Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, and the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. He has won two Aotearoa Music Awards and an APRA Silver Scroll, over the course of his band's five studio albums and one extended play.
Born in Darwin, Australia, to a Hawaiian mother, Nielson was raised in Orewa, Auckland in a musical family.
