News, Releases and Events http://warp.net/records/mira-calix Brooklyn-based collective Bang on a Can 'celebrate 25 years of irreverent new music', bringing together an eclectic group of musicians including Mira Calix who will perform her new commission "Meeting You Seemed Easy" in London and New York.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - To perform new commission 'Meeting You Seemed Easy' live in London and New York
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]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:49 GMT Mira Calix's installation "Nothing Is Set In Stone" has been selected as part of Hidden London, at the London 2012 Olympics Festival.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Installation selected for the London 2012 Olympics Festival
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]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:04 GMT Mira Calix's work 'Fables - A Film Opera' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' have been nominated for this years British Composers Award.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Nominated for a British Composers Award 2011
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]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:35 GMT Mira's latest project, Brainwaves, has been featured on the BBC News website. Along with composer Anna Meredith, Mira created pieces inspired by her experiences of MRI scanning machines.

There's also a special 'My Secret Heart' show at London's Roundhouse later this month.

Mira has also recently collaborated with United Visual Artists to design the transforming main-stage at Coachella.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - BBC feature MRI-inspired Brainwaves project, My Secret Heart at Roundhouse & UVA Coachella documentary
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]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:34 GMT Many of you will be anticipating !!! and Flying Lotus playing in and around Coachella in Palm Springs, California this weekend - show dates below.

However, you should also be excited about Mira Calix and United Visual Artist's combined collaboration to redesign the main stage of this year's festival - read on...

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Warp - Records - !!! - Performances at Coachella (and off Coachella) this weekend plus Mira Calix and UVA light up the main stage
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]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:39 GMT Following what should be an impressive lighting up of the stage at Coachella this weekend with UVA, Mira Calix will take part in two new projects in May - read on for details.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Short Circuit Festival and Brainwaves during May
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]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:44 GMT Below we have information about the premiere of a new Mira Calix collaborative piece titled We Are Over There, commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

Read on for that and an interesting dual sound system, underwater collaboration with Andrea Parker called Wet Sounds, taking place at Newcastle City Pool on 6th February.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - We Are Over There collaboration with composer Larry Goves plus Wet Sounds with Andrea Parker
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]]> Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:36 GMT Some news from Mira Calix about 3 projects...

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - News updates - My Secret Heart, Faster Than Sound Brainwaves and Deloitte Ignite
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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Mira Calix Does New York Marathon
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]]> Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:15 GMT Chorus - the stunning installation collaboration between United Visual Artists (see Battles - Tonto video...) & Mira Calix awarded a distinction in the interactive art category at Prix Ars Electronica 2010. See Chorus in London this summer at The Wapping Project.

Also below is information about 'half flower, half self' a new collaborative work for Opera North by Mira Calix and Alice Oswald

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Chorus - an installation collaboration between United Visual Artists & Mira Calix awarded a distinction at Prix Ars Electronica 2010
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]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 13:49 GMT As part of the Birds Eye View festival this year and fresh from winning composer of the Year, Mira Calix has specially commissioned a live accompaniment for the first feature length animation ever made 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed'.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Performs Live commissioned accompaniment to silent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed at the BFI
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]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT This month will see Mira Calix performing in Liverpool, London and Italy. As well as appearances alongside collaborators Oliver Coates and Quayola, there's a soundclash featuring a '3D soundsystem' in the Albert Hall.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - February Live Dates Including Red Bull Music Academy 3D Soundclash with Plaid and Clark
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]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT As part of the Lumiere Festival Mira Calix collaborated with United Visual Artists (responsible for the Battles 'Tonto' video) to produce 'Chorus', an installation of light and sound in Durham Cathedral.

As part of a Sky Arts documentary on the Lumiere Festival an interview with Mira Calix will be broadcast this week.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Chorus: United Visual Artists With Music from Mira Calix featured on Sky Arts TV
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]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT Warp20 comes home to its final city on Saturday 5th December with an all-night live and club event at London’s Coronet Theatre. Full lineup announced below.


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Warp - Records - Warp20 - (London) - Battles, Broadcast, Plaid (Live Classics Show), Flying Lotus, Rustie, Nice Nice, Nightmares On Wax, DJ Jackson, Mira Calix, Strictly Kev Blech20 set, Winston Hazell & Warp DJs
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]]> Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT Calix won the award for her composition My Secret Heart, in the community and education category, which the judges described as "transformational, capturing raw humanity and giving voice to the disenfranchised in a sound-world which is original, absorbing and unsettling".

