Hi, we are onono, a band from Chicago. We play dramatic pop/prog/rock-type music. Onono is heavy on keyboards and melodic bass rythyms with lyrical vocal harmonies. Our music is inspired by anthropological discoveries concerning New World civilizations and the writings of academics like Jerrod Diamond and Noam Chomsky. The group’s musical influences are numerous and varied.
Caroline Nutley, the lead singer and keyboard player has worked with the drummer, John Goodwin, for many years. Together they were two of the founding members of the now defunct Chicago band, Danger Adventure (2000-2006). When in Danger Adventure, the group released an album on small indepedent label in Barcelona and subsequently went abroad to tour Spain. Orion Layon, onono’s bassist, had also contributed to Danger Adventure during the last two years of that band’s conception and joined the group for several mid-west and east coast tours including a trip to Pop Montreal in 2005. Recently, these three found themselves working with eachother once again. Onono’s music was completed with the final addition of Ellen Layton, keyboardist and singer, who adds depth and texture to onono’s dramatic sound.
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