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Artist
Bomarr
12+ albums
instrumental hip-hopelectronicidmhip hopdowntempo
about
Bomarr, a.k.a. Matt Valerio, is a self-made man of many hats: beatmaker, remixer, DJ, compilation curator and video artist; one-third of Restiform Bodies, one-half of Bat Rays, and one-whole nice guy raised in New England, now living in the New Wild West. As a child, he was living-room-renowned for a mean Casio cover of Lionel Richie; these days he’s best loved for a different sound. Call it punk ’n’ fuzz electro-hop, or synth-heavy bass-favoring hypno-bounce, or just dirty digital fresh—Bomarr’s style is inimitably his. This all-around collagist of the lost-then-found got his start on a “Shirt Tales” drum kit as a tyke, snuck Fat Boys dubs into his collection as a lad, break-danced at his pop’s bar as a preteen, and graduated to a three-man gothic/punk outfit as a high school sophomore in New Hampshire. His bandmates then were named Dave and George. In a couple of years they’d find proper aliases and an insatiable need to leave their mark on hip-hop as the melody-bending, psych-rap, jinglecore trio Restiform Bodies. His bandmates are still Dave and George, only they’re better known as Passage and Telephone Jim Jesus. In 2001, after cutting his teeth on college radio shows and making records with his cohorts (1999’s Moods & Symptoms with Passage; Restiform’s Oubliette tape and self-titled album debut), Bomarr moved to Oakland to join Anticon’s growing army of innovators. Since arrival, he’s been a veritable creative force. 2002 saw the self-release of his first solo instrumen
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