Roommate
| Members: | (Europe lineup) Kent Lambert (keytar/vocals/elect Bart de Kroon (guitar/banjo/vocals Roy Santiago (drums/other things) Melvin Wevers (bass/vocals/other things) (current live band) Kent Lambert (keytar/vocals/elect Erica Dicker (violin) Mercedes Landazuri (banjo) Gillian Lisée (bass/percussion/voc Justin Petertil (guitar) Luther Rochester (analog synths, percussion, bells) Seth Vanek (drums/percussion) (occasional and/or past participants) Gerard Barreto (bass/sound engineering) Amy Cimini (viola) Tom Comerford (guitar) Tim Daisy (vibes/drums) Devin Davis (theremin/guitar/dru Jim Duffy (drums) Anton Hatwich (bass) Cody Hennesy (guitar/textures/bea Sarah Holtschlag (musical saw) Todd Leibov (guitar/synths/elect Dean Rank (album artwork/posters/hugs "Uncle" Woody Sullender (banjo) Dewayne Slightweight (xylophone, vocals, hand percussion) Evelyn Weston (musical saw) Mark Wright (percussion/drawings Katie Young (bassoon) |
| Genre: | Experimental pop |
| Hometown: | Chicago |
| Record Label: | Plug Research / Shrug / Fresh Produce |
| Website: | |
| Current Location: | Chicago |
| Booking Agent: | kentlamb@gmail.com |
| Press Contact: | cameron@plugresearch.com |
| Influences: | Scott Walker, Ennio Morricone, Broadcast, Califone, Talking Heads, Talk Talk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Robert Wyatt, Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Angelo Badalamenti/David Lynch, George Delerue, Haruki Murakami, East River Pipe, Roy Orbison, Vic Chesnutt, Leonard Cohen, Otis Redding, Arto Lindsay, Gillian Welch, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Douglas Sirk, Smog, Joy Division, The Cure, New Order, The Replacements, The Smiths, Joe Jackson, Echo & the Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, early OMD, Magnetic Fields, Bola, Boards of Canada, Fennesz, Gavin Bryars, Sun Ra, Yo La Tengo, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Ween, The Rhombus and many other art/music-making friends... |
| Biography: | Roommate started out as a solo recording project of Kent Lambert. He recorded the EP Celebs in his Brooklyn NY apartment and self-released it in late 2001. Celebs landed in web journal Uzine’s Top 20 releases of 2002 after being hailed as "one of the most promising debuts of recent years". The EP’s centerpiece, a tribute (of sorts) to River Phoenix called "RP (forget the metaphors)" was played regularly on Studio Brussel’s Duyster radio program in Belgium, and subsequently selected for th... (read more) |
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Roommate added new photos to April 19, 2008 - photos by Adam Neese.
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April 19, 2008 - photos by Adam Neese - 55 Photos
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