Mimi Goese (last name rhymes with hazy) is the former vocalist for college rock band Hugo Largo. Two collaborations with Moby, "Into the Blue" and "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" appear on the latter's album Everything Is Wrong. (The latter song appears during the closing credits of The Sopranos episode "Join the Club".) She also appeared in the 1996 short film "Black Kites", directed by Jo Andres.

Under the name Mimi (no last name) she has released one solo album, Soak, on the Luaka Bop label, which French record producer Hector Zazou worked on. She also released a single in which she covered Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You". As well as occasionally continuing to perform, she now also gives classes in performing arts. In 2006, she collaborated and performed on stage with the 'mutantrumpeter' Ben Neill on a project called XIX. Since then, the XIX project has coalesced into a full band, continuing to tour while recording an album.

Her voice has been confused with that of Annie Lennox. It has also frequently been mistaken for other artists, such as Happy Rhodes and Alison Moyet.

“Mimi’s voice conjures up a long plummet through white light and space. It’s like a parachutist still in free fall, who seems briefly weightless and adrift in an ocean of air.” -Melody Maker

--excerpted from Wikipedia

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