Mojo Juju

Mojo Juju
April, 2013
Background information
Origin	Dubbo, Australia
Genres	Blues, soul, rhythm and blues, pop, alternative rock
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	ABC Music P-Vine Records Off Label Records
Associated acts	Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants Ergo B. Bag and His All Action All Stars The Cactus Chanel Ptero Stylus Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes
Website	mojojuju.net

Mojo ‘Juju’ Ruiz de Luzuriaga (born 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Biography

Prior to her solo career, Mojo Juju fronted a band called ‘Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants’ from 2006 until 2010.^[1] The band released two independent albums, Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants (2007) and Sellin’ You Salvation (2009).

Mojo Juju released her eponymous debut solo album in 2012, on ABC Music. It was also released in Japan by P-Vine Records.

Her second solo album, Seeing Red/Feeling Blue, was released in 2015. The album featured Hip-Hop producer Ptero Stylus at the helm. Following the release of the album, she was nominated in The Age/Music Victoria Awards for Best Female Artist, with Seeing Red/Feeling Blue nominated for Best Soul/RnB album.

A compilation of earlier material, Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants - Anthology, was released in 2015 on European label Off-Label Records.^[2] This coincided with the release of German film Bestefreunde. The film soundtrack was composed entirely of songs from Mojo's back catalogue.

Mojo Juju's live shows feature a revolving line up of backing musicians. Her most consistent collaborator and band-mate is her real life brother Steven Ruiz de Luzuriaga (drum kit). Mojo's current full band ensemble also features her brother, along with Darcy McNulty (Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes) on Baritone Sax, and several members of Melbourne based Instrumental Soul group The Cactus Channel (Lewis Coleman on keys, Henry Jenkins on bass, and occasionally Hudson Whitlock on drums/percussion).

She has toured with Tony Joe White (USA), Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (UK), Pink Martini (USA), Imelda May (UK), Reverend Horton Heat (USA), Nick Waterhouse ^[3](USA), and has also performed alongside Australian artists including C.W. Stoneking, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ella Hooper, Harry Angus, Emma Donovan and more.^[4]

Her music has been featured in a number of television shows including Underbelly: Razor, Underbelly: Squizzy and Roadtrip Nation.^[5]

Discography

Albums

• Mojo Juju (2012) (ABC Music) / (P-Vine Records, Japan Only)
• Seeing Red/Feeling Blue (2015) (ABC Music)

Singles

• Horse Named Regret (2011) (Independent)
• Must be Desire (2012) (ABC Music)
• Psycho (2013) (Written by Leon Payne) (ABC Music)
• A Heart Is Not A Yo-yo (2014) (ABC Music)
• They Come & They Go (2015) (ABC Music)

References