Mimu Merz 2022

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LALELE

Nym-Et Moi

This is the upcoming album by CHRONIC CITY, out on March 7th and available as CD, deluxe CD with handfolded origami sleeve, Vinyl, Download & Stream! 

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Under My Skin Ft Mimu Merz

As featured recently on ‘Echoes’, a nightly music program on US public radio, hosted by John Diliberto. More at http://www.echoes.org 

Agnes Obel’s second album 'Aventine' is now available as a special deluxe edition

iTunes: http://geni.us/1tVn
CD: http://geni.us/4E1Z

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Echoes - Live Session & Interview 2014

Mimu Merz & Daniel Limaverde - The Bog Song

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Lyrics: 

Who has the time, to have the time
To teach a stranger what you like?
Every beginner's the same
I don't even remember their names
I had a line memorized
But it doesn't work that way
I'm missing what we had
Wishing we could get that back 

See me, want me, conquer 
We will see who's stronger
I don't need to talk you through it
We're locked into it
Our love,
Speaks like,
Water
It's fluid

Remember when you laid your eyes
On this vast and wild land?
All you ever wanted was me
As far as the eye could see
The way you moved so fluently 
You learned my body with your hands
Spoke my native tongue
And your war was won...

You, see me, want me, conquer 
We will see who's stronger
I don't need to talk you through it
We're locked into it
Our love,
Speaks like,
Water
It's fluid

Fluid

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this is filament. a project by mimu merz (vocals and electronics) and lukas lauermann (cello and electronics).

looping, analog and digital processing free cello and voice from their linearity and allow them to create audible landscapes. genre: ambient singer/ songwriting. 

oh by the way, this upload contains some sort of alt-j coverversion. at the very end. 

love, mimu. 

_____________

and now a lot of german:

Dieses wort hat vielerlei Bedeutungen: Allgemein eine einzelne Faser beliebiger Materie und beliebiger Länge, wie etwa der Glühfaden einer Glühbirne oder heftige Materieströme auf der Sonne, die als dunkle, fadenförmige Strukturen vor der Sonnenscheibe erscheinen, sogenannte Protuberanzen - um nur einige Beispiele zu nennen.

In diesem Fall jedoch bezeichnet es Musik wie ein leuchtendes Gewebe aus fliessenden Celloklängen, Stimme und Elektronik.  

Die elektronische Prozessierung verwandelt die Summe der Teile in ein organisches Ganzes, erweitert das klassische Instrument und die solitaire Stimme um Frequenzenbereiche, geschichtete Loops und spatiale Konnotierungen.
Es ist eine dahinfliessende Konversation zwischen den beiden Musikern, dem Cellisten Lukas Lauermann und der Vocalistin Mimu Merz.

Mimu Merz hat mit ihrem von Kritikern hochgelobten Debut Elegies in Thoughtful Neon/ Liska Records von sich hören lassen. Der Falter führte Elegies gar in seiner Top 10 Jahrescharts und De:Bug schrieb: "Über etwaige öde Grenzen zwischen E- und U-Musik muss man sich hier wieder einmal keine Gedanken machen. Das herausragende Merkmal der Platte ist Mimus Gesang: Sie haucht. Flüstert, spricht Poesie, singt mal kraftvoll, mal zerbrechlich und überlagert sich mit sich selbst zu vielstimmigen Chören." Mimu war bei der internationalen Red Bull Music Academy 2014 und hat sich als einziger österreichischer Participant auf den Weg nach Tokyo gemacht.  

Lukas Lauermann, feinsinniger und äusserst vielseitiger, über Genregrenzen hinaus schaffender Cellist und Mimu Merz taten sich im letzten Jahr erstmals zusammen, um gemeinsam mit Ritornell für Cinematic Orchestra im Burgtheater zu eröffnen. Daraus erwuchs dieses neue gemeinsame Projekt der beiden: Lauermann lässt mit seinem Instrument und allerlei Elektronik Klanglandschaften erwachsen, die von der dichten Wall of Sound, bis hin zum fragilen Noise reichen. Vermengt mit der Stimme, die zwischen Spoken Word, Liedformat und Geräusch wandert, entstehen Momente, die man noch eine Weile in sich nachklingen spürt.





Introducing FILAMENT - Skipping Thru Some LIVE Session Recordings

produktion, text, stimme + musik: mimu merz
musik + cello: lukas lauermann.

chor: subchor, wien.


Hacking - in jedem mädchen ein hafen.

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New single from the album "Ariadna" out Sept. 8th. Pre-order it on limited edition vinyl (comes with bonus 12"), CD (comes with January Sun EP) and cassette. 

Moscow's Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) confesses "Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment." Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia.  The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction.  A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself.  She's escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length 'Ariadna'.  The title track which was named after the Greek goddess, Adriane, debuted via THUMP today who've described it "anchors its elegantly drifting shoegaze melodies with a knocking electro beat."

Kedr considers this album to be divided into a couple of different parts - like how one person can contain many different moods. The first half revolves around mythological thoughts and the second takes cues from the urban and suburban environments around her, all the while in the middle of everything is the hero who experiences real feelings and emotions. 

Kedr also channels the places in her neighborhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as "BORDER MOSCOW"). There's a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.

Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as "the capital of Russian electronic music") sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.

'Ariadna' marks a change in her recording approach: her critically acclaimed breakthrough EP 'January Sun' was written and recorded completely in Ableton, while 'Ariadna' was written using the Roland SH-101, Roland Juno 106 and Korg Minilogue synthesizers, then mixed down in Ableton. According to Kedr, "This way, one gets into a flow of live interaction, here and now, with the instrument." 

