MIMI GOESE

Mimi Goese (pronounced "gazy", like "hazy") has been pursuing divergent aspects of the arts since 1984. Trained as a dancer, Mimi has worked in post modern dance, performance art, theater, film and music. Musical pursuits have included the seminal art band, Hugo Largo, the band Mimi, plus collaborations with Moby, Hahn Rowe, Pearl Thompson (of the band The Cure) and Hector Zazou. Soundtrack work includes the experimental films "Anemone Me" (directed by Suzan-Lori Parks) and "Dreaming Out Loud" by Jo Andres as well as vocal work with Joe Arthur in the film "Hell's Kitchen". A song from the solo album "Soak" appears in the documentary "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell". One song "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" from the collaboration with Moby was used in both The Sopranos and Stranger Things. In 2010 Goese, along with composer Ben Neill was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music to create the theatrical work Persephone (with actorJulia Stiles) for their Next Wave Festival. The duo later recorded and released the music on their 2011 album Songs for Persephone release on Ramseur Records. Neill and Goese have continued to explore the musical and poetic qualities of mathematics and science - working in collaboration with chaos mathematician Ralph Abraham to create new songs that combine the interplay of Goese’s captivating vocals and the electro-acoustic explorations of Neill’s self-designed mutantrumpet with sounds created from fractal equations for the 2020 release "Life You Are" on Kobalt/AWAL. 2023 holds the exciting prospect of Hugo Largo re-releasing Drum and Mettle as well as unreleased and live recording on The Missing Piece Label