"An utter enigma"
              -The New York Times

"Not since Machiavelli have we had a figure so shrouded in secrecy, but yet so prominent. He could be standing right beside me and I wouldn't even really notice it that much."
               -The Guardian 


mɪˈrændə + dʒɔːrdn 

queer utopian future experimental mellow love waves

BK, NY

Experimental, FutureFolk, 
CripTime, QueerTemporal, 
Field Recordings,  
Sound Art

2025
28.11. Opening Act for @heavenphetamine @ Sandershaus Kassel
11.10. "Like Ghosts in the Sun" Live Composition Remixes @ 2. RANGE Sound Festival Kassel
06.07. “Compositions - Collages” Live Set, Exhibition S. Berschinski @ Galerie Mimikri Kassel, DE

04.07.  “DJ HomoSapiens” Hybrid Set @ NANOGROOVE Kollektiv Freudentanz, Lohfelden-Waldeck, DE

06.06. “Shygender” for "VOID* Release" by @outofmoney with @enbyspiders @ SuperTokonoma Kassel, DE

27.04.  “DJ HomoSapiens” Hybrid Set @ Kulturfärberei Kassel, DE

2024

18.10. “MONSTER” Live Composition @ RANGE Sound Festival, Kassel, DE 
21.09. “Shygender” Live Performance with @enbyspiders @ PiratenKanal, Kassel, DE 
20.07. “Shygender” Live Performance with @enbyspiders @ Rundgang KHK, Kassel, DE
05.07. “Soft City, Inscribed” Live Performance @ Hessische Theatertage, Giessen, DE 
25.05. “Shygender” Live Performance with @enbyspiders @ Queerfilm Opening, Kassel, DE 
30.04. “<3” Live Composition @ T Raum Konzept e.V., Kassel, DE 
06.04. “<3” Live Composition @ Volume II Galerie Mimikri, Kassel, DE 
12.01. “SNOW” Live Performance @ SuperTokonoma Kassel, DE

2023 

16.11. Hybrid Set @ 40.Dokumentar- und Videofilm Fest - AKA Kassel, DE 
15.11. Live Performance @ 40.Dokumentar- und Videofilm Fest, Gloria Kino Kassel, DE 
10.11. “Black Water” with Amöeba Collective @ Karlskirche Kassel, DE 
06.10. “Black Water” with Amöeba Collective @ OksangFactory Seoul, KR
02.09. Live Performance with @thin-foil-resistor @ Galerie Mimikri, DE 
05.08. Live Performance @ CSD Kassel, DE 
20.06. Live Performance @ Kasseler Kunstverein, Fridicianum Kassel, DE 
22.05. Live Performance with Mergesha Tafa @ Photography Open Studio KHK, DE 
13.05. “Soft City, Inscribed” Live Performance @ WiesbadenTanzt, Wiesbaden, DE 
26.02. Live Performance @ EinLaden, Hammerschmiede EV, Kassel 
24.02. Live Performance @ Subterrain Kassel, DE

2022 

24.11. "Queer Ancestors" Live Performance - AidsHilfe Anniversary Kassel, DE 
18.11. Live Performance @ X - DOS KHK, Kassel 
15.11. Hybrid Set @ 39.Kassler Dokumentarfilm- und Video Fest Opening, DE 
15.09. Live Performance with @thin-foil-resistor @ Randfilmfest Kassel, DE 
08.09. Bodies of Water @ After Cinema - Meydan #3 - Documenta15, Gloria Kino Kassel, DE 
05.08. ”Queer Ancestors" @ Spektakel Festival, Hamburg, DE 15.07. Live Performance @ X CHURCH - Martinskirche Kassel, DE 18.06. Live Performance @Stellwerk Kulturbahnhof, DE 18.06.	Live Performance @ Kollektiv Kurbad Café, Kassel, DE 
06.05. CALL X @ KHK Kassel, DE

2021 

04.09. Live Performance with Morris Joffe @ Raum für exp. LagerLogistic, Kassel, DE 
27.08. Live Performance@ Kulturbühne Kassel, DE 
15.07. Live Performance@ RATANKE, Kassel, DE

2020 

04.09. Live Performance @ Stellwerk Kulturbahnhof Kassel, DE 06.09. Live Performance @ Radio Rasclat KW36, Kassel, DE 
15.08. Live Performance @ UrbanFiveGallery Kassel, DE
17.07. Live Performance Stream @ R:EIN RADIO/RADIO RASCLAT, Kassel, DE 
(cancelled) 21.03. ”_somebody" Live Performance @ LSKH Frankfurt, DE

2019 

24.10. "The sound of a new planet..." with "Der Neue Planet" at Karnak, Kassel, DE 
20.10. "Lost in Sound" Live Performance @ Residency Künstlerroulette, KellerDrei Hannover, DE 
29.09. Live Performance @ ”Atelier Rundgang 2019" Karnak Kassel, DE 
28.09. "Cat's Sonic Cradle II.” Improvisation Performance @ KlimaCamp, Kassel, DE 
07.09. Live Performance @ Raum für urbane Experimente Kassel, DE 
19.07.  "Cat's Sonic Cradle” Improvisation Performance @ Rundgang KHK Kassel, DE 
16.07. “Rauschen” Live Performance @ Gallery Feiertag Kassel, DE 31.05. Live Performance @ Routine:Ritual:Routine Karnak Kassel, DE 
21.05. Live Performance @ Kunst gegen Bares XI -Kassel, DE

Est. 2013
Michael K. Lee - guitar/vocals 
Andrey Poile - strings/keys 
Claire Devenport - bass/vocals 
Francisco Avalos - percussion
RJ Brewer - vocals

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