ROMderful
British producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist

ROMderful

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British producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist
A.K.A.
Rommel Donald
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(Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Rommel Donald, known by his stage name ROMderful (formerly ROM) is a British producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist from Birmingham who is currently signed to Same Plate Entertainment (a joint venture label with Sony Music). He released his debut studio album, Press L to Continue, on Same Plate/Sony in April 2019.

Early life and education

Rommel Donald was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. As a child, he learned how to make beats and play multiple instruments, including the guitar, bass guitar, violin, and drums. He was also childhood friends with fellow artist and future collaborator, KayFaraway. He drew inspiration from church music, early 2000s R&B, and video game soundtracks. In his teenage years, he was a member of a death metal band. He would later attend university while also working on his music. During his second semester of university in 2015, however, Donald opted to drop out and focus on music full time.

Career

Donald began producing music under the stage name ROM (or R.O.M.) in 2015. In late 2015, he collaborated with DEFFIE on a remix of Pharrell's "Frontin'". In early 2016, he released the track "I Just Want You To Know" which sampled the Snoop Dogg song, "Beautiful". In March of that year, he released a 3-track EP as part of his record label Soulection's White Label series. That collection contained the song "You Love Em" featuring Emmavie. Later that year, he earned a placement on the remix album for GoldLink's And After That, We Didn't Talk, reworking the track, "Late Night". He also remixed tracks from Raye ("I, U, Us") and Linden Jay ("Lose Again" featuring Shola Ama). In December 2016, ROM released a track called "Kiss and Tell" featuring the vocals of Naji.

In 2017, he adopted his current stage name, ROMderful. He also released several new tracks including "Only One" (with Tendayi) and "SoReal?" (with KayFaraway). Additionally, he produced the Jean Deaux record, "Wikipedia", and appeared on Kitsuné's Afterwork Vol 1 compilation album with the track "BeThere4Me" (featuring KayFaraway). In 2018, ROMderful continued working with Jean Deaux, producing her song "Energy" which was the lead single off her EP, Krash. That year, he was also signed to Same Plate Entertainment, a joint venture label with Sony Music.

In March 2019, he released a collaborative EP, Hours After Midnight, with KayFaraway. The following month, he released his debut studio album, Press L to Continue, on Same Plate/Sony. The album was preceded by the singles "Run Tings" (with Shakka and featuring Dounia) and "1 Missed Call" (featuring Dean and Tabber). The album also featured guest appearances from TOBi, Jay Prince, Devin Tracy, Wade, and KayFaraway. Vocals from ROMderful himself also appeared on the album. Music videos for "Run Tings" and "Tired of the Games" (featuring TOBi) premiered after the album's release. ROMderful also produced the Duckwrth track "KING KING" released in May 2019 and the Jean Deaux track, "Anytime" (featuring Kehlani) released in June 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Press L to Continue
  • Released: 23 April 2019
  • Label: Same Plate/Sony
  • Formats: Digital download

EPs

Title Details
Soulection White Label – 018
  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: Soulection
  • Formats: Digital download
Hours After Midnight
  • Released: 14 March 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Album
"Only One" (feat. Tendayi) 2017 Non-album single
"BeThere4Me" (feat. KayFaraway) Afterwork Vol 1
"Run Tings" (with Shakka and feat. Dounia) 2019 Press L to Continue
"1 Missed Call" (feat. Dean and Tabber)

Production and remixes

Song Year Artist Album Role
"Frontin'" (remix with DEFFIE) 2015 Pharrell (feat. Jay-Z) In My Mind Remixer
"Late Night" (remix) 2016 GoldLink (feat. Masego) And After That, We Didn't Talk Remixer
"I, U, Us" (remix) Raye Second Remixer
"Lose Again" (remix) Linden Jay (feat. Shola Ama) Non-album single Remixer
"Wikipedia" 2017 Jean Deaux Non-album single Producer
"Magic" Rayana Jay Morning After Producer
"Energy" 2018 Jean Deaux Krash Producer
"Squeeze" Lou Phelps (feat. Jahkoy) Non-album single Producer
"Anytime" 2019 Jean Deaux (feat. Kehlani) Empathy Producer
"KING KING" Duckwrth THE FALLING MAN Producer