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Origin
  
Manchester, England

Website
  
Official Website

Role
  
Musical Artist

Years active
  
1995-2002

Name
  
John Roome

John Roome
Born
  
May 31, 1972 (age 51) (
1972-05-31
)

Labels
  
Deviant Records leaf Records Blue Planet Records Invisible Records (US)

Associated acts
  
Terminal Power Company The Orb

Music groups
  
The Orb, Terminal Power Company (1989 – 1995)

Genres
  
Electronica, Hip hop music, Breakbeat

Albums
  
Explorimenting Beats, The Orb's Adventures Beyond t, UFOrb, Auntie Aubrey's Excursion, Metallic Spheres

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John Roome (born 1972, aka Witchman) is a hip hop/breakbeat artist who has worked with The Orb and The Jungle Brothers.

Having completed the score on five movies (Messengers, Dead End Road, Song of Songs, Want and Final Curtain) he has provided material for John Leguizamo's Undefeated and Into the Sun, as well as John Carpenter's Masters of Horror.

Roome has contributed music to various other projects including popular television shows like Cold Case, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Nip Tuck and Las Vegas. Most recently completed is the score for Sega's Full Auto video game for the Xbox 360 (PS3 to follow) and music for the new Miami Vice trailer. It has been confirmed that John will be the composer for two up and coming feature films, Death Walks the Streets and Lost Not Found.

Albums

  • Explorimenting beats Deviant Records, released 17/6/2002, Cat No. - DVNT19CD.
  • Heavy Traffic Deviant Records, released 27/10/1997, Cat No. - DVNT27CD.
  • Witchman Vs Jammin' Unit - Inferno Blue Planet Records, released 14/9/1998, Cat No. - PLAN17CD
  • Goldwater - Dustbowl Invisible, released 1/10/1999Cat No. - INV7003CD
  • (NB. Goldwater is John Roome's atmospheric ambient project. This album was released in 1999 in the USA on Invisible Records.)

    Singles

  • "Heavy Mental" Deviant Records, released 17/6/2002, Cat No. - DVNT21CDS.
  • "Nightmare Alley" Deviant Records, released 1/1/1997 Cat No. - DVNT017CDS.
  • "Main Vien EP" Blue Angel/ Rising High records, released 7/9/1995, Cat No. - BARH002.
  • "States of Mind EP" Blue Angel/ Rising High records, released 7/7/1997, Cat No. - BARH005.
  • "Shape of Rage EP" Leaf Records, released 7/7/1996, Cat No. - DOCK4.
  • "Offbeat" Blue Angel, released 1/5/1996, Cat No. - ANGEL5.
  • Songs

    Little Fluffy Clouds
    First Name Trouble
    Outlands
    Backside of the Moon
    Metallic Spheres
    Golden Clouds
    Close Encounters
    Grey Clouds
    Perpetual Dawn
    I Started a Joke
    Offworld
    Toxygene
    Gee Strings
    Towers of Dub
    C Batter C
    Bone Music
    Mile Long Lump of Lard
    Vuja De
    Spheres Side: Es Vedra / Hymns to the Sun / Olympic / Chicago Dub / Bold Knife Trophy
    Mickey Mars
    Primal Skin
    Viper Flats
    Palace of Angels
    Mutha Lode
    Chemical Noir
    No Place Like Chrome
    4am On Point
    Stone Def
    Order of the Dragon
    Arcane Radio
    NY 23
    Blue Room

    References

    John Roome Wikipedia