Story · The creator
Shem
Booth-Spain
Visual artist · Musician · Composer
Director of Namida Lumina
A British artist who has spent his life turning sound into colour and colour into sound. He made his own experimental records for years before Namida Lumina, and now directs the band and its universe.
Three disciplines, one fire
I · Painting
Synesthesia
Shem paints the meeting point of hearing and seeing: colour fields and moving lines that stand for sounds. Early works include Sonic Space and Horizon.
Grokipedia · ArtMajeur
II · Sound
Experimental rock'n'roll
Years of self-released records that put acoustic guitar beside electronics. He has been writing songs since he was thirteen.
Bandcamp · Shem's own bio
III · Story
Namida Lumina
The characters came first. Jack T. Cohan began life in a film script in 2002. Every song is shaped from their story, one episode at a time.
Shem's own bio · Namida Lumina credit line
A timeline
- 2002Jack T. Cohan is written into a film script
- BeforeSonic Space and Horizon, synesthetic paintings, and a run of self-released solo records
- 2026Namida Lumina: Namida Lumina, Abdication of the Violet Empress, Architecture of the Heart, Do It Like Rocco Siffredi
Before Namida Lumina
His solo releases, as Shem Booth-Spain. Listen links only.
- Notions of Synthetic LifeAlbum
- Love SongsAlbum
- Iridium: Deluxe EditionAlbum
- Suddenly Lost, Finally FoundAlbum
- Indigo NoiseAlbum
- Acoustic Sessions EPEP
- Roughkut DiamondsRelease
- Gemini Critical-Mass: Omega CollectionRelease
- Sound ArtRelease
Hear the band
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“The characters were written first.”
Shem Booth-Spain · Namida Lumina bio
The full background
Shem Booth-Spain on Grokipedia
grokipedia.com/page/Shem_Booth-Spain
Namida Lumina. All music, story, characters, and direction: original human work. Director: Shem Booth-Spain.