The new project of The Mint Chicks' Ruban Nielson – now based in Portland, Oregon.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra first appeared around a year ago, more a song than a set, more an idea than an identity. They dazzled all who heard them with sound drawing on the freedom of '60s psychedelia and swampy '70s funk, with multi-tracked, heavily treated vocals recalling the raw emotion of R&B from any era.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 27 June 2011 with the album Unknown Mortal Orchestra. There are five entries by Unknown Mortal Orchestra in the charts.