Romare

Romare, the electronic project of Archie Fairhurst, plays at Band On The Wall in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The music is built from sampled material and rooted in dance music.

Romare is the electronic project of Archie Fairhurst, whose method is to assemble new pieces from existing sounds. The name is a tribute to Romare Bearden, the American multi-disciplinary artist whose collages gave Fairhurst a model for approaching sampling with care, linking themes through juxtaposition.

At heart the music is dance music, and it carries over into the live and club setting. Fairhurst has at times performed with a full line-up, drawing on earlier years playing guitar and drums in bands, and at other times works solo, sequencing and reworking album material in the moment. Fairhurst has also DJed widely, combining historical research with the energy of the dancefloor.

Band On The Wall is a concert and performance venue in Manchester's Northern Quarter. The night suits listeners drawn to electronic dance music who want to hear how this project reshapes its records on stage.