Mimi secue

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Mimi Secue
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Vienna, Austria
Genre = Slowcore

Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Karate Joe Records
URL = [http://www.mimisecue.com Official Site] [http://www.myspace.com/mimisecue Myspace]
Current_members = Christian Jurasovich
Iris Brezina
Martin Horvath
Andreas Berger
Gernot Scheithauer
David Kleinl

Mimi secue is an slowcore music band from Austria.

History

Formation

Mimi Secue started to make music in the spring of 1999. The crystallisation point of the early musical work was the Cselley Mill, a long time point of culture and music in the east of Austria.

Mimi Secue see themselves as a classically rock-orchestrated band with guitars, bass guitar, drums and voice, extended by strings, vibraphone, glockenspiel and metallophone bound to the slowed-down guitar music.

Debut Album

In September 1999 the debut album "Amazonas" was developed and published by the label P.A.M. Records / Edel, which does not exist any more. The album contained seven calm and rather introverted and reserved songs, which defined the band's future musical adjustments and aesthetic.

econd Album

In August 2001 the band returned to the Cselley Mill to record ten songs for the second self-titled LP. This second studio-album was published on the new independent label Karate Joe with the catalogue number KJ001 in April 2002. The track "Sunchild" instantly became the audio signature of the radioshow "Im Sumpf" on Austria's Public Radio Station FM4 (ORF) in 2002.

During the recordings of "s/t" and the following concerts, some guest musicians were associated to the band. Together with the groups of artists WR, MFU and David Kleinl, the band created a visual concept for their live-appearances. Videos, which accompany with the music figuratively, should underline the different possibilities of association of mimi secue's music.

Third Album

In February 2003 Mimi Secue retired themselves to the west Hungarian outback to record their third album "Forst" in self-direction, which was on Karate Joe again. It took the band 12 months to record the material for seven new songs, so that it was possible to start the post-production in February 2004.

Martin Siewert (Trapist/ Thrill Jockey-artist) did the mix and master of the new songs to give them the last cut. A self-contained album was the final result. As Mimi Secue did the mix and master of the "Forst" album, they also started to work on some new songs. At the end of this process they went back again to Hungary once, were they recorded these new songs in the summer of 2005. At the end of the year the new album was ready for the mix down. Once again Martin Siewert did the post-production. He also played all lap steel and pedal steel guitars for the new album called "Naila".

Since then the band has played several live-performances at festivals, like "moving patterns" (New York City), "Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf", "ModernistMozart" (Vienna).

Discography

Albums

* 2000 - "Amazonas" - Pam Records
* 2002 - "Mimi Secue" - Karate Joe Records
* 2004 - "Forst" - Karate Joe Records
* 2005 - "Naila" - Karate Joe Records

External links

* [http://www.mimisecue.com Official band site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mimisecue Official myspace site]
* [http://www.karate-joe.com Record Label]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Mimi+Secue Last.fm]
* [http://garylucas.com/www/blog/archive/2006_04_01_blogarchive.html Gary Lucas about Mimi Secue]
* [http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=1483 "Naila" Review US]
* [http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/albums47%20feb06.htm#Mimi%20Secue%20%96%20Naila%A0%20(Karate%20Joe) "Naila" Review UK]
* [http://www.skug.at/index.php?Art_ID=2642 SKUG-Interview]