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RONIN WAS FORMED IN 2000 UNDER THE IDEA THAT THINGS LIKE GENRE, PLACE OF ORIGIN, AND EVEN BACKSTORY ARE ESSENTIALY IRRELEVANT.ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE SONG, AND THE PARTICULAR EXPRESSIONS USED TO FACILITATE IT. THROUGHOUT ITS VARIOUS LINE-UPS, ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT FRONT-PEOPLE, RONIN AND ITS IDEAS HAVE GROWN. FORCING THEM TO ADHERE TO THE CONCEPT THAT ALL GENRES ARE SOMEHOW SIMULTANEOUSLY FLAWED AND PERFECT. THAT ANY-THING (IN THIS CASE MUSICAL STYLES) TOO SELF INDULGENT WILL EVENTUALLY SWALLOW ITSELF LEAVING NOTHING BUT A CARICATURE-LIKE VERSION OF IT'S-SELF (AND A BUTTLOAD OF DISENFRANCHISED FANS)AND THE ONLY WAY TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS IS TO ASSIMILATE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ALL APPLICABLE GENRES AND USE THEM TO FORGE A NEW SOUND; FAMILIAR YET CONSTANTLY FRESH, EASY TO TOLORATE BUT NOT AVERAGE, COMPLEX IN FUNCTION BUT SIMPLE IN FORM.SUPERPOP. RONIN HAS DONE THIS WITH THIER CURRENT AND AT LAST PERMENANT LINE-UP.DIMITRI-FRONTMAN; SOMEONE WITH WHOM YOU ARE ALWAYS AWARE THAT YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF, HAS THE KIND OF WELL HONED INTELLECT THAT CAN PRODUCE A CHARMING KIND OF CONFIDENCE THAT BORDERS ON EITHER PORN-STAR OR IRRESPONSIBLE. COMPLETELY MUSICALLY SELF TAUGHT, COMPLETELY COCKSURE, AND COMPLETELY WITH GOOD REASON, HE IS RONIN'S IN HOUSE MUSICAL MULTI-TASKER, MALE VOCALIST AND FIRE-BRAND.SHIR-VOCALIST; POSSESSING A BEAUTY THAT OBLITERATES THE NEED FOR WORDS, IS THE KIND OF MINIMALIST VOCAL PERFORMER THAT IS A GIFT FROM THE MUSES THEMSELVES. BALANCED AND SUBTLE IN PERSONA, WITH A FLAIR FOR THE ECCENTRIC, SHE IS THE PERFECT COUNTER-BALANCE TO DIMITRI'S ALPHA-DOG STANCE. A TRAINED PIANIST, AND SELF TRAINED VOCALIST, SHE HAS A SUGARY TONALITY WHICH IS IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH ALMOST ANY STYLING.KOBAYASHI, RONIN'S RESIDENT COOL-HAND LUKE, SEEMS TO PERSONIFY EFFORTLESS. A CLASSICALLY TRAINED JAZZ DRUMMER AND SAXOPHOIST, HE PREFERS TO STEER CLEAR FROM THE LIMELIGHT AND IS IN TOUCH WITH AN ALMOST ICY CYNICISM. JUST BARELY SEEN BUT ALWAYS FELT, HE PROVIDES COMPLIMENT TO SHIR'S EARTHEN CHARM. TOGETHER THEY FORM THIS GENERATIONS FIRST FULLY FUNCTIONAL, COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT, MULTI-GENRE SUPERGROUP. THIER INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES' ARE UN-QUESTIONABLE, HOWEVER, ONCE UNITED, THEY CAN PROVIDE AN ENTIRELY NEW SONIC SPECTRUM-PULLING INSPIRATION FROM MORE THAN JUST WITHIN THEMSELVES. ANY AND EVERYTHING IS FAIR GAME - MOVIES, COMMERCIALS, FASHION-ARE ALL FODDER FOR THIER MUSICAL EXERCISES, PROVIDING A TYPE OF ALL ENCOMPASING INSPIRATION. THIER DEBUT E.P. "PURITY" (NAMED AFTER WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE TYPE OF MENTAL STATE NESSECARY TO CREATE-WHAT, AND THE WAY THEY DO) IS THE FIRST OFFERING OF ITS TYPE, IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN.JUST LISTEN.
