midori hirano

midori hirano

MimiCof a.k.a. midori hirano is a Japanese musician, composer, sound artist and producer, born in Kyoto and now based in Berlin, stems across a diverse range of genres and cultures. At the age of five Midori started learning the piano and this trigged what was to later see her study classical piano at university. Therefore her productions are based around the use of traditional instrumentation such as the piano or strings, but yet her works are so diverse and eclectic mixture of modern digital sounds with subtle electronic processing or field recordings. For her itʼs not about creating music in its traditional forms or cliché, but about playing, mixing and finding new ways of presenting music. She has released two albums "LushRush"(2006) and "klo:yuri"(2008) as midori hirano from MIDI Creative/noble. Her second, "klo:yuri", saw her further develop her sound, garnering critical acclaim from various medias of the world including TIME magazine , BBC radio, and FACT Magazine and such. In addition to her primary project as midori hirano which is based on acoustic instrumentation drawing melodic shapes and harmonies, she is doing another music project under the name of MimiCof focusing on electronics and beat production center which extends her range of music. As MimiCof moniker, she has released two albums "RundSkipper"(2011) and "KotoLyra"(2012) from PROGRESSIVE FOrM.