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Most of his songs are self-referential and many could be classified as <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern" title="Postmodern" class="mw-redirect">postmodern</a>.</p> <p>For more than twenty-five years he has been releasing, to marginal commercial and critical success, albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism" title="Orientalism">orientalism</a>, and a respect for otherness." He is fascinated by <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_identity" title="Cultural identity">identity</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, the <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant-garde</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel" title="Time travel">time travel</a> and <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sex</a>.</p> <table id="toc" class="toc"> <tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Musical"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Musical</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#As_author_and_other_activities"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">As author and other activities</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Personal_life"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Discography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Discography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Listening"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Listening</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Musical">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Musical">Musical</span></h3> <p>Momus began by recording <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk" title="Post-punk">post-punk</a> material with various ex-members of <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_K_(band)" title="Josef K (band)">Josef K</a> in a group called <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Family_(band)" title="The Happy Family (band)">The Happy Family</a> in the early '80s, and was associated with the musicians around <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcard_Records" title="Postcard Records">Postcard Records</a> (although he never recorded for that label). His debut solo album <i>Circus Maximus</i> (1986, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_records" title="El records">él Records</a>) explored biblical themes in dark, almost Gothic acoustic style, and his debt to the influence of Gallic pop was clear from a subsequent, sardonically self-referencing cover of Jacques Brel's "<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_(Jacques_Brel_song)" title="Jacky (Jacques Brel song)">Jacky</a>" and portraits of himself in the style of early 60s <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg" title="Serge Gainsbourg">Serge Gainsbourg</a>.</p> <p>In 1987, by which time he lived in <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, he signed to <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Records" title="Creation Records">Creation Records</a>, and began to record the hyper-literate, quirky pop songs for which he is best known. A trio of albums, <i>The Poison Boyfriend</i>, <i>Tender Pervert</i> and <i>Don't Stop The Night</i> blended accessible dance-pop with such heavy lyrical themes as paedophilia, necrophilia and adultery. The latter album almost yielded a hit in the UK with "The Hairstyle of the Devil". Subsequent albums on Creation included <i>Hippopotamomus</i>, a scatological tribute to Gainsbourg, as Momus continued to push boundaries of acceptability within accessible pop structures. By 1994, however, when Creation signed <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a>, his music began to seem wildly out of place on the newer, more 'laddish' and commercial sounds Creation then started to produce, and he moved to Paris and signed to <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Red" title="Cherry Red">Cherry Red</a> records. Since then he has lived in various countries and, while less popular in Britain, has had a reasonable level of commercial success in a number of countries, especially <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, where he wrote and produced records for successful singer <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahimi_Karie" title="Kahimi Karie">Kahimi Karie</a>, including the hit single "Good Morning World".</p> <p>He has been sued twice. The first time was from <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin" title="Michelin">Michelin</a> UK, for the song "Michelin Man", which compared the mascot to a blow-up doll, on <i>Hippopotamomus</i> (1991). He was also sued by <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos" title="Wendy Carlos">Wendy Carlos</a> for the song "Walter Carlos" (which postulated that the post-<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_reassignment_surgery" title="Sexual reassignment surgery" class="mw-redirect">sexual reassignment surgery</a> Wendy could travel back in time to marry her pre-surgery self, Walter) on <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Songbook" title="The Little Red Songbook">The Little Red Songbook</a></i> (1998). The case was settled out of court for a fee of $30,000, withdrawal of the song, agreement not to use Carlos's name for any purpose whatsoever and payment of damages and attorney's fees to Carlos. To pay off the debt, Momus wrote thirty songs, one about each person or group who commissioned a song at the price of $1,000, compiling <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_Forever" title="Stars Forever">Stars Forever</a></i> (1999). Patrons included artist <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Koons" title="Jeff Koons">Jeff Koons</a>, Japanese musician <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_(musician)" title="Cornelius (musician)">Cornelius</a>, and three-year-old animator/superhero Noah Brill. <i>Stars Forever</i> also features the winners of a <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke" title="Karaoke">karaoke</a> contest started on <i>The Little Red Songbook</i> (1998).</p> <p>In 2000, he performed "As You Turn to Go" (written by <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt" title="Stephin Merritt">Stephin Merritt</a>) on <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_6ths" title="The 6ths">The 6ths</a>' album <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinths_and_Thistles" title="Hyacinths and Thistles">Hyacinths and Thistles</a></i> and "Mnemorex" (his own lyrics) on <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreidler_(band)" title="Kreidler (band)">Kreidler</a>'s self-titled third album. He has continued to release Momus albums, as well as contribute to other artists' records since.</p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As author and other activities">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="As_author_and_other_activities">As author and other activities</span></h3> <p>Momus has written for <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a></i>, <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_(magazine)" title="Vice (magazine)">Vice</a></i>, <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Magazine" title="Index Magazine">Index Magazine</a></i>, <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AIGA_Voice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AIGA Voice (page does not exist)">AIGA Voice</a></i>, <i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/032c" title="032c">032c</a></i> and <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Observer" title="Design Observer">Design Observer</a>. Momus has also been a kind of guest instructor working on sound-art projects with students first at <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_University_Hakodate" title="Future University Hakodate">Future University</a> in <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate" class="mw-redirect">Hakodate</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" title="Hokkaidō" class="mw-redirect">Hokkaidō</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> during the early months of 2005, and then again in September at <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benetton_Group#Fabrica" title="Benetton Group">Fabrica</a>, the <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benetton_Group" title="Benetton Group">Benetton Group</a> "research centre" near <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. In 2006 he was a featured artist in the <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Biennial" title="Whitney Biennial">Whitney Biennial</a> in <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, serving as an "unreliable tour guide" to visitors of the exhibition. He also kept an online blog, documenting his everyday experience, philosophies and fetishes. Momus is an <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Momus is credited with the first documented instance of writing, in 1991, that "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen people", which has evolved into the popular <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a> "On the web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people".