Bio

Roomet Jakapi is an experimental vocalist and free improviser based in Estonia. He has performed with many talented improv musicians, including Rieko Okuda, Antti Virtaranta, Kris Kuldkepp, Guilherme Rodrigues, Emilio Gordoa, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Tom Blancarte, Beat Keller, Chris Pitsiokos, Fred Frith, Jerzy Mazzoll, Sławek Janicki, Girilal Baars, Roman Stolyar, Dario Fariello, Elo Masing, Jerzy Rogiewicz, Teemu Mustonen, Taavi Kerikmäe, Mart Soo, Niels Præstholm, Leonora Palu, Indrek Palu, Theodore Parker, Ivi Rausi, Laura Põldvere, Oleksii Lupashko, Otzir Godot, Jukka Kääriäinen, Jonas Van den Bossche, Katariin Raska, Villem Jahu, Lauri Hyvärinen, and Ilia Belorukov. He has performed at various festivals and venues in the Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Russia, and the UK.

The UK magazine Jazzwise has referred to him as a "highly alternative Bobby McFerrin being."

Roomet is a member of the bands Punkt Nihu, Impromachine4000, Kreatiivmootor, and Rooluulend. He has collaborated and recorded with musicians and groups from various genres, such as Gintas K and Taavi Tulev (experimental electronics), Phlox (jazz rock), Fuzzolini (noise rock), and EDASI (black noise). He has also worked with composers like Age Veeroos, Andrus Kallastu and Ville Vokkolainen, as well as contemporary music groups like Ensemble U: and Repoo Ensemble.

As a soloist and collaborator, he has released music on labels such as Art First Records (Finland), Rinnzekete Recordings (Sweden), Powdered Hearts (USA), Improtest Records (Estonia), and Shorty Music V Poiskah DoDo & Friends (Ukraine).

Roomet has collaborated with poets such as Jaan *Luulur* Malin, Hasso Krull, fs, Piret Põldver and J.P. Sipilä, as well as visual artists including Liina Siib, Mihkel Kleis, Eva Labotkin, Tanel Rander, and Maarja Nurk. He has also worked with dancers and choreographers like Kaspar Aus, Indrek Kornel, Külli Roosna, and Kenneth Flak.

Roomet appears in the feature film "Sandra Gets A Job," directed by Kaupo Kruusiauk (Kopli Kinokompanii, 2021), as well as in the documentaries "Impromptu," directed by Priit Pääsuke and Mart Taniel (Luxfilm, 2015), and "Luulur," directed by Raivo Kelomees (Kopli Kinokompanii, 2025). His voice is featured in the documentary "The Woman Who Takes Up Little Space," directed by Indrek Spungin (Menufilmid, 2025). In May 2025, Roomet and Indrek Kornel released their short experimental dance film "Shame Shame."

Roomet is the author or co-author of four books on topics ranging from philosophy to bureaucracy.

He is an Associate Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Tartu.

Contact: roomet.jakapi@gmail.com