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NNY is the artist name of Jerome Faria (born October 21, 1983), a composer, musician and producer currently based in Madeira, Portugal.
He has been releasing experimental music, such as IDM, glitch, dark ambient and noise through netlabels.
Biography
Jerome Faria started playing the piano at the age of 5. When he was 9 years old, he started playing the guitar. He joined his first band in Switzerland when he was 11, a punk rock band called The Pitchers. One year later, he moved to Portugal and when he turned 16 started playing the drums in a metal band called Loss.
Since then, he has been playing drums with many local bands that range from metal to pop rock and he has also contributed as a bass player, keyboardist and guitarist as guest musician or in side projects. He has played aside well-known portuguese bands such as UHF, Andre Indiana and The Gift.
In 2003, he started his own solo project called NNY which consists on experimental electronic music. He has released 3 EPs and one album through portuguese Netlabel's such as Enough Records, MiMi Records and Test Tube Records and also contributed with tracks for compilations by those same labels.
With NNY, he also played live aside bands such as @c, Hecker and Fennesz.
Discography
Albums
- ECT (Test Tube Records, 2005)
EPs
- OFFEAR.EP (Enough Records, 2004)
- (READ.ERROR) (MiMi Records, 2005)
- COIL (MiMi Records, 2006)
Compilations
- Dark Vault (Enough Records, 2004)
- Saudade: Various Artists From The Atlantic Coast (MiMi Records, 2005)
External links
Official websites
Record labels
Other
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