Roy Moller Explained

Roy Moller
Alias:Roy Møller
Birth Date:3 July 1963
Birth Place:Edinburgh

Roy Moller is a Scottish singer, songwriter and poet. He was born in Edinburgh in 1963; his parents were from Toronto in Canada, and he was adopted soon after birth.[1] His early musical influences included Elvis Presley, Joy Division, The Fall, Ivor Cutler and David Bowie.[2] He attended Trinity Academy, then moved to Glasgow where he studied English at the University of Strathclyde.[3] While there, he won the Keith Wright Poetry Competition.[4]

Moller played in bands including Meth O.D. and The Wow Kafe. His first solo work was 2003's "Maximum Smile".[3] He has collaborated with Stevie Jackson from Belle and Sebastian[4] [5] [6] in a band called the Store Keys.[7] He played with Davy Henderson in the band Jesus, Baby![3] When Marc Riley interviewed him on BBC Radio in 2011, he called Moller "Scotland's best-kept secret".[8]

In 2008, Moller had a son with wife Emma, named Peter.[9] In 2013, Moller moved to Dunbar.[4] In 2014 he took My Week Beats Your Year, his musical tribute to Lou Reed, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe;[10] Gus Ironside called it "witty, mesmerising and highly poignant".[11] In the same year his poetry debut Imports was published by Appletree Writers Press,[12] and his album One Domino was called "intoxicating and compulsively habit-forming".[13]

Moller has been involved in the Dunbar CoastWord Festival,[14] and with Neu!Reekie![3] [5] He contributed a poem to The Sea, a 2015 anthology to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[15] Louder Than War called There's A Thousand Untold Stories (2016) "a tour de force of sparkling lo-fi gems".[16] In 2017 he performed Redemptions, an evening of poetry and song, with Paul Hullah and Martin Metcalfe, at the Scottish Poetry Library.[17] In 2019, Dionysia Press published Moller's poetry collection about his birth and adoption, "Be My Baby" [18] Later that year, he returned to music, by releasing a single, Semicolon with the Chain Pier Group.

Moller's musical work has been compared to Julian Cope, Vic Godard,[19] and Iggy Pop.[7] He is dyspraxic, and believes his experience of dyspraxia has influenced his work.[2] [20]

He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.[21]

Discography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: A mystery from the Toronto Telegram days. Blizzard. Christina. 13 February 2016. Toronto Sun. 15 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Louder Than War Interview: Roy Moller- Outsider Now!. Ironside. Gus. 2 June 2014. Louder Than War. 15 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Roy Moller. Stereogram Recordings. 15 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Roy Moller - Interview. Clarkson. John. 25 August 2015. pennyblackmusic.co.uk. 15 July 2018.
  5. News: Preview: Neu! Reekie! at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Pollock. David. 20 September 2012. The Scotsman. 15 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson - Bad Sounds Magazine . Sung-an Lee. Ann. 15 July 2015. 15 July 2018.
  7. McKay. Alastair. Uncut. August 2014. New Albums: Roy Moller: One Domino. 76.
  8. News: BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Roy Moller - Interview with Marc Riley. 4 October 2011. BBC Online. 15 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Clarkson . John . Roy Moller - Interview . 2023-03-21 . www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Reviews of Edinburgh Festival 2014. Awde. Nick. 15 July 2018.
  11. Web site: My Week Beats Your Year: The Whole Works, Edinburgh – review of the Lou Reed inspired show. Ironside. Gus. 19 August 2014. Louder Than War. 16 July 2018.
  12. Web site: Roy Moller: Imports. Edinburgh City of Literature. 15 July 2018.
  13. Web site: Roy Moller: One Domino – album review. Ironside. Gus. 15 April 2014. Louder Than War. 16 July 2018.
  14. Web site: Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival… . 19 May 2016. Scots Whay Hae!. 15 July 2018.
  15. Web site: The Sea. Rebel Poetry Ireland. 15 July 2018.
  16. Web site: Roy Moller: There's a Thousand Untold Stories- album review. Louder Than War. Ironside. Gus. 27 July 2016. 16 July 2018.
  17. Web site: Redemptions. Scottish Poetry Library. 15 July 2018.
  18. Web site: Roy Moller: Be My Baby. Louder Than War. Ironside. Gus. 2 November 2019. 22 April 2020.
  19. Web site: Roy Moller. thebeautifulmusic.com. 15 July 2018.
  20. Web site: Roy Moller's Story. Dyspraxia Foundation USA. 15 July 2018.
  21. Web site: https://twitter.com/roypetermoller?lang=en-GB . 2023-03-21 . Twitter . en-GB.
  22. Web site: Roy Moller Discography at Discogs. Discogs. 15 July 2018.

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