Romare is the alias of electronic producer and DJ Archie Fairhurst. While studying African American Visual Culture at University, he was inspired by Romare Bearden's cut 'n' paste to apply a similar technique to music.
"I liked the way Bearden created original, aesthetically appealing work through a mixture of his own drawing and painting, with existing media, like cut-outs of old photographs or record sleeves,” Archie says. “Where he used collage, I use sampling.”