This article is about the 1990s music movement. For other uses, see Romo (disambiguation).
Romo
Stylistic origins
New Romantic, glam rock, dance-pop, disco, hi-NRG, contemporary R&B, Motown, synthpop
Cultural origins
Mid-1990s, United Kingdom
Other topics
Britpop - Indie music
Romantic Modernism, more commonly known as Romo, was a musical and nightclubbing movement, of glam/style pop lineage, in the UK circa 1995–1997, centred on the twin homes of Camden-based clubnight Club Skinny[1] and its West End clone Arcadia,[2] as well as concerts by the chief associated bands.
The Romo movement was essentially a derivation of late-1970s disco and early-1980s club music, with an emphasis on the extroverted sartorial style and decadent air of New Romantic-era bands such as Japan and Soft Cell. Nonetheless, contemporary features in Melody Maker (where the genre was championed mainly by Simon Price and Taylor Parkes – it was dismissed by the rival NME) tended to downplay the nostalgic connection with New Romantic, emphasising Romo's innovation and contemporary relevance.
Much championed by the said writers at the Melody Maker as a stylish and poppy backlash against the dressed-down style and raw sound of the Britpop movement, while variously fêted and lambasted by others in the media as a New Romantic revival (a tag rejected by those on the scene), Romo's legacy has been chiefly in club culture as it heralded a new generation of glam/ style-orientated club nights which would continue through the 2000s.
^"Club Skinny index on This Is Romo". 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
^"Arcadia index on This Is Romo". 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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