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Hello MiMo fans.  We are excited to announce our upcoming live performance of our piece “And Sheep Are Scared” for the 32nd Rhubarb Festival on Wednesday, February 16th @ 9:30 PM sharp.  We are performing one set alongside turntable artists iNSiDEaMiND & renown video artist Ben Chaisson.  This is a unique opportunity to see and hear MiMo perform a 25 minute multi-media extravaganza.  Years from now, you’ll be telling your grand-kids about it…

Where: Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, north of College, east of Yonge.   We’re in the Cabaret space.
When: Wednesday, February 16th @ 9:30 SHARP (Note there are multiple shows happening that night in succession on the same stage.  See links below for more info.)

For a cool interview and some fun photos:
http://yyzbuddies.blogspot.com/2011/01/conversation-henry-adam-svec-and-samuel.html

For information about the Rhubarb Festival:
http://www.buddiesinbadtimes.com/show.cfm?id=712#main08

For information regarding MiMo:
http://mimomusic.com/

For some other MiMo music:
www.myspace.com/mimoonmyspace

We look forward to seeing you there!

MiMo Presents: The “No Exit” Album Release Party

Sunday, October 24, 2010 @ The Drake Underground (1150 Queen St West, Toronto)

Featuring turntablists extraordinaire iNSiDEaMiND spinning MiMo’s
…12″ locked-groove compilation “No Exit” and joined by members of the
Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto

Doors open @ 7:30 pm / Performances at 8:00 pm
Admission: $10.00

featuring performances by

Cheryl O
Rob Piilonen.
Michelangelo Iaffaldano
Tomasz Krakowiak
James Bailey
Tiina Kiik
Ken Aldcroft
Simeon Abbott
Andy Yue
Mark Zurawinski
Mitch Yolevsky
Nilan Perera
Parmela Attariwala
Joe Sorbara
Steve Ward

and of course MiMo!

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More Info:
http://mimomusic.com/blog/
http://www.myspace.com/mimoonmyspace
http://www.insideamind.com/
http://www.myspace.com/aimtoronto

also new website to come!

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Formal Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MiMo Releases Locked-Groove Album For DJ’s and Electronic Artists

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (September 14, 2010) –

MiMo, a percussion and laptop duo known for beat-driven live improvisatory concerts as well as creators of music for the electronic musician, have released ‘No Exit’ – a vinyl album created for the professional turntable musician and DJ. Collaborating with multiple members of the Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto (AIM Toronto), this album presents fresh original sounds that can be used by popular music artists looking for unusual and new textures. An album release party will occur on Sunday evening, October 24th, 2010 at the Drake Hotel Underground to introduce the album to the general public.

This Locked-Groove album consists of 96 tracks; each represents 1.8 seconds of edited improvisation by live musicians. Each track repeats indefinitely and acts as a musical canvas upon which a DJ could create new music.

MiMo is proud to announce iNSiDEaMiND as their featured turntable artists for the ‘No Exit’ album release party. Having shared the stage or collaborated with artists such as Kid Koala, RJD2, DJ Food and D-Styles, among others, iNSiDEaMiND brings a theatrical aesthetic to the DJ scene. It is this type of creative collaboration that MiMo hopes their album ‘No Exit’ will foster.

MiMo is a duo featuring multi-instrumentalists Matt Miller (laptop, guitars, synthesizers) and Samuel Morgenstein (drums, percussion, electronics). In addition to their live performances, MiMo produces innovative sample libraries for music producers and production music for the visual media industry. MiMo’s mission is to bring disparate musical genres together and to create new sounds for popular music idioms. To purchase the ‘No Exit’ album, or to find out more about MiMo, please visit www.mimomusic.com and www.myspace.com/mimoonmyspace. For more information about iNSiDEaMiND, please visit http://www.insideamind.net/insideamind.html.

MiMo fans - our new vinyl album, created for DJ’s looking for fresh and original sounds for the electronic dance scene, is due for release in one month!  “No Exit” features the performances of members of AIM Toronto (Association of Improvising Musicians) and brings together two genres of music: improvisatory/experimental alongside dance/electronic (note: a ‘locked groove’ is 1.8 seconds long; there are 96 of them on the album - offering plenty of fresh inspiration).  We will be announcing our album release party shortly!

MiMo’s busy 2010 agenda begins with a two month residency every Thursday evening 8 - 10 PM in February and March.  During this 60 day period, MiMo will continue to blur the line between improvised and electronic music while we partner and perform with some of Toronto’s finest creative musicians. Each Thursday will feature different guest artists and groups performing within an innovative three part format:

1.  The guest artists will play a set and portions of that performance will be recorded for the purpose of being remixed.

2.  MiMo will create a live remix utilizing the recorded segments of the guest artists’ performance

3.  MiMo and the guest artists will perform together

Come join us for an evening of innovative frivolity and musical merriment!

The guest artist schedule:

Feb. 4: Rob Piilonen (flute) + Mitch Yolevsky (clarinet)

Feb. 11: Tomasz Krakowiack (percussion) + Parmela Attariwala (violin)

Feb. 18: Simeon Abbott (prepared guitar, iPhone and assorted toys)

Feb. 25: Mark Zurawinski (percussion) + Germaine Liu (percussion)

March 4: Nilan Perera (guitar) + Joe Sorbara (percussion)

March 11: Tina Kiik (accordian) + Cheryl Ockrant (cello)

March 18: Odradek (experimental and found instruments, guitar, synths)

March 25: Jen Gillmor (bass, kamale ngoni), Gurpreet Chana (tabla, Hang drum, percussion), Nicole Rampersaud (trumpet)

http://somewherethere.org/

Somewhere There is located at 340 Dufferin Street (one block south of Queen Street). Enter off of Melbourne.

MiMo has just wrapped up several months of recording sessions with members of the Association of Improvising Musicians (AIM Toronto http://www.aimtoronto.org/).  This project, funded by the Ontario Arts Council, will result in a Lock Groove album to be utilized by DJ’s and performing electronic musicians across the globe.  Utilizing the talents of AIM Toronto members, we hope to fuse the freedom of improvised music with the power and groove of electronic music. Stay tuned for updates on this important project as we head into the editing and mixing phase during the fall.

A Lock Groove record, a byproduct of the dance music/electronica music genre, is a specific type of vinyl album.  Unlike a traditional LP record which consists of one groove that spirals from the outside edge in, a Lock Groove album consists of multiple tracks that do not spiral in.  Each track, which for a 33 1/3 speed album would be 1.8 seconds in length, repeats indefinitely.  Each lock groove can then be used by a DJ as a ‘backdrop’ or ‘canvas’ upon which other layers of music can be built.  Our Lock Groove album will contain around 100 lock grooves.  In essence, a Lock Groove album is ‘raw material’ for the creation of electronic music. 

We are very proud to announce the release of our first sample library, Synare. Those of you who are fans of ’70’s and ’80’s rock know these sounds well. Just think of the funky electronic drums on hits by DEVO for instance. After over a year of meticulous work, we’ve released an exhaustive library of samples that extend the range of the Synare to enable bass, chromatic percussion, and classic synth sounds - all from an electronic instrument that was mainly used as a wacky tom-tom effect in the ’80’s. You can hear 10 audio samples of what we’ve created on our website’s Products page audio player: http://www.mimomusic.com/products.php. We look forward to hearing your comments!

Synare

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