Trying to do justice to a phenomenon like Momus with a short text like this one would be presumptuous. Because for nearly 30 years the work of cosmopolitan Scotsman Nicholas Currie, who coined himself after the Greek God of satire has taken place «in songs, fiction, performative lectures and tours», as stated on his website imomus.com, a website that only forms a small part of his overflowing online identity. As a journalist Momus wrote for Wired, Vice and 032c, he was an artist of the Whitney Biennale in New York, released over 30 albums as well as several books, lives in Japan, wears and eye patch, loves Andy Warhol, is fascinated with sex and time travel and still surprisingly easy to reach via email. Despite all this we suspect that he will play a good old concert for us. Maybe with a guitar. And we hope that he will play one of his early hits in which he sings «I was a maoist intellectual in the music industry» which is explains his irony, his uncompromising mindset and the charming eschewal of commercial success throughout the years.

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