Romare

Named after African-American artist, author, and songwriter Romare Bearden, Romare is the chosen moniker of U.K.-based electronic producer Archie Fairhurst. His left-field house and downtempo tracks, and his releases' cover art, pay tribute to various Black musical forms and iconic figures. Following two sample-heavy EPs and 2015 debut full-length Projections, he began incorporating more live instrumentation into his work on subsequent releases like the more disco-influenced 2016 follow-up Love Songs, Pt. 2 and 2020's Home. Fairhurst studied African-American visual culture wh...