ABOUT MIEKO

Mieko Shimizu is a boldly nonconformist Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Based in London, Mieko has released numerous albums in Japan including Road of Shells and Totem. She first erupted onto the UK scene as Apache 61 working with bass player, Mick Karn, from the seminal 80s band, Japan, which was released on ‘Daisy World’ the label ran by Haruomi Hosono.

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Word quickly spread of her incredible live shows, bringing forth a stream of live shows across the Middle East, Japan and Europe including Sonar in Spain, alongside the mighty Kraftwerk, Goldfrap and supported Massive Attack at their Melt Down Festival in London with Riz MC, AKA actor Riz Ahmed. Mieko also performed with Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra on the Japanese silent film ‘Yogoto no Yume’, David Cunningham from The Flying Lizards, Robert Lippok of To Rococo Rot, and has re-mixed the likes of Coldcut and cult electro act Yellow Magic Orchestra’ 

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She has produced scores for contemporary dance company Phoenix Dance Theatre as well as the Ballet ‘The Red Balloon’ at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre. She was made an ‘Emerging Artist in Residence’ at London’s Southbank Centre where she collaborated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on her own compositions.Her next album was, My Tentacles which saw her return to a deeper, more reflective state in the cavernous depth of beautiful symphonic songs that oscillated with glitchy electronica.

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Her third UK album, ‘I Bloom’, is a luscious record of interleaving haunting melodies, boasting songs that are both beautiful in their sincerity and tantalising in their simplicity. Her unerring elegance and undying passion take you on a journey from hidden places across emotional landscapes to distant nebulae. On this record, Mieko collaborated with William D Drake of The Cardiacs.

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She recently released the EP Phenomena of the Mind and has been touring with the sonic meltdown Wonky Plonky Electronk, across London and the South East of England playing alongside experimental powerhouses including Dhangsha featuring Dr Das of Asian Dub Foundation and Wrangler featuring Steven Malinder of Cabaret Voltaire. She is now gearing up for the release of EP Breathe Out and performing at the inaugural electronic music festival, Soho Electronic, in September 2025.

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