Mira Calix
Mira Calix | |
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Calix in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chantal Francesca Passamonte |
| Born | 28 October 1969 Durban, South Africa |
| Died | 25 March 2022 (aged 52) Bedford, England |
| Genres | Electronic, classical |
| Years active | 1996–2022 |
| Labels | Warp |
| Website | www |
Chantal Francesca Passamonte (28 October 1969 – 25 March 2022), known professionally as Mira Calix (/ˈmɪrə ˈkeɪlɪks/ MIRR-ə KAY-liks), was a South African-born British-based audio and visual artist and musician signed to Warp Records. She also worked as Warp's press officer.
Although her earlier music is almost exclusively electronic, from the 2000s onwards she incorporated writing for classical instrumentation into her musical works and expanded her practice to include multidisciplinary performance, film and multi-channel installation artworks. She often stated that she considered sound a sculptural material.