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Mushi..s music doesn..t sound like anything else on the Danish music-stage. His style is catchy, a touch of melancholy pop/rock with a great deal of western/Balcan/folk/cabaret and a pinch of salsa. But - and that is important - it is always on the move. The album "unfairytales" is imbued with catchy refrains, use of untraditional musical instruments and never-ending surprises.
His music is characterized by its versatility and the international feel. Not much in Mushi..s music smells like the backwaters of Denmark. His music is a dogged confrontation with narrowing limits and strict ideas of what mainstream music is supposed to sound like. And it is done without being too narrow or hard to understand: the catchy tunes are given high priority. As for the lyrics Mushi has a lot on his mind. They are centered around the tragicomic and bizarre sides of life - always made with a twinkle in the eye.
Rasmus Fynbo is the man behind Mushi, which is a solo project. Fynbo is by and large an autodidact and has in no way been urged to create music ( rather the opposite ), but in mild defiance he has written and produced music throughout the last 15 years and has catalogue in excess of 500 songs.
In 2004 he published his first cd "Unbelonging", which was highly praised by the underground press. Now Mushi is back with a harmonious album "Unfairytales", which has been on its way for two years. All tracks have been recorded several times, before they hit their final version. The fact that 18 musicians have taken part in this cd indicates the dimensions of this project and the indomitable energy that Mushi has put into this two-year-long proces.
On "Unfairytales" Fynbo has first and foremost been a singer, a songwriter and a producer. Throughout long recording-sessions he has directed the different musicians and from their performances he has extracted precisely what was needed to underline that very special Mushi-sound. So even though assisted by so many different musicians Mushi has suceeded in maintaining a style, which is entirely his own. A style whish is in line with Elliott Smith, Calexico, Ennio Morricone, Kaizers, Aimee Mann, Eels and last but not least The Beatles.

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Member Since: 7/18/2006
Band Website: mushi.dk
Band Members:

Rasmus Fynbo (composer, vocal, guitar, producer)Live Band: Rasmus Fynbo (Vocal, Guitars) Per Solgaard (Bass/Double Bass) Jacob Vikkelsoe (Drums) Nicholas Kingo (Accordian, Piano, Rhodes, Saw)

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Influences: Eels, Ennio Morricone, Aimee Mann, Lloyd Cole, Tom Waits, Kaizers Orchestra, The Beatles, The Pixies, David Bowie, Elliott Smith, Calexico, Aha, Abba, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Belle & Sebastian, Lucio Battisti, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Cabaret (genre), Balkan (genre), Western (genre), Sissy Wish, Muse, The Pixies, The Auteurs and probably many many more..
Sounds Like: Mostly like Mushi but in some of the songs there are clear traces of other bands like Eels, Ennio Morricone, Aimee Mann, Lloyd Cole, Kaizers Orchestra, The Beatles, Calexico, Belle & Sebastian...
Record Label: STAMP Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DK - Mushi koncert på Stengade!

Kom til Mushis første koncert i over et halvt år nu på fredag- ny guitarist og nye sange fra det kommende album... Vi spiller som det første af bands'ene, og det kl 22:30, men så heller ikke senere..-...
Posted by mushi on Tue, 20 May 2008 06:19:00 PST

New album agreement!

I'm happy to announce that I've just made an agreement with my record label to release a new album. The working (and probably final) title is End Of Faith (which is borrowed from the bestselling book ...
Posted by mushi on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:49:00 PST

DK - Sådan er mødre på DR2

I aften på DR2 starter en ny dokumentarserie med den måske lidt dømmende titel, "Sådan er mødre", og grunden til at jeg nævner det, er at noget af min musik er med i de fem udsendelser. De kører, så v...
Posted by mushi on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:45:00 PST

NEW SONG Tell me what you think!

I've just uploaded a new song that I am currently working on.. As such it is not a new song - it has already been on a former album (a very secret album, that is). But I never really liked the version...
Posted by mushi on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:07:00 PST

From the recording studio

Hello everybodyI'm caving in in my small recording studio for the time being recording loads of new material. And as usual the songs are pointing in different directions.. from subtle tunes that remin...
Posted by mushi on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

Mushi interviewed on Digital Discharge!!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the hip (and very funny) british digital radiostation Digital Discharge. It was great fun and even though I sound a bit like a retard I think made ...
Posted by mushi on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

An egg in the eye

This saturday I attended to an outdoor concert with the very promsing danish band No Privacy. As I was waiting for them to get their act together a group of fucked up kiddoes threw eggs at the audienc...
Posted by mushi on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:45:00 PST

MyStage Festival 2007

A week ago my band and I came back from a fantastic trip to the Mystage Festival in Italy, where we played along with three other really great bands Delorentos, from Ireland (check them out, they're f...
Posted by mushi on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:37:00 PST

Mushi on Last.Fm

I'm probably the last person on the planet to upload my music on Last.Fm and I haven't really figured out how it all works, but as the system works now I share a profile with a japanese band also call...
Posted by mushi on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:30:00 PST

New songs

Finally I've started recording some of all the new songs that have been building up over the last year or so. It is fantastic and slightly anxiety provoking to yet again to be producing songs, but so...
Posted by mushi on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:22:00 PST