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It’s not that he’s an insular type as he made a name for himself as part of New York’s rather large MINDspray crew (C.O.N.C.E.P.T., LEFTist, Crazy E, brokeMC, EuphAmisM, GhostTrack, Dozer, Frog, Nevablen). He’s also done some remixes for post-punk band New York, Game Boy bleeper BubblyFish as well as being heavily involved in a battle rap ring-tone web site.

Unusually for an underground hip hopster, he’s caught the attention of Nike and Sony-Ericsson for ad-campaigns but more importantly, Cardiff’s Skipping Beats love this guy so much, they decided to deliver this debut album.

Well they’ve got a high standard to maintain after Y Diwygiad’s The Reformation EP of last year. The gamelan start to the first track ‘How Things Are Done’ wins me over straight away.

Domer has been compared with early Beck and you can see why on tracks like the more ‘pop’, ‘Tacky Shoes’. In fact, this album has got a popular tune resonance that is extenuated with some great poetic lines that keep popping up. Anyone that’s done office work will relate to ‘Crying In The Office’ (a variation on ‘Loser’?)

Even better than that, he’s got a Daedelus daydream side like the whistlin’ rap of ‘Whistler’.

The US tour with his Brokendomer partner, brokeMC and Metermaids coincided with the album release and now he’s looking to tour the UK and Europe.. We’ll look out for updates on that and Skipping Beats news as they’ve got plans for new releases by London-based producer Mr. Ronz and the South Wales based duo, Redfalls.

Hectic Mix nominations: ‘How Things Are Done’, ‘Tacky Shoes’, ‘Whistler’, ‘Crying In The Office’

Reviewed — Domer — Work With Me (Skipping Beats) Cat. No. SKBCD002 (CD/MP3) Release date: 23rd April 2007
Tracklising
1. How Things Are Done (3:15)
2. Tacky Shoes (3:47)
3. Whistler (3:30)
4. Character (3:52)
5. Crying In The Office (3:15)
6. Sugar Coat (0:23)
7. Eden Goes Dark (3:36)
8. Just A Show (2:35)
9. You And Me (3:01)
10. One Man’s Trash (3:32)
11. Ineptune (2:06)
12. Fist In The Sand (3:47)
13. What I’ve Been Thinking (4:04)
14. Raining Sweat (3:19)
15. Ain’t Seen Much (3:53)

Links:
www.myspace.com/domer
www.skippingbeats.com
Adam’s Artist of the Week “A lot of people are going to label you as a “hipster” artist. How do you feel about this tag and what does it mean to you?”
metermaidsnyc.com “we will be throwing a HUGE party at Asterisk to celebrate the release party for ‘Funk Terrorist’… The party is also Domers video release for his song ‘You’re on to Me’. 2007-07-14A @ Asterisk, Brooklyn, NY 258 Johnson Ave. 10:00 Showtime $5 Cover”
Battletones.com
www.myspace.com/redfalls
brokendomer.com.
www.bubblyfish.com
www.blipfestival.org
www.newyorktheband.com “
I don’t know why anyone would name themselves after the city that they live in, except for the fact that NYC truly is one of the coolest cities on earth”