Rob Haigh
| Robert Haigh | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Haigh |
| Also known as | Omni Trio, Sema, London Steppers, Silent Storm |
| Origin | Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | Electronic, experimental, ambient, drum and bass, industrial (early) |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, producer, remixer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, synthesiser, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Moving Shadow, Siren, Le Rey Records, L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords, United Dairies, Vinyl On Demand, Primary Numbers, Crouton, Seal Pool, Good Looking Records, |
| Associated acts | Nurse With Wound, Deep Blue, Truth Club, Fote |
Robert "Rob" Haigh, also known as Omni Trio, is a British electronic, ambient and experimental musician.
At school, Haigh was in a band called Labyrinth playing original material that was influenced by David Bowie and Roxy Music. In the early 1980s Haigh released a series of experimental ambient albums under the names Robert Haigh and Sema - the most notable being ‘Three Seasons Only’ and ‘Notes From Underground’. He also contributed to several Nurse With Wound projects and formed an industrial avant-funk band called The Truth Club together with Trefor Goronwy, who would go on to join This Heat. In a 1994 article in The Wire, his influences were listed as Pere Ubu, The Pop Group, Can, Faust and Neu! as well as Miles Davis and King Tubby.
In the 1990s, Haigh developed a unique style of what has become known as ‘ambient drum 'n' bass’ and released six acclaimed albums under the name Omni Trio. The Omni Trio sound is notable for its intricate orchestrated production and atmospheric sound palette. Omni Trio was one of the original drum 'n' bass producers, who first released for Moving Shadow as early as 1993. He produced several anthems in the period now known as "old skool", including the piano-led "Renegade Snares", "Thru the Vibe", "Mystic Stepper" and "Living for the Future". All of these featured on his acclaimed first LP, The Deepest Cut Vol 1 (1995), which was released under the title Music For The Next Millennium that same year in the US through Sm:)e Communications.
He followed this up with The Haunted Science in 1996, which included the singles "Trippin' on Broken Beats" and "Nu Birth of Cool". Mainstream trends in dancefloor-oriented drum 'n' bass rapidly diverged from his musical style, and subsequent albums Skeleton Keys (1997), the Detroit techno-influenced Byte Size Life (1999), and Even Angels Cast Shadows (2001) produced no big club hits on the scale of his early singles, but they further cemented his reputation as one of the finest album-oriented musicians in the genre. Indeed, he was the first drum'n'bass artist to produce six full-length artist albums.
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