Macromantics

Macromantics
Birth name	Romy Hoffman
Also known as	Romy
Born	1980 (age 36–37)
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Hip hop, punk rock, house
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, rapper
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, synth
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Kill Rock Stars, House of Silk
Associated acts	Noise Addict, Agender

Romy Hoffman, is a song writer and musician, who has performed under the name Macromantics, 'Romy' and 'AGENDER'. She used to be based in Melbourne and now lives in Los Angeles .

In 1995, Hoffman started performing with her high school classmate Ben Lee's pop/punk band Noise Addict as a 15-year-old guitarist. She said, "I just did the last tour with them, which was great because I got to go to America."

She later returned to the US, to spend time writing, in San Francisco. The result of her San Francisco connection was the release of her debut solo EP, Hyperbolic Logic in 2004.

2006 also saw Hoffman become the first hip-hop act (and only the second Australian act) to be signed to the US record label, Kill Rock Stars (home to The Gossip, Deerhoof, Sleater Kinney and Bikini Kill). She released her first full-length album, Moments in Movement, in September 2006 created in collaboration with local producer Tony Buchen. The album was nominated for the 2006 J Award.

2007 saw Macromantics undertaking a national tour and supporting Lily Allen's tour of Australia.

In 2010, after two years of extensive touring, Romy began work on a dark electro pop record. The single 'Sleep' was released in 2010 with remixes by DFA's The Juan Maclean and Brain Children. In 2011 she embarked on a U.S with JD Samson's group MEN In 2011 she worked on another record as 'ROMY'. This time, a house inspired record. In 2012/2013 The single 'Elixir' was released on prestigious house label Nervous Records. The follow up 'Home' came out on the chic underground cult label '100% Silk.

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