{{For|the baseball player|Hideo Nomo}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=March 2020}} {{More footnotes needed|date=March 2020}}}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], United States | genre = [[Afro-beat]], [[jazz fusion]] | years_active = | label = [[Ubiquity Records]] | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Nomo''' is an American band from [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], United States. The band formed at the [[University of Michigan]],<ref name=formation>{{cite web|title=Nomo|access-date=2008-08-18|url=http://www.nomomusic.com/press2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714191546/http://www.nomomusic.com/press2.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 14, 2011|website=Noomomusic.com}}</ref> and is not to be confused with the 1980s Pop/New Wave band of the same name fronted by California singer-songwriter [[David Batteau]], which is best known for the 1985 minor hit "Red Lipstick".
Fronted by Elliot Bergman, the band has recorded for [[Ubiquity Records]] and Ypsilanti Records. The band has been recorded by [[His Name Is Alive]] frontman [[Warn Defever]]. Members of Nomo also perform on various [[His Name Is Alive]] albums, including ''[[Detrola (album)|Detrola]]'', ''[[XMMER]]'', and ''[[Sweet Earth Flower]]''. Members include nine core members; Elliot Bergman (saxophone, percussion, electric mbira, and electric sawblade gamelan), Erik Hall (guitar, Nu-Tone Cymbals, and drums), Quin Kirchner (congas, drums, percussion), Dan Bennett (baritone saxophone, percussion), Justin Walter (trumpet, [[wah-wah (music)|wah-wah]]), Jake Vinsel ([[Bass guitar|bass]]).<ref name=members>{{cite web|title=NOMO - Michigan - Other |website=Myspace.com|access-date=2008-08-18|url=http://www.myspace.com/nomomusic}}</ref> In an interview, Bergman said: "NOMO is a big melting pot of ideas and influences."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alarmpress.com/2950/music-interview/nomo-wont-be-limited-by-genre-labeling/ |title=NOMO: Won't be Limited by Genre Labeling | ALARM Magazine |access-date=2009-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208152117/http://www.alarmpress.com/2950/music-interview/nomo-wont-be-limited-by-genre-labeling/ |archive-date=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== *''Nomo'' (Ypsilanti Records, 2004) *''Better Than That'' [EP] (Kindred Spirits, 2006) *''Nu Tones'' ([[Ubiquity Records]], 2006) *''New Tones'' ([[Ubiquity Records]], 2006) *''Ghost Rock'' ([[Ubiquity Records]], 2008) *''Invisible Cities'' ([[Ubiquity Records]], 2009)
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==External links== *[http://larecord.com/issues/2008/08/03/nomo-the-brainwave-is-the-boss/ August 2008 Interview] with [[L.A. Record]] *[http://centerstagechicago.com/whoswho/articles/nomo.html June 2008 interview with Centerstage Chicago] *[http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=132&csid2=4&fid1=38002 NOMO article] May 2009 *[http://isolation.tv/archive/2006/11/17/interview-with-elliot-bergman-from-nomo.aspx Interview] *[http://www.basic-soul.co.uk/features/Elliot-Bergman-26-page.htm Bergman interview] *[http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/nomo/invisible-cities/27927/ Prefix Mag]
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