Miou Miou
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Miou Miou is an East Bohemia indie pop
band formed in the spring of 2003. Miou Miou’s music is characterized by girlish vocals in French
, catchy lyrics
, playfulness, repetitive elements, dynamic contrasts and searching for new sounds. Their music makes use of a wide range of instruments, from more unique instruments such as analog synthesizer
s, oscillators, vibraphone
, harp
and kantele
; to more concert stuff like guitar
s, bass
and drums
.
Miou Miou’s debut album "La La Grande Finale" was released in the Czech Republic on the label Piper Records. Thirteen songs were recorded together with nearly 20 other musicians – ranging from punk bands to symphony orchestra. The album was mixed at JaMOR Studio by Ondrej Jezek. "LLGF" was released in North America on Minty Fresh
Records (2008) and in Japan on Rallye Label (2007). MM has remixed tracks from artists such as Kiddycar, Kora et le Mechanix, Deerhoof
or Longital
. They have also composed music for the animated film "Banicti rytiri" (The Knights of Banik, dir. Tereza Rohackova) and music for the art installation "Space and Pendulum" by Eva Koupova. MM’s song "Rendre temps" was included on the soundtrack to the Slovak movie "O dve slabiky pozadu" (Two Syllables Behind, dir. Katarina Sulajova). MM shared stage with Nouvelle Vague
, Masha Qrella, B.Fleischmann, Khoiba or Tata Bojs
.
Miou Miou are currently working on a remix album titled "Électronique /MiouMixes/". Participation in the project promised producers like B.Fleischmann, , , Lullatone
, FilFla
, Sawako, Moskitoo, Balún
and others.
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band formed in the spring of 2003. Miou Miou’s music is characterized by girlish vocals in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, catchy lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
, playfulness, repetitive elements, dynamic contrasts and searching for new sounds. Their music makes use of a wide range of instruments, from more unique instruments such as analog synthesizer
Analog synthesizer
An analog or analogue synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. The earliest analog synthesizers in the 1920s and 1930s such as the Trautonium were built with a variety of vacuum-tube and electro-mechanical technologies...
s, oscillators, vibraphone
Vibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, harp
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
and kantele
Kantele
A kantele or kannel is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland, Estonia, and Karelia. It is related to the Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kanklės. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries...
; to more concert stuff like guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
.
Miou Miou’s debut album "La La Grande Finale" was released in the Czech Republic on the label Piper Records. Thirteen songs were recorded together with nearly 20 other musicians – ranging from punk bands to symphony orchestra. The album was mixed at JaMOR Studio by Ondrej Jezek. "LLGF" was released in North America on Minty Fresh
Minty Fresh
Minty Fresh is a Chicago-based record label, founded in 1993 by Jim Powers with Anthony Musiala. The label is known for launching the careers of Veruca Salt. They also gave the Swedish band The Cardigans their first US release and released the debut single by Liz Phair...
Records (2008) and in Japan on Rallye Label (2007). MM has remixed tracks from artists such as Kiddycar, Kora et le Mechanix, Deerhoof
Deerhoof
Deerhoof is a musical group consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.-Origins:In 1992, Greg Saunier, having recently graduated with a degree in music composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, joined a short-lived San Francisco quartet called Nitre Pit, on...
or Longital
Longital
Longital is a Slovak music group. They take their name from the old name for the Bratislava suburb, Dlhé diely, in which they live.-Members:...
. They have also composed music for the animated film "Banicti rytiri" (The Knights of Banik, dir. Tereza Rohackova) and music for the art installation "Space and Pendulum" by Eva Koupova. MM’s song "Rendre temps" was included on the soundtrack to the Slovak movie "O dve slabiky pozadu" (Two Syllables Behind, dir. Katarina Sulajova). MM shared stage with Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague (band)
Nouvelle Vague is a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Their name is a play on words, meaning "new wave" in French, and "bossa nova" in Portuguese...
, Masha Qrella, B.Fleischmann, Khoiba or Tata Bojs
Tata Bojs
Tata Bojs are a Czech pop rock band, formed in 1988 by bass-player Mardoša and drummer/singer Milan Cais. Current line-up of the band includes guitarist Vladimír Bár, producer Dušan Neuwerth on guitar and Jiří Hradil on piano and keyboards.- Albums :...
.
Miou Miou are currently working on a remix album titled "Électronique /MiouMixes/". Participation in the project promised producers like B.Fleischmann, , , Lullatone
Lullatone
Lullatone is a popular music group based in Nagoya, Japan, whose music is characterized by an innocent, child-like quality and spare, lo-fi sounds. Although the group refers to their style of music as "pajama-pop", it is commonly included in such musical subgenres as Twee pop, Indie pop and...
, FilFla
Filfla
Filfla is a small, barren, uninhabited islet south of Malta, and is the most southerly point of the Maltese Archipelago. Filfoletta, a small rocky islet some 100 meters southwest of Filfla, has the southernmost point of Malta....
, Sawako, Moskitoo, Balún
Balun
A balun is a type of electrical transformer that can convert electrical signals that are balanced about ground to signals that are unbalanced , and the reverse. They are also often used to connect lines of differing impedance...
and others.
Members
- Karolina Dytrtova - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Jara Tarnovski - keysElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, fxs - Tomas Knoflicek - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Bretislav Oliva - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Petr Krasny - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
albums
- La La Grande Finale (Piper Records 2006)
- La La Grande Finale (Rallye/Klee 2007, Japan version)
- La La Grande Finale (Minty Fresh 2008, US version)
EPs
- 6 chants pour les chats (EP, Purrr Records 2004)
- Analogue & Acoustique (SP, Purrr Records 2005)
compilations & OST
- Autumn Harvest (compilation, Championship Records 2005, MM: Mon Minet)
- Playlist vol.2 (compilation, Filter 2006, MM: Sublime)
- O dve slabiky pozadu (OST, Trigon Production 2007, MM: Rendre Temps)
- Rallye Label Compilation 2007 (compilation, Rallye Label 2007, MM: Le petit punk (promotional-only)
- This Is Minty Fresh vol. 1 (compilation, Minty Fresh Records 2007, MM: A l'été de la Saint-Martin '68)
- This Is Minty Fresh vol. 2 (compilation, Minty Fresh Records 2007, MM: La grande sucrerie)
- This Is Minty Fresh vol. 3 (compilation, Minty Fresh Records 2008, MM: La chambre voisine)
- Paste Magazine Sampler Issue 45 (compilation, Paste Magazine 2008, MM: A l´été de la Saint-Martin ´68)