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Wins British Composer Award for 'My Secret Heart'
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]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT On Friday we sent our Warp Newsletter for November 2009... you can view it online at the link below, and signup on the form further beyond that for future updates.

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Warp - Records - Warp - Warp Newsletter November 2009 :: Hudson Mohawke, ATP Movie, Gonjasufi, Warp20, Broadcast and more
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]]> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00 GMT Mira Calix's audio-visual installation 'My Secret Heart' has been nominated for a further award, this time at the British Composer Awards. Alongside this, Mira Calix has recently received a grant from the Arts Council of England to fund a new project in conjunction with other British composers.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - 'My Secret Heart' Nominated For British Composer Awards And Wins Grant From The Arts Council
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]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00 GMT Three new compilations - Warp20 (Chosen), Warp20 (Recreated) and Warp20 (Unheard) - are available to buy on CD or Digital Download from all good retailers, marking another milestone for our 20th Anniversary Celebrations taking place throughout 2009.

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Warp - Records - Warp20 - Recreated, Chosen and Unheard Compilations Out Now - Listen to Previews
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]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00 GMT BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction have setup a special session and collaboration between Mira Calix and Scotsman Malcolm Middleton (also from the band Arab Strap).

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction presents a collaboration between Mira Calix and Malcolm Middleton - Listen Online
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]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00 GMT Mira Calix will be in Japan in early September. Performing live in Tokyo at Super Deluxe, plus also the award winning audio-visual installation 'My Secret Heart' can be experienced for five days in Yokahama. Read on for full details.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Live Performance In Tokyo and 'My Secret Heart' Installation In Yokahama
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]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00 GMT Competition time... on the next Warp Newsetter we will be giving away a pair of tickets for Brighton's Loop Festival where you'll be able to see performances from Squarepusher and Mira Calix (with video artist Quayola), alongside The Field, Joakim, Múm, The Matthew Herbert Big Band and more...

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Warp - Records - Squarepusher - Win Tickets To See Squarepusher and Mira Calix at Loop Festival, Brighton
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]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT July will see Mira Calix performing in London and Brighton in two specially commissioned collaborative live events.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Two live dates in the UK this July
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]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT The music and film installation 'My Secret Heart', by Mira Calix, Flat-E and Streetwise Opera, has picked up a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Audience Development. These are the most prestigious awards in the classical music sector and are presented in association with Classic FM!

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - 'My Secret Heart' Wins Award plus New Music on Surround Sound Compilation
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]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00 GMT As part of this years Némo festival Mira Calix will perform 3 concerts in Paris with cellist Oliver Coates and video artist Quayola.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - 3 Concerts in Paris - April
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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00 GMT Lookout for a new collaboration between Mira Calix and the London Sinfonietta this Friday at an impressive new arts space in King's Cross, London. Full details below for this show plus an Alexander's Annexe video, and two Euro shows for a Streetwise Opera Project 'My Secret Heart'.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Watch a Video Plus Performances in London and Swizerland
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]]> Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00 GMT Numbers, ideas, images, strings, fables, people, puppets, myths, realities, building sites, shopping centres: with customary invention and beauty - Mira Calix has now wrestled all of these into 'The Elephant In The Room', her second '3 Commissions' collection due for release late October this year!

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - 'The Elephant In The Room: 3 Commissions'
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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - New Project: Onibus
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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Dead Wedding, Manchester International Festival 5-7th July
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]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00 GMT "3 Commissions" by Mira Calix is out now. A mini-album running at 36 minutes, the record features pieces specifically commissioned from her by Geneva's Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, London's Royal Festival Hall and The Barbican, and includes two contrasting versions of 'NuNu', her ground breaking interplay between human and insect worlds.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - 3 Commissions
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]]> Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:00 GMT Writing about her piece, Mira Calix says:

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Mira Talks About 'Nunu'
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]]> Mon, 19 May 2003 00:00 GMT Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.....

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]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:00 GMT We are currently running a competition with Creative Review that was announced recently in their magazine and here on the site.

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Warp - Records - Warp - Winners of the Warp + Creative Review Motion Graphics Competition
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]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:00 GMT Warp @ Ocean, London 9/11/01. Some images to the right (from the old site so excuse the quality!)

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Warp - Records - Warp - Warprave 9th June :: Review
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]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2001 00:00 GMT Mira Calix's new EP "Prickle" was released on the 9th July featuring an excellent remix of Skin With Me by Andrea Parker.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Prickle EP Released Plus Interview
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]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:00 GMT The last Nesh partyrave was on Friday 11th of May 2001.

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Warp - Records - Warp - Last Nesh Partyrave
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