Brooklyn-based producer/MC Domer (aka Adam Nelson) is taking the road less travelled. Refusing to commit to genre lines and taking a uniquely open-source approach to music making, his sing-along ennui bangers are equal parts Her Space Holiday, Atmosphere and Beck. Delivering a cheerfully sarcastic blend of underground hip-hop lyricism and soulful indie-pop growls set to uptempo electro-hop dance beats, Domer hovers somewhere between the Postal Service and Aesop Rock. Forward thinking but still accessible, catchy but still edgy, emotional and also smart, Domer is weaving all of your favorite styles together with a smile.
After a lifetime of playing in bands of every style, Domer fell in love with electronic production in college. His quest for a new, fresh sound led him to a unique production style that landed beats on nationally airing TV commercials and mega-websites including Sony-Ericcson.com and NikeBasketball.com (alongside Jus Blaze and the RZA). After relocating to Brooklyn in 2003, Domer found a home in the underground hip-hop scene and began releasing solo albums as well as collaborations with the avant hip-hop crew MINDSpray and the broke MC (as brokeNdomer). Relentless performing and touring taught Domer to capture any audience and entertain every crowd, whether rapping alongside hip-hop giants KRS-ONE, Grandmaster Kaz, Mel E Mel, Poison Pen, Breez Evahflowin, and the Metermaids (among others) or making Williamsburg hipsters shake their booties with Daedelus, Infidels, Langhorne Slim and others.
The April '07 release of "Work With Me" on Welsh indie label Skipping Beats won rave reviews from sources like Hip-Hop Connection, FreeIndie.com, 5acts.com, HipHopLinguistics.com, and many more. The first video from his upcoming album "Vaguest Vacation" (due April 8, 2008) for the single "You're On To Me" is already on the web and gaining hits rapidly while Domer prepares to grow from a DJ/MC combo to a full live band and to embark on his third national tour in March/April '08.
As if all this wasn't enough, Domer also created a unique open-source interactive music project called My Favorite EP. The vocal tracks 5 new, exclusive a capella songs were made available for free download and over 20 producers around the world each created their own version of all five songs. Starting February '08, fans and online music sites will be invited to each choose their favorite version of each song and create a personalized favorite EP... you have to see it for yourself at ReverbNation.com/MyFavoriteEP.
Visit http://www.iamDOMER.com for videos, songs, pics, tour dates and more!
QUICK NOTE: Hi, I'm Domer. I hope you like my new album! It's my favorite so far. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't check out my other projects, cause I could use the money. There's lots more coming soon, but for now look out for:
-> MINDSpray - Broadcast (coming soon)
-> Domer - My Favorite Mixtape (FREE at iamDOMER.com)
-> Domer - My Favorite EP Open-Source Music Project (FREE at ReverbNation.com/MyFavoriteEP)
-> Domer - Work With Me (skipping beats records 2007)
-> brokendomer - Do You Copy?
REVIEWS OF DOMER'S PREVIOUS ALBUM, "WORK WITH ME":
"Domer's "Work With Me" is hella intellectual, hella introspective, hella philosophical and above all, hella genius."
-HipHopLinguistics.com
"Sharing a Brooklyn lilt with Aesop Rock and an experimental approach to production and songwriting referencing Daedelus and spiteful indie-electro smartass Her Space Holiday, Domer has been dug outta deepest NYC by Welsh label Skipping Beats. International debut 'Work With Me' is a patchwork of east coast word skills and off-kilter tempos befitting a man with the insight to set up a website selling battle raps as ring tones. Check it".
-Hip Hop Connection (Adam Anonymous number one pick of the month)
"This album does not disappoint. Great beats, excellent rhymes. Some smart, reflective lyrics, but also some jamming party tracks. Influences from all over hip hop, rock, jazz, and the avant garde. Domer is the genius the music world has been waiting for. Dig it."
-Amazon.com listener review
"Just in time for the release of Jamie Kennedy's Kickin It Old Skool, I present Domer, a white rapper from Brooklyn with a Jew Fro. Domer courageously ventures into a genre he doesn't belong in, bringing his own unique edge to it... I'm digging Whistler."
-FreeIndie.com
"Finding a balance between melancholy growls and joyful indifference, Domer walks you through the stress and struggle of yet another city day on, Work With Me. Playful and dark in the same breath, "Whistler" is a jaunty depressives walk through the park, and "Tacky Shoes" nearly begs for a euro-house remix. With a truly original approach to beat making, never fully existing within a single genre, Domer stretches expectations beyond the 16 bars or verse-chorus-verse cubicles, into the land of the independent musical contractor." -Clouds and Candy
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