Reuben Wu

Reuben Wu (born 1975) is a British musician and member of the electronic band Ladytron. His role in the band is keyboardist, songwriter and producer. He is also an accomplished photographer and a DJ.

Biography

Wu grew up in North West England. He's a classically trained violinist. Wu trained in Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University. He graduated in 1997 and finished his MSc in 1998 at University of Liverpool before working as an industrial designer for Team Consulting in Cambridge until going full-time with the band in 2002. Wu drew the cover of the UK edition of Ladytron's first album 604.

He met Daniel Hunt in Liverpool in 1994 and formed Ladytron with him in 1999, along with Mira Aroyo and Helen Marnie.

Wu and Hunt set up the Liverpool club night Evol and bar Korova.

On 23 June 2011, he released a book with a collection of photographs from an expedition with a friend on Svalbard in March 2011.

He features on the Electric Six song "Love Song for Myself" on their seventh album Zodiac.