MIEKO SUZUKI
DJ or live w/ CONTAGIOUS – morphine records / Germany / Berlin
TECH RIDER Mieko Suzuki DJ-Set
Mieko Suzuki is a DJ, sound artist and music curator based in Berlin.
In her experimental DJ sets she creates unique sonic textures that mix drones and compressed beats with field recordings and spoken word. Suzuki manipulates her sound material in real time with feedback loops, scratches and a wide array of effects pedals. Her highly intense performances have been appreciated by festivals such as A L’ARME!, CTM, Dave Festival and Tonlagen Hellerau.
As part of Raster-Index Mieko Suzuki has played at various label show cases.She has also been involved in many crossdisciplinary collaborations, amongst others with Meg Stuart (City Lights – A Continuous Gathering, 2016, Celestial Sorrow, 2018 and 2019), fashion designer Tatsuro Horikawa (JULIUS), artist Barbara Raes (Unacknowledged Loss, 2017) and Maria F. Scaroni (On Air, Gropiusbau, 2018).
Since 2009, Suzuki has been running her own bi-monthly, multidisciplinary event KOOKOO, together with Arno Raffeiner at OHM gallery in Berlin.
Biography
Mieko Suzuki ist DJ, Klangkünstlerin und Musikkuratorin, wohnhaft in Berlin. Ihre cluborientierten Techno Sets und ihre experimentellen Live Performances betten sich in tiefe, verzerrte Bässe- immer auf der Suche nach der richtigen Spannung zwischen Zartheit, Roheit und Kühnheit. Meist verwendet sie mehr als zwei Turntables und/ oder CDJs sowie Effektpedale, Feedback Loops und Scratches um einzigartige Klangtexturen zu kreieren, die sie wiederum mit komprimierten Beats, Field Recordings und Spoken Words mischt.
Mieko Suzuki is a DJ, sound artist and music curator based in Berlin. She was trained in classical piano in Japan from an early age on, and in her later teens shifted interest to electronic music. Since 1998 Mieko Suzuki has been permanently involved in the international music scene, and performed in 18 countries across Europe, Asia and the US. Her awardwinning sets and live performances are grounded in deep hauling bass and create a constant tension between the delicate, the raw and the daring. By mixing analogue and digital sounds via the use of effector pedals and often more than the usual two record players or CDJs, Mieko Suzuki creates unique sonic environments that range from club oriented techno sets to experimental approaches heavily relying on field recordings and feedback loops.
