Biography
Mimes of Wine was born as the solo project of singer and pianist Laura Loriga in 2006. The songs that are part of
her first album, Apocalypse Sets In (2009), were all composed and recorded during the following
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three years, inspired by the cities where she lived during that period (Bologna, Italy, where she grew up, Paris,
San Francisco, and Los Angeles) and by the people she collaborated with.
Originally a singer for different underground bands in Bologna, Laura has unified in this project the work she has
developed with her two instruments, piano and voice. The bones of all the songs are composed with these two
elements, and they are enriched by other sounds, from bells to cymbalons, guitars, drums, a shruti box, noises, and
more.
From 2007 to 2009 Laura performed almost exclusively in California, accompanied by a viola (Neel Hammond),
a stand up bass (Kenny Annis), and drums (Drew Pearson). In Italy, her sound (on records and live) was enriched by
the work of drummer and producer Enzo Cimino, whom Laura co-produced her first album with, and by more
musicians like Adriano Modica (guitar, bass), Tiziano Bianchi (trumpet), Francesco Begnoni (guitar), Zeus Ferrari (drums).
Her band currently includes Luca Guglielmino (guitar), Riccardo Frisari (drums), poli-instrumentalist Stefano Michelotti,
stand-up bass player Matteo Zucconi.
After the release of the first record, Mimes of Wine performed extensively around Italy, sharing stages with Italian and
foreign artists (among these: Josephine Foster, Wintersleep, Egle Sommacal, Ulan Bator, Sara Lov, Nancy
Elisabeth, Niobe, Rie Sinclair, A Toys Orchestra).
In January 2010, Laura (accompanied by Stefano, Luca, e Riccardo) started a long tour in Italy, Belgium, and Germany,
which ended in March 2011.
Mimes of Wine’s second album, Memories for the Unseen, was written between Los Angeles and Bologna between the
end of 2010 and the beginning of 2012, and it was released this past November in Italy and Europe by Urtovox Records.
The album was recorded by Enzo Cimino at Casa del Vento Studio (Ravenna), and enriched by the contribution of
Tiziano Bianchi (trumpet), Helen Belangie (cello), Penelope Fortier (back up voices), and more (Jonathan Tehel, Luca
Cristofori, Ariane Gaudeaux, Brett and Mitchell Erzinger).
All the songs were mixed and post-produced by Adam Moseley in Los Angeles, and mastered by Peter Lyman at Infrasonic
Sound, Los Angeles.
The out-takes, among which Holy, were arranged and mixed by Giuliano Dottori, in Milan.
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