To her, this interaction is more "raw and sacred" than actually mixing the track down, which seems like "mere formalism" in comparison. There is a definite leap in production values this time around, but Kedr manages to keep true to her sound despite the greater polish and depth. 

Kedr Livanskiy Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kedr_livanskiy
Kedr Livanskiy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeQ-sEipCI_MiMYrR-4iopA
Kedr Livanskiy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kedr_livanskiy/
Kedr Livanskiy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kedr-livanskiy-1006510909393113/

Ariadna

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Kedr Livanskiy - Ariadna  [2MR-029]


musician: mimu
album title: elegies in thoughtful neon
release date: october 2013

MIMU
elegies in thoughtful neon - organic electronics playing with the rich complexity of the sound of acoustic instruments, the pictorial use of field recordings and a voice that leads you through auditive landscapes create a bittersweet fairy tale, stories of love, war and everything else in between black and white...

 guest instrumentalists, which are always welcome, are allowed and absolutely wanted to keep their characteristic style of playing - as it's more like a visit and a conversation between all artists, between acoustic and electronic, than a rigid piece that follows a certain grid.

"mimu" signifies the importance of storytelling, the love for delicate sounds, the merge of experimental music and catchy, narrative singer-songwriting, flexibility and situationism - as music is being understood as a vivid animal that is running through metaphorical woods of imagination. alive and kicking.



Politik der Liebe - Album Version

dieser text ist jetzt unter folgender wiener nummer abrufbar: ‎01 798 85 95 - 666. egal ob in u-bahn, im supermarkt, am klo ... geschichten des digitalen alltags immer im ohr. written and read out loud by mimu.

Hacking (text #1, autor: mimu merz)

Minne und Krieg (text #2, autor: mimu merz)

This is Draw The Line Radio Show presented by Jacki-e, featuring my mix in the first hour composed entirely of music made by women and then, for the second hour, I hand the decks over to a female DJ.

My guest in the 2nd hour is Tonia Nee who comes from London. American born with Irish descent, Tonia DJs regularly at
events in London and internationally. She is also the founder of Synthapise, a non-profit making event series raising awareness and funds for animals rights and individual causes.  Tonia's exuberant energy, her attraction to dark, emotive baselines. and her charisma, passion and drive are all part of and evident in her DJ sets.

Links for Tonia Nee:-
https://soundcloud.com/tonia-nee
https://www.instagram.com/tonia_nee/
https://www.facebook.com/Synthapise/
https://www.instagram.com/synthapise/

In my mix in the first hour I'm featuring music from Sophie Hunger, Little Simz, Beth Lydi, Miss Mad, La Fleur, Violent Blondes, Mha Iri, Michelle Sparks, Tea Vuckovic, Denise Rabe, Nur Jaber, Klaudia Gawlas music  Ann Clue, Silvia Trix and Sasha Romaniuk.

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.

Track list:-
1st hour, Jacki-e in the mix
1. Sophie Hunger – I Opened a Bar (original mix) Caroline International.
2. Little Simz – Offence (original mix) Age 101 Music.
3. Schallfeld – Epidot (Ann Clue remix) Complex Textures.
4. Beth Lydi – Rush (original mix) Voltage Musique Recordings.
5. Miss Mad – Tell Me You Story (original mix) GoGo Records.
6. Beth Lydi – Tip the Scale (original mix) SNOE.
7. La Fleur – Rooned (original mix) Last Night on Earth.
8. Sonarpilot – Big Wheel (Violent Blondes remix) Sonarpilot Audio.
9. Mha Iri – Tension (original mix) Over Records.
10. Michelle Sparks – Force Field (original mix) Octopus Records.
11. Tea Vuckovic – Garden of Black (original mix) DSR Digital.
12. Denise Rabe – Lucy's Dream (Nur Jaber remix) Rabe Music Bandcamp release https://raberec.bandcamp.com/album/the-frogs-pick-a-king-rabe003
13. Klaudia Gawlas - The Siren (original mix) Redimension.
14. Ann Clue – Calling It (original mix) FCKNG SERIOUS.
15. Silvia Trix – Friends (Tea Vuckovic remix) Telegenic Records.
16. Sasha Romaniuk – Mind (George Makrakis remix) Finder Records.
17. Sasha Romaniuk – Supernova (original mix) Black Drop.

2nd hour.
Tonia Nee – An Exclusive Guest Mix for Draw The Line Radio Show.
1. Unknown.
2. Ancient Methods - Crack and Collapse in the Storms of Light (original mix) Orchard.
3. Martyn Hare - Don't Stare at the Freaks (Manni Dee remix) Emetic.
4. Sharplines - Out of Control (original mix) Persephonic Sirens.
5. Unknown
6. Tolebham - Szanticska (original mix) Monolith.
7. Unknown.
8. Orphx - Bare Life (original mix) Sonic Groove.
9. Ascetic - Exegesis (Unhuman remix) Instruments of Discipline.
10. Unknown.
11. Alexander Lewis - Mirror Fragment (original mix) Blackest Ever Black.
12. Killawatt - The Roamer (original mix) 47.
13. Unknown.
14. Belief Defect - Disembarking Horizons (original mix) Balance Music.

Draw The Line Radio Show is A Darker Wave production.

Draw The Line Radio Show

#021 Draw The Line Radio Show 30-10-2018 with guest in 2nd hour Tonia Nee

For Elise

Mimu Merz is a performance artist from Vienna.

album “elegies in thoughtful neon” 
CD / VINYL / DIGITAL

frequent updates, concert dates and pictures:
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an hell yeah: be my friend on 
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WEBSHOP AND LABEL:
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