 3020 El Cerrito Plaza #326 El Cerrito CA 94530 Email: rentromus@yahoo.com Upcoming Events: SIMM Series Musicians Union Hall116 9th St @ Mission SF Saturday, Oct 9 2010 8:00 PM On the Edge of Dark CDs on which Rent Romus appears:
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