Mo'Ju ProfileAnswered by: Mojo Ruiz De Luzuriaga
Have you been involved with Multicultural Arts Victoria before? Yes, just recently I played with my band at Victoria's Multicultural Festival in Federation Square and then in collaboration with The Pasefika Vitoria Choir at Piers Festival.
How do you define Multi Futurism? An exercise in bringing the traditional forward and connecting future music to its roots. It's holding a very important space, of cultural passage, collaboration and innovation.
When's the last time your particular sound was given a generic 'world music' label? Has it happened often? I don't think I've been labelled 'world music', but I've been called most other things... soul, blues, jazz etc. But I'm not a revivalist or even very interested in the genre. It's too constricting for me.
Why do you think people shoehorn all these eclectic musical styles into one box? Sometimes I think it's laziness. But I guess a lot of the time it's because people hear what they relate to and they zero in on that. I suppose people are looking for something familiar.
Where are you in the broad musical spectrum of Multi Futurism? I think I am definitely modern, striding confidently towards the future carrying a swag full of tradition with me.
Who else are you excited to see on the bill? EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING! I'm so looking forward to collaborating with Pasefika Vitoria Choir again.
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