<sup id="cite_ref-fifteen-people_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fifteen-people-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> The quip is a parody of <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>'s famous prediction that, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame" title="15 minutes of fame">"In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes"</a>.</p> <p>The <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fotolog.Book&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fotolog.Book (page does not exist)">Fotolog.Book</a> with texts by Momus on <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoblog" title="Photoblog">photoblogging</a> was published in April 2006 by <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> publishers <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_%26_Hudson" title="Thames & Hudson">Thames & Hudson</a>.</p> <p>Momus has published several books, most recently <i>The Book of Jokes</i> and <i>The Book of Scotlands</i> which have received positive reviews in places such as the LA Times and the Guardian. He is set to publish <i>The Book of Japans</i> in 2011.</p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span></h2> <p>In the last two decades, Momus has lived in <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a> and <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. He has made <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> his home since 2010.</p> <p>He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it in 1997, after contracting <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthamoeba_keratitis" title="Acanthamoeba keratitis">acanthamoeba keratitis</a> from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>His cousin is musician <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Currie" title="Justin Currie">Justin Currie</a>, the lead singer and songwriter of <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Amitri" title="Del Amitri">Del Amitri</a>.</p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Discography">Discography</span></h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tr> <th>Album name</th> <th>Release year</th> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Circus Maximus</i></td> <td>1986</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>The Poison Boyfriend</i></td> <td>1987</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Tender Pervert</i></td> <td>1988</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Don’t Stop The Night</i></td> <td>1989</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Monsters Of Love</i></td> <td>1990</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Hippopotamomus</i></td> <td>1991</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>The Ultraconformist (Live Whilst Out Of Fashion)</i></td> <td rowspan="2">1992</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Voyager</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Timelord</i></td> <td>1993</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Slender Sherbert</i></td> <td rowspan="2">1995</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>The Philosophy of Momus</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Twenty Vodka Jellies</i></td> <td>1996</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Ping Pong</i></td> <td>1997</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Songbook" title="The Little Red Songbook">The Little Red Songbook</a></i></td> <td>1998</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_Forever" title="Stars Forever">Stars Forever</a></i></td> <td>1999</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Folktronic</i></td> <td>2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Oskar Tennis Champion</i></td> <td>2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Summerisle</i>, a collaboration with Anne Laplantine</td> <td>2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Spooky" title="Otto Spooky">Otto Spooky</a></i></td> <td>2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Ocky Milk</i></td> <td>2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Joemus</i>, a collaboration with Joe Howe</td> <td>2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Hypnoprism</i></td> <td>2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>The Thunderclown</i></td> <td>2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td><i>Thunderclown</i>, a collaboration with John Henriksson</td> <td>2011</td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momus_(musician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-0"><b><a href="#cite_ref-0">^</a></b> <span class="citation web">Thompson, Stephen (2000-09-06). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://www.avclub.com/articles/is-there-a-god,1394/">"Is there a God?"</a>. <a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a><span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://www.avclub.com/articles/is-there-a-god,1394/">http://www.avclub.com/articles/is-there-a-god,1394/</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2009-09-04</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Is+there+a+God%3F&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft.au=Thompson%2C%26%2332%3BStephen&rft.date=2000-09-06&rft.pub=%5B%5BThe+A.V.+Club%5D%5D&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avclub.com%2Farticles%2Fis-there-a-god%2C1394%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Momus_(musician)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-fifteen-people-1"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fifteen-people_1-0">^</a></b> <span class="citation web">Momus (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://imomus.com/index499.html">"POP STARS? NEIN DANKE! In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen people..."</a>. Grimsby Fishmarket<span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://imomus.com/index499.html">http://imomus.com/index499.html</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2008-10-07</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=POP+STARS%3F+NEIN+DANKE%21+In+the+future+everyone+will+be+famous+for+fifteen+people...&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Momus&rft.au=Momus&rft.date=1991&rft.pub=Grimsby+Fishmarket&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fimomus.com%2Findex499.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Momus_(musician)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-2"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b> <span class="citation web">Gerry Visco (2007-10-13). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://www.nypress.com/blogx/display_blog.cfm?bid=55357876&day=13&startmonth=10&startyear=2007">"Momus Revisited"</a>. 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Retrieved 2008-05-29</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Momus+Revisited&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Gerry+Visco&rft.au=Gerry+Visco&rft.date=2007-10-13&rft.pub=New+York+Press&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypress.com%2Fblogx%2Fdisplay_blog.cfm%3Fbid%3D55357876%26day%3D13%26startmonth%3D10%26startyear%3D2007&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Momus_(musician)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span title=" since September 2010" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20120214022245/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a></i>]</span></sup></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b> <span class="citation web">Momus (April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://imomus.com/matt.html">"Story Of An Eye"</a><span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120214022245/http://imomus.com/matt.html">http://imomus.com/matt.html</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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