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As Romare, Archie Fairhurst's working practice is rooted in collage, building vivid new forms out of existing material. Playful and immediate, but also deeply researched and compelling, his albums and performances reaching back to 2012 unfurl as a patchwork of inspirations and obsessive lines of enquiry made up of a global panoply of source material. The clue is in the name — Fairhurst called himself Romare in tribute to Romare Bearden, the lauded American multi-disciplinary artist most renowned for his incisive collages. In Bearden's process Fairhurst saw a way to approach the infinite pool of electronic music production, channeling his wealth of music knowledge into creating music from existing sonic material and bedding themes into his juxtapositions for a more considered approach to sampling. No music lover sticks on one sound their whole lives, and so naturally Fairhurst's areas of focus have evolved over time from the breakout impact of his 2012 debut on Black Acre, Meditations On Afrocentrism, throu📍 Venue: Madame Lou's
🏠 Address: 2505 1st Ave
🗺️ Extended Address: Seattle, WA 98121
🌆 City: Seattle
📍 Location: 47.6117, -122.332Error occurred: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (Madame Lou's) at position 0 (M): The timezone could not be found in the database
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Madame Lou's, 2505 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121, US, United States
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