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Nomi

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HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR NOW ON TOUR!
04/02: Check out Hercules & Love Affair in Rodeo & Vogue Brazil
Nomi will be opening for SDoun at the Highline Ballroom before hitting the road with the sexiest band in the universe Hercules and Love Affair!
Check out all show dates above, click on the links for information on purchasing tickets.
03/04:: Tickets for the first Hercules and Love Affair shows at the Soho Revue in London went on sale this week and we're instantly sold out!
The album drops Monday March 10th in the UK. Nomi is featured on two songs titled 'You Belong' & 'Hercules Theme'. Pick up a copy and stay tuned for more show dates and gossip...
Nomi will be performing in New York at the Highline Ballroom on May 3rd before hitting the road with HALA. Click below for details and to purchase tickets.
Show Details
02/15:: A review of Nomi's performance at the 205 club has been posted on bandweblogs.com
Click here to read
01/24:: Check out Hercules and Love Affair in this months issue of i-D Magazine
11/23:: Nomi emerges an an emcee on her latest collaboration with Deborah Harry ,
who's album Necessary Evil is out now.
Look out for the collaboration to be released in 2008.
Nomi made a special appearance at the launch of the Necessary Evil tour at Irving Plaza
where Nomi & Deborah presented their collaboration for the first time.
Click HERE to view some photos of the event
Watch Deborah & Nomi on Arte's Tracks.
10/27:: Nomi has been keeping busy with her involvement in a few upcoming projects. She's one of the guest performers on the new DFA/EMI project HERCVLEZ ^ND LOVE ^FF^IR, a futuristic disco record from DJ and producer Andrew Butler. The record is scheduled for a March release.
Aside from her music projects, Nomi has been working on the set of the new Dito Montiel action drama film 'Fighting', starring Channing Tatum & Terrence Howard. It's set to be released sometime this year.
10/19:: Nomi performs with CocoRosie at the Deitch Projects
Nomi & DJ HIgh Priest performed at Union Pool to celebrate the release of Capricious Magazines/Voodoo EROS CD Compilation. Nomi & High Priest collaborated on a tribute to Jean Michel Basquiat titled 'Oh Jean' which is on the compilation.
Check out www.DJHighPriest.com for more video...
Nomi was part of the Antony & The Johnsons 'Turning' Tour as one of 13 NYC Beauties, whose intimate and hypnotic portraits were captured, processed and projected as the backdrop by Charles Atlas, whilst slowly turning onstage.
Her image was used for the Commemorative Program, T-Shirt & 7" Vinyl.
Click here to purchase.

View photos from the 2004 'Turning' concert held at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Watch Nomi as she perform's 'Gun In Your Drawer' at The Bowery Ballroom, opening for CocoRosie to a sold out crowd.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/10/2004
Band Website: NomiOnline.com
Band Members: Member of Hercules & Love Affair

Solo Band includes:
Todd Cohen/Drums
Marlan Barry/Cello
Ben Tyree/Guitar
Jeff Langston/Bass
& production from New York's Underground

Influences: Lauryn Hill, Nico, Sade, Antony, EL-P, RjD2, Madlib, MF DOOM, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep (Early), Mary J Blige (on coke), B.I.G., Stevie Nicks, Donny Hathaway, Portishead, Nina Simone
Sounds Like: » PITCHFORK
» TROUBLED DIVA
» GUARDIAN
» VICE GERMANY
» ARTE
» NYPRESS
» SPINNING ON AIR
» SERENDIPITY MEDIA: LOST IN LUST

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Pirates & Playboys

I should introduce you to the woman who I used to be. Her wicked laughter, jet black sinful eyes, the hunger for lust in her veins, the fever in each vowel. She'd be yours without a doubt. She and I w...
Posted by Nomi on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:53:00 PST

Arthur Rimbaud: Thief Of Fire

"When the infinite servitude of women shall have ended, when she will be able to live by and for herself; then, she too will be a poet. Woman will discover the unknown. Will her world be different fr...
Posted by Nomi on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:14:00 PST

We Are The Women

look into me for I love who you’re making,see the divine in my eyes like a child,why do men’s fantasies trail in your veins,when they are the remnants of every mistake ,day after day cruci...
Posted by Nomi on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PST

In Time

a reflection of youwhat you see in my eyeshave you come to corrector in time will it dieare you seeking a bit of yourself that is newit is not within meit remains still in you...
Posted by Nomi on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:56:00 PST

Flesh Will Die

We should lie side by side See my skin reflect on yoursWhat they say will never matterYou and I exist beyondFlesh will die and so will wordsAll we leave's the sound of voicesMemories of your sweet voi...
Posted by Nomi on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:38:00 PST

Rainer Maria Rilke

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it. Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each ...
Posted by Nomi on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST

The Gifts of God

the colors on the 6 trainthe simplicity of morning commutesthe way brown skin shines under subway lightsthe taste of a new manthe strength of having no onethe pride of a lonely night with nothing but ...
Posted by Nomi on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

Tight Ropes On Fire

We tampered with the tapestry of our bodies. Dodged eyes in fear of being caught in a never ending glance. Both warm from the chemistry of our closeness. His beauty unfolds, above & beneath me all ...
Posted by Nomi on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:18:00 PST

Girls Like Me

love wasn't meant for girls like me. somehow i found my way inside, curled up in the remnants of my father and the last taste of my brother. the feminine, left abandonded. alleys & gutter ways reek of...
Posted by Nomi on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:49:00 PST

Anais Nin

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.""Living never wore ...
Posted by Nomi on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:45:00 PST