Miaux

Some of the most gentle, expressive music coming from the Belgian underground can be found in the work of MIAUX, the operating handle of Mia Prce. Originally from Sarajevo (Yugoslavia) and a Belgian resident since 1989, Mia was reared on a psychedelic diet of Krautrock and similarly serpentine music by her artist parents who were part of the Antwerp-based Ercola collective. MIAUX’s first musical crush happened during the tv reruns of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics, where ski jumps on Mt. Igman were perfectly paired with Vangelis’ electronica, set in the mass-melancholia of post Tito’s crumbling down of the golden Yugoslavian era. Getting her first mini synth at the age of 5, while surrounded by the soundtrack of her parents’ records, made her love for instrumental electronic music grow even more. Graduating as a classical pianist, she was totally bummed out by the feeling of only reproducing other people’s music, she started writing her own compositions which lead to the first self-dubbed tapes in 2010. Her first live show lead to her first seven-inch on Dennis Tyfus’ Ultra Eczema label, who has continued to release most of her following ethereal recordings. Over the years she has also put out music on Lal Lal Lal, Feeding Tube Records, Edicoes CN and VIERNULVIER Records.