Uku Kuut - producer - songwriter - vocalist profile picture

Uku Kuut - producer - songwriter - vocalist

About Me

I was born in the Soviet Union, raised in Sweden and Santa Monica California, working and living for the last 20 years in Estonia (Europe). I have produced a number of Swedish and American artists mainly in R&B and soft-jazz category.
I am happy to collaborate with talented funky acts overseas - we do have the internet. Also, wouldn't mind pepping up some burnt out true superstars of the funk or RnB from the years gone by. I might give you a hit or two;)
I play several instruments and have operated my own label-studio for the past 10 years. A short list of latest albums where I am featured as producer, songwriter or artist:
7" vinyl: "One Who Cares" w. Marju Kuut 1985
12" ep: "Zuke" w.Marju Kuut, Sany Brewer, Lisa Smith 1992
CD: "Reserva" w. Marju Marynel Kuut, Sany Brewer, Lisa Smith, Reesie Wilkins 2003
CD: "Raagus Sõnad" - Marju Kuut 2005
CD: "Marju Marynel Kuut" - Marju Kuut 2006
CD: "Julm Longplayer" - w. Avari Friel, Sten "Gun" Saluver, 2003
CD: "Broken Time Orchestra" - w. Marju Marynel Kuut, DJ Julm, Taavi Kerikmäe 2005
CD: various UMBLU records CD's 2004 featuring Avari Friel
CD: "Santa Monica" - first solo project by Uku Kuut 2006
CD: 2007, Sofia Rubina
CD: Rounce - 17 Aastat, 2007

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/09/2006
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/cd/ukukuut
Band Members: Uku Kuut - that's me... on most instruments and vocals. I do love to work with talented vocalists and instrumentalists - hey are any of you out there??

Some comments on the tunes of this page:

Sexy- sorry for the bootleg remix. I really really respect Shanice. I saw her performing as she was 14 and have enjoied her talent ever since.

Vision of Estonia - A track Maryn and I wrote in the 80's and it has become one of our most popular instrumentals ever since. It is featured on my Santa Monica album.

Joy - featuring the wonderfully talented Sofia Rubina, this song was made famous in the late 80's by Teddy Pendegrass and I have been thinking of covering it for years. Now it seems to have come to reality. This song will be featured on my new album.

Main Funk - featuring Funks' grand ol' Lady Maryn E Coote,

You ft. Virgo Veldi - This is a crazy remake of Maryns and my song You with very sexy sax leads by Estonias top saxist Virgo Veldi

Affinity - a track from my 2006 CD- Santa Monica (avaliable on all digital channels). This shows the soft-jazz side of me.

Love Changes - a wonderful song by the Mothers Finest. This time Sofia Rubina sings it on our new project. I think this song has yet many lives to live.

Please buy my CD:

UKU KUUT: Santa Monica

Smooth jazz, funk, r&b Please save the planet and buy the MP3 instead of the CD! NEW LOW MP3 PRICE!!!

MARYN E COOTE AND UKU KUUT: Reserva

Fresh sounding R&B, experimental Funk and some nice Electronica. Please save the planet and buy the MP3 instead of the CD! NEW LOW MP3 PRICE!!!

ROUNCE: 17 Aastat

Lyrical Estonian rap music. Interesting lyrics and grooving beats from a fabulous 17 year old poet. Please save the planet and buy the MP3 instead of the CD! NEW LOW MP3 PRICE!!!

Influences: Check out my friends. You'll find a lot of my influences there. I am thankful to have you all here;)Maryn E Coote in 1980 with "Emotion"

Maryn again with "Petlik Õnn" from 1966..

Sounds Like: A bit American old-school. I have two loves: the soft jazz and soul-funk. So there I float between those styles in various projects. Lately I have also done some club-stuff, broken beats etc. Check out my label page.

Record Label: Bigtree Studios - www.cippocom.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

his/her family tree from Geni.com

View more of Uku's tree  |   Get your own family tree at Geni.com Just uploading my tree, anyone doing research can find anything useful, contact me;)
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 13:57:00 GMT

Some very funky Swedes!!!!

Elly Eve was one big surprise to me as I made a random visit to the Fashing Jazz Club in Stockholm. The girls in the band gave an excellent show with Chaka Khans material. The band had also done their...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:38:00 GMT

Laulame Eesti Võlast Vabaks! Lets Sing the Dept Away (for Estonians..)

Laulame Eesti võlast vabaks!Tekst Laulupeol laulmiseks:Laevutage laenulaeva, viige ära maksuvaeva, tagasi Rootsi randa, Svenssonite kanda.Palun täiendage, saab pika värsi valmis.
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:33:00 GMT

Economic Crisis Estonia Anno 2009

My Wife: What are we going to have for Dinner? Me: Memories of Yesterday..My Wife: What about Tomorrow?Me: Our Dreams of Tomorrow..
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:50:00 GMT

Skånsk sensation på vinlistan i mars

http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=527&a=745... This is a nice article in Swedish about wineries in southern Sweden.
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Mariah Careys album i topp

http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2374&a=76... Well, I am only happy for Mariah, I keep my fingers crossed.
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:42:00 GMT

Some really cool new releases

How often do you get any useful information from different e-mailed newsletters? Well, I haven't set them formally to the spam-list, but I usually delete any e-mails from I-Tunes or Mp3'com etc. Today...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:19:00 GMT

Review for CD Santa Monica on Eesti Ekspress

I did send out my albums a year after the release to all major Estonian newspapers. Here is the first review. I am glad they think it is too much California. That is how it was meant to be;) Who speak...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:29:00 GMT

Found an old DV tape with some very nice vintage videos

I used to play around with video editing equipment in the 1990's and mostly for fun, three videos were made: One More Time, Don't Say Goodbye and Wild Men. I had the opportunity to use some pretty nic...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:10:00 GMT