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Biography

M.I.M.E.O. is a free improvisation group formed in 1997 on the initiative of several independent concert promoters in Europe. The abbreviation stands for "Music In Movement Electronic Orchestra".

Though some members have been temporarily replaced when unavailable for recording or performing, the group consists of:

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Phil Durrant - software synth / digital sampler

Fennesz - computer

Cor Fuhler - electronics, piano, organ

Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer

Kaffe Matthews - computer

Jerome Noetinger - electroacoustic devices

Gert-Jan Prins - electronics, radio, TV, percussion

Peter Rehberg - computer

Keith Rowe - prepared guitar

Marcus Schmickler - computer, synthesizer

Rafael Toral - guitar, electronics

Pianist John Tilbury joined the group to record The Hands of Caravaggio. Critic Brian Olewnick describes the album as "A staggering achievement, one is tempted to call The Hands of Caravaggio the first great piano concerto of the 21st century."

Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.