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Upbeat tempo
By Linda SerckMay 29, 2008
I remember watching with pleasure Temposhark at the boudoir-esque Madame Jo Jo’s in Soho in 2005.
They were showcasing electro clash tracks which now form part of their impressive debut album The Invisible Line, which is taking America by storm.
Educated at Reading Blue Coat School, frontman Rob Diament has come a long way since writing songs as a 13-year-old pupil and performing at Alleycats (now Sakura) in Reading’s Gun Street.
In fact, he chats down the phone fresh from performing tracks on Fox TV in New York.
“It’s bizarre being in a foreign country where people know words to your songs.”
And the American interest doesn’t end there, with both US based iTunes and MySpace celebrating the band’s talent with a front-page spot on their websites.
“I approached Imogen Heap – a great singer songwriter, producer Sean McGhee and Guy Sigsworth from Frou Frou, who has produced Madonna and Bjork,” explains Rob.
Rob has dedicated himself to becoming a successful musician, early on writing with producer Youth, who has worked with Dido and The Verve.
“When Luke (cofounder of the band and also a former Reading Blue Coat School pupil) and I went to uni in London we used our student loans to make singles.”
All the effort has paid off and the result is an album that is in part angry and in part really fun entitled The Invisible Line.
It’s out now on Temposhark’s own record label Paper & Glue. To find out more about Temposhark at www.myspace.com/temposhark.
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