Rocketnumbernine

Taking their name from a <a href="spotify:artist:0tIODqvzGUoEaK26rK4pvX">Sun Ra</a> track, Rocketnumbernine is the project of brothers Ben and Tom Page, who combine jazz, electronic, and drone elements into a versatile but always kinetic sound. The duo, who have also played in bands including <a href="spotify:artist:00ZyEQUmhmVzTG1dbgvcTM">Rothko</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0dejH4UA8o4IpL7xnxGCft">the Sleeping Years</a>, began playing improv pieces together in the mid-2000s and released their first album, You Reflect Me, in 2008. Adopting a more structured approach, the brothers met <a href="spotify:artist:7Eu1txygG6nJttLHbZdQOh">Four Tet</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:4HcUiDJk4PN2Ac2b1ZJT3E">Kieran Hebden</a> via drummer Steve Reid in 2010 and began a collaboration that included a performance with <a href="spotify:artist:7Eu1txygG6nJttLHbZdQOh">Four Tet</a> at that year's Mutek Festival and the release of the 14-minute single Matthew and Toby on <a href="spotify:artist:4HcUiDJk4PN2Ac2b1ZJT3E">Hebden</a>'s Text label. The following year, the Page brothers toured with <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb">Radiohead</a> and issued the Lone Raver 12" on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Soul+Jazz%22">Soul Jazz</a>. Rocketnumbernine released another collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:4HcUiDJk4PN2Ac2b1ZJT3E">Hebden</a>, the expansive, <a href="spotify:artist:2AR42Ur9PcchQDtEdwkv4L">Floating Points</a>-produced single Roseland/Metropolis, early in 2013. That year, they also performed with <a href="spotify:artist:3JxCEqL9zjKnDJgUhRuRJD">Neneh Cherry</a> during a series of live dates. That July, the Pages' second album MeYouWeYou was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Smalltown+Supersound%22">Smalltown Supersound</a>. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi