Momus

Momus (b. 1960) is the pseudonym of Scottish musician, artist and writer Nick Currie. Momus has released twenty-five albums of electronic folk music on independent labels. Brought up in Edinburgh, Currie lived in cities like Athens and Montréal as a child, thanks to his father’s work as an academic. Since graduating from Aberdeen University with a First in literature in the mid-1980s, Momus has lived in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and Berlin. His current home is Osaka. His books of speculative fiction include two volumes about possible futures for the nations of Japan and Scotland, and a novel told entirely in jokes. As a performance artist he’s best known as The Unreliable Tour Guide, telling tall tales in public spaces.