Muj (band)

Muj
Cover of Muj album "2012"
Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Pop, Rock, Dance, Electronica, Trip-hop, Acoustic
Years active	2008-Present
Website	muj.com
Members
Allen Hulsey Emre Atabay

Muj is a music duo from New York City formed in 2008, by members Allen Hulsey (born in Rochester, NY on February 8, 1985) and Emre Atabay (born in Istanbul, Turkey January 15, 1986). Muj songs span a wide variety of genres including pop, rock, dance, electronica, trip-hop and acoustic. Muj has been a semi-finalist in a talent search from MTV named Music Universe Contest for their song "Elastic" from album 2012.^[1] This album was given rave reviews by a number of critics.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Muj also won "Clash of the artists" event organized by Art for Progress, for live music.^[6] Both Allen and Emry have graduated from Berklee College of Music.^[7]

Band History

Band Formation

Allen and Emre met while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston where they formed the band Static Picture in 2006. Allen and Emre wrote the material for the band which included bassist Nick Funk (born in Woodstock, VA January 19, 1985) and drummer Adrian Olsen (born in Richmond, VA October 23, 1985). Static Picture disbanded after only one EP titled "WhiteWash" however the song "Inside Against Me" recorded by Static Picture in a more aggressive rock style later appeared on the debut album 2012 with a more epic orchestral arrangement. Adrian Olsen also appears on 2012 playing drums on seven tracks and singing background vocal lyric "What do you want" on the song "What You Want". The instruments on Muj recordings include guitars (bass, electric, acoustic, fretless, slide), piano, kanun (108 string harp), Saz, Synthesizers and Computer Software.

Discography

Main article: Muj discography

• 2012 (2010)

See also

• Inglis, Jennifer (2010). "A little bit of Rock'n'roll" (http). thestylecrusador.blogspot.com. http://thestylecrusader.blogspot.com/2010/01/little-bit-of-rock-n-roll.html. Retrieved January 15, 2010. 
• Batinich, Cassie (2010). "Muj is on - 2012 Album Review" (http). wineandsecrets.blogspot.com. http://wineandsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/02/muj-is-on-2012-album-review.html. Retrieved February 21, 2010. 
• Logue, Jennifer (2010). "MUJ makes their Mercury Lounge Debut" (http). www.prlog.org. http://www.prlog.org/10802680-muj-makes-their-mercury-lounge-debut.html. Retrieved July 25, 2010. 
• UPlaya (2011). "MUJ at UPlaya" (http). www.uplaya.com. http://uplaya.com/artists/muj/info#upk-press. Retrieved June 19, 2011. 

References

1. ^ ["http://uplaya.com/contests/mtv" "Semi-finalist in MTV talent search"]. uplaya.com. "http://uplaya.com/contests/mtv". Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
2. ^ ["http://www.aksam.com.tr/hande,-x-ve-y-2631y.html" "Muj's 2012"]. aksam.com.tr. "http://www.aksam.com.tr/hande,-x-ve-y-2631y.html". Retrieved 2011-06-21. 
3. ^ ["http://www.turkishjournal.com/i.php?newsid=11137" "Muj"]. turkishjournal.com. "http://www.turkishjournal.com/i.php?newsid=11137". Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
4. ^ ["http://www.usasabah.com/KulturSanat/2011/11/12/abdde-yasayan-turk-gencinden-basarili-album" "Muj"]. usasabah.com. "http://www.usasabah.com/KulturSanat/2011/11/12/abdde-yasayan-turk-gencinden-basarili-album". Retrieved 2011-11-12. 
5. ^ ["http://bluemagazin.com/haber/163-turk-genci-emre39nin-kurdugu-muj-abd39de-gelecek-v.html" "Muj"]. bluemagazin.com. "http://bluemagazin.com/haber/163-turk-genci-emre39nin-kurdugu-muj-abd39de-gelecek-v.html". Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
6. ^ ["http://www.artforprogress.org/images/clash2010press.pdf" "Clash of the artists"]. artforprogress.org. "http://www.artforprogress.org/images/clash2010press.pdf". Retrieved 2010-07-17. 
7. ^ ["http://alumni.berklee.edu/dir_detail.cgi?id=9840" "Allen's Berklee alumni page"]. berklee.edu. "http://alumni.berklee.edu/dir_detail.cgi?id=9840". Retrieved 2009-06-21. 

External links

• Official website
• Muj on Myspace