Roomet Jakapi

"Kreatiivmootor are a band like no other. Their shrieking, babbling shaman of a frontman Roomet Jakapi (also a professor of philosophy) utterly smashes speech and language through his pedal array, uttering a crazed lexicon of sounds and syllables in a hyper-communicative language all of his own." John Rogers, Grapevine Airwaves

"[T]he astounding, perplexing Kreatiivmootor, whose constantly-moving frontman is like a glamorous toddler singing in an invented language, a rock ‘n’ roll tongues." Amy Liptrot, Clash

"His voice was sparse to begin with, sensitised to space and silence, coaxing out a contemplative atmosphere

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"Kreatiivmootor are a band like no other. Their shrieking, babbling shaman of a frontman Roomet Jakapi (also a professor of philosophy) utterly smashes speech and language through his pedal array, uttering a crazed lexicon of sounds and syllables in a hyper-communicative language all of his own." John Rogers, Grapevine Airwaves

"[T]he astounding, perplexing Kreatiivmootor, whose constantly-moving frontman is like a glamorous toddler singing in an invented language, a rock ‘n’ roll tongues." Amy Liptrot, Clash

"His voice was sparse to begin with, sensitised to space and silence, coaxing out a contemplative atmosphere. He indulged in an Eartha Kitt cooing softness, cosmic tendrils facilitated via effects knob-twiddling. Rising to a gabble, over phased songbird trilling, chimes were warped, as Jakapi pursued subtle tracks through the magic forest. Looped fragmentation patterns curled around this highly alternative Bobby McFerrin being, awash with bendy harmonics." Martin Longley, Jazzwise

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