The singer song writer Romi left his academic life behind to work on his passion for music. The linguistics postgraduate left 10 years of university and a 6 year of teaching had his life unravel it’s true meaning in May 2014. 

For the last for 3 years he has been gigging nationally and internationally doing public and private events. 

With influences such as Shakey Graves, Bon Iver and Matt Corby, Romi has developed his own unique sound with an alluring combination of folk, indie and heartfelt acoustic.

The distinctive personality and ambience he brings to his performances draws crowds that cover the streets and often inspire listeners to break out in dance.

With influences such as Shakey Graves, Bon Iver and Matt Corby, Romi has developed his own unique sound with an alluring combination of folk, indie and heartfelt acoustic. The distinctive personality and ambience he brings to his performances draws crowds that cover the streets and often inspire listeners to break out in dance.

"Helping people relive memories through music" 

Member of great labels such as Steyoyoke, Parquet Recordings, ICONYC, The Soundgarden, Manual Music, Sound Avenue and many more, Balad’s music is described as “Melancholic”, “Emotional” & “Beautiful”, he has easily become one of the rapidly rising artists on the electronic dance scene.

His releases have continuously appeared on the Beatport Top 100 across multiple genres including the Electronica Downtempo chart (“Lost City” at #34, “Your Heart I See” at #26, “All That Was” EP at #29), Progressive House chart (“When All Is Said & Done” EP at #10, “Signals” EP at #14) and Melodic Techno chart (“In Time You Will Remember” EP at #17) as well as being supported by artists and brands such as David Hohme, Allies for Everyone, Lucas Rossi and Spotify.

Most recently, his collaboration with Belgium producer, Bigasti was handpicked by Nick Warren to be featured on his Balance pres. The Soundgarden compilation release.

His accolades span across into his DJ sets, described as a true journey through the Deep & Progressive, his storytelling has led him to being handpicked by Lane 8 as supporting act on his “Little by Little” album tour as well as other notable heavyweights in the scene such as Jerome Isma-Ae, Chicane, Karmon, Luttrell, 16BL, Spencer Brown & Yotto.

You can also find Balad on;

Spotify: 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bJxrmavFOdG3z77cZ33kS
Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/baladmusic/

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