Biography
Born in 1981, Jonas Thor Gudmundsson, better known as Ruxpin first started producing music at the age of 14. His first release Mission EP was released on Uni:Form Recordings 1999 and the same year his first LP entitled Radio was released on the same label. Through his debut album he got in touch with the highly acclaimed label Elektrolux where he released his next two LPs (Midnight Drive & Avalon), alongside with one LP on their sublabel Mikrolux. In late 2006 he released his fifth full length album Elysium on Mikrolux. In 2010 he released his sixth album on n5MD, Where Do We Float From Here? Following that release came a free online release I Wonder if This is the Place, which featured remixes by artists such as Leon Somov, Galaktlan, Biogen, Ijo, Murya, Worm is Green and Aris, alongside additional tracks by Ruxpin himself. In his collaboration project with Fannar Ásgrímsson from Plastik Joy came to life with the release of their debut album Love in Times of Repetition under the pseudonym Asonat.
Jonas has done various live shows with artists such as Múm, Biogen, Alex Paterson, Yagya, U-Ziq, Jega, Galaktlan and many more in Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, Israel, Netherland, Sweden, France, Netherland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Greece, Estonia and Catalonia.
Releases:
Ruxpin - Mission (Uni:Form Recordings)
Ruxpin - Radio (Uni:Form Recordings)
Ruxpin - Midnight Drive (Elektrolux)
Ruxpin - Magrathea (Mikrolux)
Ruxpin - Avalon (Elektrolux)
Ruxpin - Elysium (Mikrolux)
Ruxpin - Where Do We Float From Here? (n5MD).
Ruxpin - I Wonder if This is the Place (n5MD)
Remixes:
MuM - The Ballad of The Broken Birdie [1999]
Sanasol - Hlyleg [2001]
Ampop - Made for Market [2002]
Krom - Bubbleblow [2003]
FusedMarc - Tier & Tie [2005]
Soehngen - Ref.Lecktiere [2006]
Intex Systems - Dream Sequence [2006]
Gate Zero - Dark Emotions [2006]
Worm is Green - Synthia [2007]
Ünn - Sense of Liberty [2008]
Nalepa - Phenomenology [2009]
Xurba - Xerox Prochronism [2010]
Alka - I Am a Wreck [2010]
Worm is Green - Hopeful [2010]
Míri - Hamingjulagid [2010].
Dalot - Missing Piece [2011] .
Soulsonic - Resolved [2011] .
Exzakt - No Disco [2011] .
Alveol - Alignment [2011] .
Yone B - Fractal Experience [2011] .
Jurga - So Blue [2012] .
Absent Without Leave - Ballons in the Sky [2012]
Árstíðir - Days & Nights [2012]
Some interesting stuff
Ruxpin interview on the website www.Basterdized.com
Ruxpin live set online march 2005
Ruxpin video of live set in Reykjavik 2006. Short clip
Ruxpin Dj set for radio show RafReykjavik
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