Ruban Nielson

About Ruban Nielson

Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) founder, guitarist, and songwriter who has released albums such as Multi-Love, II, and a self-titled debut album from 2011.

Ruban Nielson is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known as the conductor of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. As one of the most acclaimed New Zealand musicians of his generation, he has won two Aotearoa Music Awards and a Silver Scroll APRA, throughout the group's five studio albums and an expansive piece. Born in Darwin, Australia to a Hawaiian mother and a Maori father, Nielson grew up in Orewa, Auckland in a working-class music family. After the support of her teachers at Orewa University, Nielson attended Elam, Auckland's leading fine arts school. He graduated in 2002 as the recipient of the Sir James Wallace Art Award, a year after founding The Mint Chicks with Paul Roper, Michael Logie and his brother Kody Nielson. The four members met at Orewa College, although the group began moving between Portland, Oregon, USA, where Nielson would later be based, and Auckland.

Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, cello
Associated acts	Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Mint Chicks
Labels	Fat Possum, Jagjaguwar, Flying Nun, Warner Music Group
Genres	Psychedelic rock, R&B, garage rock, lo-fi, power pop, noise rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Birth name	Ruban Nielson
Born	February 20, 1980, Darwin, Australia
Years active	2001–present

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Trivia

He recorded UMO albums in the basement of his Portland, Oregon home.

Ruban Nielson before fame

In the spring of 2010, he posted a song called"Ffunny Ffrends" to his Bandcamp page, with no further details. He later revealed that it was a UMO tune after it was discovered by renowned bloggers.

Achievement of Ruban Nielson

He recorded UMO records in the basement of his Portland, Oregon home.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Ruban Nielson family life

His son's name is Moe. Before joining UMO, he spent eleven years in a band called The Mint Chicks with his brother Kody Nielson.

Associations of Ruban Nielson

His band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sufjan Stevens, Calvin Harris, and a plethora of other artists performed at Coachella 2016.

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