Mico is the essential essence of artist Mieko Shimizu whose stream of conscious poetry set within a cinematic sound clash of fractured musical landscapes attempts to induce in the listener a sub-conscious response, which is further enhanced by her live collaborations with ground breaking visual artists.

Born into a musical family near Mt. Fuj Japan, Mieko works extensively as a songwriter, composer and performer. Initially, she performed in Japan as a singer and pianist and then with her own electro-neo-latin band of two pianos and trumpet, subsequently she scored numerous Manga animated films. She then moved to the UK and released three solo albums and founded the electro-ethno project “Mekong Zoo” with Japanese Violinist Aska Kaneko. In contrast she created the experimental Drum ’n Bass project “Apache 61” releasing material on Haruomi Hosono of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s label and with visual artists such as D Fuse and One Dot Zero she established herself at the cutting edge of the art/club culture scene and toured extensively in the UK and Europe. She has just completed her new album “Phenomena of the Mind” ‘ in which she collaborated with David Cunningham (Piano),Barbara Morgenstern (Monika) and Robert Lippok of To Rococo Rot (Domino), which is planned for release in spring 2007.