Lackluster
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| Birth name | Esa Juhani Ruoho |
| Also known as | Lackluster, Esa Ruoho, XLLV, Can'o'Lard |
| Born | October 26, 1978 |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | IDM, ambient, downtempo, tracker-music, chiptune, chillout |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Computer, laptop, synthesizer, tracker, sequencer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | deFocus, Merck Records, U-Cover Records, SLSK Records, Psychonavigation Records |
| Associated acts | Kökö and the Köks |
| Website | www.lackluster.org |
Esa Ruoho (born October 26, 1978 in Helsinki, Finland), better known as Lackluster, is a Finnish electronic music producer and performer from Kontula, Helsinki. He is also known as Esa Ruoho, XLLV, Can'O'Lard and Kökö and the Köks.
Ruoho has lived most of his life in Helsinki, Finland, but has also, since 2000, travelled to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada for six months in 2000–2001 and also spent time in Dublin, Ireland.
Esa Ruoho started composing electronic music in the mid-1990s and, after 2000 has been releasing recorded music (remixes, compilation-tracks, original work) on dozens of labels, full-length CDs on such labels as deFocus records (Great Britain), Merck Records (Miami, Florida, US),U-cover (Belgium),Psychonavigation Records (Dublin, Ireland), New-Speak Records (, Sweden). He has since 2007 worked with SLSK Records from San Francisco and Nice And Nasty from Ireland, the San Francisco-based netlabel TwoCircles Records and the Argentinian netlabel Igloo-Rec, and the American label JellyFish Frequency Recordings.
Lackluster was formerly known as the chiptune musician, Distance, part of the demoscene groups Orange, Monotonik, Calodox, The Digital Artists, The Planet of Leather Moomins (TPOLM), FLO and Satori.
Esa also ran a Bulletin Board System, Cloudcity, from 1992 to 2000 – utilizing HectoBBS (1992), SuperBBS (1992–1994) and PCBoard (1994–2000) BBS Software.
Since 2000, Ruoho has played numerous musical performances in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, England, Austria, Poland, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania and Ukraine. Current tally: 122 live gigs (as of April 15, 2016). Ruoho has also played as warm-up support for numerous famous electronic musicians, such as Biosphere, Petri Kuljuntausta, The Orb, Mixmaster Morris, Brothomstates, Aleksi Perälä/Astrobotnia/Ovuca, Cylob, Wevie Stonder, Machinedrum, Jimmy Edgar, Move D and Bad Loop.
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