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n-Somnia

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n-Somnia is a solo project formed by New Zealand musician, Jared Rowbotham. Formerly a member of a rock band called Supertrip, Jared went solo (after a few years absence) in 2002 under the name n-Somnia, experimenting with electronic sounds.

This solo project reached its peak around November/December 2002, when a song called Robot Lover From Mars reached #1 on one of BeSonic.com's various charts. The follow-up release, however, was a flop. After this, the project became an off-and-on affair. Briefly in 2004, n-Somnia made a comeback with a song called Toy Store, before being put in hiatus, as Jared started to focus on a new project - Kingrow.

With Kingrow becoming more promising, n-Somnia came back in 2006 with a couple remixes of his 2002 song, Eliminator, before the project was retired. The final n-Somnia release was an online self-titled compilation album in 2007.

However, the hiatus would be only temporary. Only 5 years later, in 2011, n-Somnia announced a comeback, and a full-length album to accompany it. n-Somnia's first real album, The Awakening, was released the following April. A second album, Urban Decay was released in 2013.

Since then, n-Somnia has made a few smaller releases in the form of EP's and singles, concluding in 2015 with a compilation album, Singularity covering his career spanning from 1999 to 2015. Upon its release, he vowed not to re-release older material in the future unless it was for a special occasion. Since then, he has released one such special in the form of Red Alert 20, a single marking the 20th anniversary of the creation of the original version of Red Alert in 1999. The single's A-side is a new remix of the song made with the help of Red Alert co-creator, Darren Roverts, completing the circle.

Since Singularity and Red Alert 20 were released, he started work on what would become a 3-part series called The Empires Trilogy. This would commence in late 2020 with the release of Part 1, an EP called Before the Empire, which spawned 2 singles. Part 2 came in the form of an album (n-Somnia's third overall) called Empires of the Night, which brought us 3 singles (1 of which was a double A-side). To conclude the trilogy, Part 3 came in the form of a second EP called The Empire Has Fallen, which gave us 2 singles. The trilogy was released during the crossover period of 2020 and 2021 with the final release arriving during Easter weekend.

After the ambitious trilogy release, n-Somnia released an EP called Stop Fighting, Start Writing, which would soon be followed by a stand-alone promo track, Raise the Curtain. But as 2022 came along, the 20th anniversary of n-Somnia as a project would be celebrated in the form of an updated version of the 2011 release, The Early Years - now featuring 21 tracks instead of just the initial 7. Along side of this, an EP called Eliminator was released with every version of the title track, including 3 new remixes - 1 of which was made by n-Somnia's friend, Tim Wood.

In recent news, it was announced that the next n-Somnia release will see him going back to his roots. With a planned release for an album in 2025, it is meant to mark 30 years since he wrote his first songs. A selection of these songs are to be used in a series of 5 albums (released separately). All recordings with the original ideas and sound in mind.

Stay tuned!

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Jared Rowbotham

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  • Christchurch


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  • Breaking the Silence

    Mixed by Jared Rowbotham. Released as a promo in 2023.
    Download Now [Size: 4.69MB | 3:47 | 160kbps]

  • Eliminator (Ersatz Remix)

    Original version mixed by Jared Rowbotham in 2002. Remixed by Tim Wood in 2022. From the 2022 EP, ''Eliminator''. Released for the 20th anniversary of the release of the original song, as well as the beginning of the n-Somnia project.
    Download Now [Size: 11.64MB | 5:05 | 320kbps]

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