Lukas Wooller
Lukas Wooller is a British songwriter, record producer and musician.[1]
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 Wooller at Glastonbury Festival 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lukas Wooller |
| Origin | Liversedge, West Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | Indie rock, electronic rock |
| Instruments | Keyboard, Vocals |
| Years active | 2000 – 2019 |
| Associated acts | Maxïmo Park |
After graduating with a 2:1 BA Hons from Newcastle University in Music and English Literature, as well as Grade 8 ABRSM in Music Theory and Practical Piano, Wooller joined the guitar pop band, Maxïmo Park. As a founding member, he played keys and wrote material for the band, and was a crucial part of the writing and live performances over the course of the band's career until 2019.
Biography
Wooller is known mainly as one of the original members of Maximo Park. He was born in Roberttown, West Yorkshire, England. As an undergraduate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wooller was involved in the Newcastle live music scene and performed in nearly all North East England's smaller venues with various different bands.
He joined Maxïmo Park in 2000, after performing at an open mic with Archis Tiku and Duncan Lloyd. The band started to play locally from 2001. In 2003, Wooller moved to London and was able to organise shows for the band while he was there. In 2004, the band came to the attention of Warp Records by way of a self funded red 7” double A side single which Wooller had distributed to various record shops in the city. In the summer of that year they signed a record deal with Warp and recorded their first album A Certain Trigger with Paul Epworth.
As a performer Wooller played keyboards and sang backing vocals. He was known, along with the lead vocalist Paul Smith, for his energetic stage presence.
On 24 March 2007, Wooller stated that he was a Huddersfield Town A.F.C. fan live on the Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM.
Songwriting credits with Maxïmo Park
A short list of the more notable songs that Wooller co-wrote with Paul Smith for Maxïmo Park:
- "I Want You To Stay"
- "Acrobat"
- "Russian Literature"
- "Your Urge"
- "A Cloud Of Mystery"
- "Hips And Lips"
- "This Is What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted"
- "Leave This Island"
- "The Hero"
- "Make What You Can"
He also co-wrote various songs with Duncan Lloyd and Paul Smith including "The National Health" and "Write This Down".
Other collaborations
In 2017, Wooller released an album called Municipal Dances under the project name Karras, on Trestle Records. He wrote and recorded the album with Matthew Swinnerton. The album was described as wordless pop, taking influence from kosmiche, disco and post-rock genres. Wooller co-wrote "(I Can't Sleep) Without Music", which appeared as a bonus track on the second Modeselektor album Happy Birthday!.
Wooller appeared on the Yourcodenameis:Milo collaboration album, Print Is Dead Vol 1, on the track "Noah".
He has written and recorded with Posthuman on their album, The People's Republic.
Post Maxïmo Park
In November 2018, Maxïmo Park announced that Wooller was leaving the band. He performed a farewell show with the band in January 2019, at Leeds Beckett University. He now resides in Melbourne, Australia, where he composes, performs and teaches.
