Fort Romeau

Fort Romeau's lush deep house is the project of South London-based producer Mike Greene, who fell in love with the genre when he was 18. Along with playing guitar in collaboration with Ital Tek's Al Myson and as a keyboardist in La Roux's touring band, Greene developed Fort Romeau's slow-burning, blissful sound in his bedroom studio using an old laptop and a Yamaha DX7. He released his debut album, Kingdoms, in 2012 on 100% Silk, home to like-minded artists such as Coyote Clean Up. Acclaim for Kingdoms led to a busy 2013, with the single SW9 on Ghostly's Spectral Sound imprint arriving that March and a pair of releases, July's Jetée/Desire single and September's Stay/True EP, for Ghostly proper. While working on Fort Romeau's second album, Greene issued the Her Dream EP via Live at Robert Johnson in 2014. Insides, which was inspired by Greene's DJ sets as well as disco and kosmische, was released by Ghostly in March 2015. That year, Greene founded the Cin Cin label with Ali Tillett, which featured releases by Nick H?ppner and Todd Osborn. Fort Romeau also issued a flurry of short releases, including 2015's Fairlights EP and Frankfurt Versions, a collection of Insides remixes. The Secrets & Lies EP arrived via Live at Robert Johnson in 2016, along with a collaboration with Bezier on Cin Cin. The following year, Running Back released Emulators, an EP inspired by the E-MU II workstation, and the self-released Reasons EP. ~ Heather Phares