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{{Short description|Music duo from New York City}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Muj
| image           =
| caption         = Cover of Muj album "2012"
| image_size      = 1000
| landscape       = yes
| origin          = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
| genre           = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Dance music|dance]], [[electronica]], [[trip hop]], [[Acoustic music|acoustic]]
| years_active    = 2008-Present
| website         = [http://www.muj2012.com/ muj.com]
| current_members = [[Allen Hulsey]] <br /> [[Emre Atabay]]
}}
'''Muj''' is a music duo from New York City formed in 2008, by members [[Allen Hulsey]] (born in [[Rochester, NY]] on February 8, 1985) and Emre Atabay (born in [[Istanbul]], Turkey January 15, 1986). Muj songs span a wide variety of genres including pop, rock, dance, electronica, trip hop and acoustic. Muj has been a semi-finalist in a talent search from MTV named '''Music Universe Contest''' for their song "Elastic" from album 2012.<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://uplaya.com/contests/mtv |title=Semi-finalist in MTV talent search |publisher=uplaya.com |accessdate=2009-09-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120716092120/http://uplaya.com/contests/mtv |archivedate=2012-07-16 }}</ref> This album was given rave reviews by a number of critics.<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/hande,-x-ve-y-2631y.html |title= Muj's 2012 |publisher=aksam.com.tr |date= |accessdate=2011-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.turkishjournal.com/i.php?newsid=11137 |title= Muj |publisher=turkishjournal.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.usasabah.com/KulturSanat/2011/11/12/abdde-yasayan-turk-gencinden-basarili-album |title= Muj |publisher=usasabah.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bluemagazin.com/haber/163-turk-genci-emre39nin-kurdugu-muj-abd39de-gelecek-v.html |title=Muj |publisher=bluemagazin.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116161107/http://www.bluemagazin.com/haber/163-turk-genci-emre39nin-kurdugu-muj-abd39de-gelecek-v.html |archive-date=2011-11-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Muj also won "Clash of the artists" event organized by Art for Progress, for live music.<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.artforprogress.org/images/clash2010press.pdf |title= Clash of the artists |publisher=artforprogress.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-17}}</ref> Both Allen and Emre have graduated from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://alumni.berklee.edu/dir_detail.cgi?id=9840|title=Allen's Berklee alumni page|publisher=berklee.edu|accessdate=2009-06-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001200132/http://alumni.berklee.edu/dir_detail.cgi?id=9840|archivedate=2011-10-01}}</ref>
==Band history==
===Band formation===
Allen and Emre met while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston where they formed the band Static Picture in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=a little bit of rock n roll…|url=http://thestylecrusader.com/page/143/?p=sunolkgb|publisher=thestylecrusader.com|accessdate=10 February 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Allen and Emre wrote the material for the band which included bassist Nick Funk (born in [[Woodstock, VA]] January 19, 1985) and drummer Adrian Olsen (born in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]] October 23, 1985). Static Picture disbanded after only one EP titled "WhiteWash" however the song "Inside Against Me" recorded by Static Picture in a more aggressive rock style later appeared on the debut album 2012 with a more epic orchestral arrangement. Adrian Olsen also appears on 2012 playing drums on seven tracks and singing background vocal lyric "What do you want" on the song "What You Want".
The instruments on Muj recordings include guitars (bass, electric, acoustic, fretless, slide),  piano, kanun (108 string harp), Saz, Synthesizers and Computer Software.
==Discography==
* ''[[2012 (Muj album)|2012]]'' (2010)
==See also==
* {{cite web | author=Inglis, Jennifer| year=2010| title=A little bit of Rock'n'roll |  work=thestylecrusader.blogspot.com | url=http://thestylecrusader.blogspot.com/2010/01/little-bit-of-rock-n-roll.html | accessdate=January 15, 2010}}
* {{cite web | author=Batinich, Cassie| year=2010| title=Muj is on - 2012 Album Review |work=wineandsecrets.blogspot.com | url=http://wineandsecrets.blogspot.com/2010/02/muj-is-on-2012-album-review.html | accessdate=February 21, 2010}}
* {{cite web | author=Logue, Jennifer| year=2010| title=MUJ makes their Mercury Lounge Debut |  work=www.prlog.org | url=http://www.prlog.org/10802680-muj-makes-their-mercury-lounge-debut.html | accessdate=July 25, 2010}}
* {{cite web | author=KevW| year=2012| title=The sound of confusion - single review |  work=www.blogspot.com | url=http://thesoundofconfusionblog.blogspot.in/2012/05/muj-got-you.html | accessdate=May 29, 2012}}
* {{cite web | author=UPlaya| year=2011| title=MUJ at UPlaya |  work=www.uplaya.com | url=http://uplaya.com/artists/muj/info#upk-press | accessdate=June 19, 2011}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.muj2012.com}}
[[Category:Trip hop groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from New York City]]