Reggae and Electronic
A.k.a. Tom Langford
Originally from Wellington’s notorious K-hole region, Naram is a reggae fanatic with a penchant for vintage synthesisers, cheesy 80s horror films, test match cricket and dal makanis. Back in the day, he primarily operated as a selector – however he always enjoyed producing low-fi digikal riddims for a laugh. Then, in 2010, he took off from New Zealand with a bicycle, a tent, and a plan to ride from Australia to Scotland via Eurasia (also just for a laugh). During the course of his successful bicycle adventure he managed to procure an iPod Touch from a dodgy gentleman in Hanoi, Vietnam. Using said iPod – and an app called NanoStudio – he started building a few riddims again, usually in his tent each night after a hard day’s pedaling. While the road to building a good riddim was long and arduous, eventually – some 15,000km on from Hanoi – he struck gold on a roadside in Turkey with a thing called March of the Gremlins riddim. Upon finishing said riddim, he decided to pedal to Leipzig to play it to the man like disrupt – and the rest, as they say, is history. Now finished with the iron horseplay, Naram has set up shop in Australia’s Coburgistan region (north of Melbourne). Rather than risking a repetitive stress injury to his thumbs with the iPod, he now spends his days in a classic analogue studio/bedroom with a growing arsenal of vintage synths, keyboards and effects – including his secret weapon, the Suzuki Omnichord. His debut release, March of the Gremlins, features an eclectic mix of digikal delights, some produced in his tent on the iPod – and others built in the aforementioned studio. As well as producing a steady flow of deadly digikal riddims, he flings down dubplates with Echo Chamber Sound in Melbourne alongside fellow kiwis L Que and Colonel Mustard. He is also the new chief propaganda advisor for Jahtari.
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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My Town / Operator | Cutty Ranks, Tippa Lee, Naram | 2018 | Single |
Dancehall Ram Up / Boss Riddim | Tippa Lee / Naram | 2018 | Single |
Jealous Woman / War In The City | Midnight Riders, Ranking Ann, Naram, Earl Cunningham, Junior Cat | 2018 | Album |
Bobby Was A Gangster / Ravers Party | Midnight Riders, General Jah Mikey, Naram, Junior Cat | 2017 | Album |
One Shot Of Vodka / Honeybadger Riddim | Peter King / Art & Naram | 2017 | Single |
Raggamuffin Soldier | Naram Ft Robert Lee | 2017 | Single |
Outta Road / Dem A Fraud | Midnight Riders, Speng Bond, Steve Knight, Tippa Lee, Naram | 2017 | Album |
Careless Lover / Careless Dub | Jane Bee / Naram | 2016 | Single |
Taking Over | Subactive Sound System, El Fata, Danny Dread, Naram | 2015 | Album |
March Of The Gremlins | Naram | 2014 | Album |
Naram Sin Electronic |
Naram Sin |
Naramata Community Choir |
Naramine |
Naramsimhan vn |