Wukimon
Wukimon is a Swedish indietronica group originally founded in 2002 by members Jonas Einarsson, David Jacobsson, Olof Sellgren and Jonas Borell. Most of Wukimons songs are rather mellow electronica songs with influences from indiepop and trip hop as well as folk. Some of the instrumental tracks would however be better categorized as 'contemporary classical minimalism' in the same vein as Steve Reich and John Cage.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Wukimon was originally founded in 2002 by members Jonas Einarsson, David Jacobsson, Olof Sellgren and Jonas Borell. The groupmembers are the same as those of the dadaist post-rock group Ronnie the Bull. The music of Wukimon however is more electronic and carefully written and produced, whereas the music of Ronnie the Bull is freely improvised. Most of Wukimons songs fall into the category of mellow electronica. Some of the instrumental tracks though could just as easily be categorized as minimalist classical music in the same vein as Steve Reich and John Cage.
Wukimon started out making music on a playstationgame and a demo was recorded in 2002. So far however no release has been made featuring all the members of the group. The EP 'Agni', released in January 2009 on iTunes & Amazon, was mainly a project by Jonas Einarsson although one of the songs (The Fire) was co-written by Einarsson & Jacobsson and features a screaming, distorted harmonium ably played by David.
In the fall of 2008 Wukimon also released the online-single 'Flute of Krishna' to highlight the two instrumental tracks from the Agni EP. This single features an extended version of the meditative bansuri-track 'Flute of Krishna'.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Love playing live! Don't do it that often these days though. Don't really have the resources to go on tour at the moment.
Your musical influences
The Doors, Bob Marley, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Múm, Björk, The Knife, Tortoise, Ronnie the Bull, Nico, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Emily Jane White, Tori Amos, Mike Oldfield, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush, Rickie Lee Jones, Depeche Mode, Rage Against the Machine, Curtis Mayfield, Massive Attack, Portishead, Stina Nordenstam, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Kraftwerk, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin, Bo Hansson, Jefferson Airplane, PJ Harvey, Janis Joplin, Orion Rigel Domisse, Air, Sébastien Tellier, Stereolab, Daft Punk, and so on and so on...
What equipment do you use?
Whatever we find lying around.
