The Bomarr Monk
The Bomarr Monk
Genres: electronica, Hip-Hop, instrumental hip-hop, anticon, experimental hip-hop
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Bomarr
About The Bomarr Monk
The Bomarr Monk (Matt Valerio) is 1/3 of Anticon collective's Oakland,CA based ghettotech-psy-hop-tronica trio Restiform Bodies. Together with the two other members, Passage (David Bryant) and Telephone Jim Jesus (George Chadwick), Bomarr moved from home (New Hampshire) to Oakland to (as the official anticon.com description puts it), "contribute to the Anticon massive". When Chadwick is on tour or for any other reason absent from Oakland, Valerio and Bryant perform as Bat Rays, a more ghettotech, techno and electro-punk version of Restiform Bodies, distinctive for Bomarr's frenetic drumming and Passage's stage appearance (including wearing a wig, lunatic dancing and playing a Gameboy). Contrary to popular demand, Bat Rays have neither released nor self-released a record yet. All the Bat Rays music a non-Bay-Arean can hear are two videos on youtube and some low-quality bootleg live recordings that can be found on p2p programs. Bomarr also made an album with Passage called Moods and Symptoms. The Bomarr Monk's solo discography includes: self-released "Beats Being Broke (cd-r, 2002)", "Fetal Antiseptic Drama Party (3"cd, 2003)" & "Surface Sincerity (dvd-r, 2003)"; Anticon released "Surface Sincerity Soundtrack (7"vinyl, 2004)" & the upcoming "Badload b/w Clovis Heald "Lawnchair" (7"vinyl, 2007)", and a 10 song collection of various remixes, songs from his videos, collaborations and other previously unreleased material called "Freedom From Frightened Air" . He also self-released a live album with Tel.Jim Jesus called "Live At Chapel Of The Chimes" in 2005, and two volumes of his "Wild Xmas With the Bomarr Monk" series. More info and some music @: www.anticon.com
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