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Jeff Tweedy, Wilco; producer, The Invisible Way
Low goes truly acold backmost successful my household – my woman had a stone nine successful Chicago called Lounge Ax, which Low would play each the mode backmost successful the 90s. I was ever a instrumentality – I ne'er truly knew them personally until Nels Cline joined our band, and helium was friends with Alan [Sparhawk], truthful Alan started coming astir to spot america play. We conscionable got to beryllium friends and astatine immoderate constituent we toured together, and they asked maine to nutrient a grounds with them, and I conjecture that’s erstwhile we became beauteous close, oregon person than conscionable being chap travellers.
I deliberation astir radical would look astatine Mimi and not estimation that she was a superior artist. I don’t deliberation she enactment connected immoderate benignant of pretension – determination was thing astir her that work arsenic thing different than mean midwesterner. That is my favourite happening connected earth, erstwhile mean radical uncover their depths of affectional understanding, and her poignancy was enhanced by the information that she was truthful casual astir her genius.
I’ve ne'er seen anybody beryllium that casually brilliant. She was a elephantine – erstwhile I adjacent my mind’s oculus and ideate her voice, it rings the clearest to maine of immoderate dependable I’ve heard successful my life. Her dependable was truthful indelibly defined. There’s thing genuinely ineffable astir the mode she sang and savoured notes, astir arsenic a signifier of meditation – the mode that she and Alan could respire unneurotic and marque this euphony that was secular religion music, oregon something. Being astir it and witnessing it is conscionable astonishing, due to the fact that it was truthful effortless and it was with zero pretence. For Mimi, it was conscionable a mode to live.
Low, Alan, Mimi, person conscionable been for me, for a agelong time, a barroom to purpose for – to marque euphony that makes maine consciousness the mode their euphony makes maine feel. Even earlier I met them their euphony was doing that for me, and surely aft moving with them determination was an added magnitude of inspiration successful being accepted by them.
The happening I support reasoning astir Mimi is that she savoured each note, and I’m gladsome – determination wasn’t a azygous enactment that was ever rushed, and that gives maine immoderate comfort, knowing that she had the beingness of caput to sing with specified grounded appreciation of each enactment she got to sing.
Steve Albini
Mimi Parker had a beautifully axenic voice, but what made Low peculiar was the mode her dependable and Alan’s meshed, creating a azygous tone. There’s nary amended pairing of voices successful music, and the effect of the 2 of them singing was uniquely moving. I genuinely loved moving with them successful the studio, and person had the pleasance of sharing a signifier with them a fewer times. We invited them to play astatine the ATP events we curated and watching them instrumentality bid of a immense ballroom with the quietest sounds and smallest gestures was similar watching magic transpire. They didn’t bash thing to request your attention, but the purity of their dependable commanded you to wage attention. Their euphony seemed wholly escaped of ego, solely astir the dependable they made and the words they sang, but done that we learned thing astir them – that they were susceptible of that and it enactment maine successful awe. I loved Low, some arsenic a set and arsenic radical and I’m definite that listening to their euphony made maine a amended person.
Robert Plant
Tragic – truthful sad. Alan and Mimi and their delicious weave, her dependable a serene and beauteous shimmer. They were an inspiration to maine for truthful long.
BJ Burton, producer, Double Negative and Hey What
She volition ever beryllium the coolest 1 successful the room. And she made maine consciousness similar family. Mim changed my life, arsenic I’m definite she did with countless others astir the world. Not by conscionable her songs, but by her lukewarm and dependable vigor that was a usher for maine to find quality successful conscionable astir immoderate situation. And she’ll everlastingly beryllium the dependable connected the top recordings I’ll ever beryllium a portion of. I was fortunate capable to cognize her laugh, and I volition miss that the most.
Georgia Hubley, Yo La Tengo
I didn’t cognize Mimi well, but arsenic a set that has existed successful a akin orbit for a akin magnitude of clip arsenic Yo La Tengo I person ever felt a beardown kinship with Low. Mimi’s stirring dependable and singular attack to drumming volition enactment with maine for a agelong time. A precise peculiar representation for america is getting to play with them successful NYC past December. Their acceptable was strikingly beautiful, and past Alan and Mimi joined america on with Fred Armisen connected drums for a mates of songs. It surely helps to cherish these fleeting moments.
Justin Vernon, Bon Iver
What a gut ache – Mimi was specified a almighty unit and Low has been the modular that a batch of indie bands are held to, whether they cognize it oregon not. Our hearts are breaking successful the midwest.
Slowdive
We were fortunate capable to circuit North America with Low backmost successful 2014. Amid the chaos of touring, Mimi brought a consciousness of bid and serenity. Like her percussion, her interaction was brushed yet mighty. We loved watching their soundcheck and past their amusement each night. It was some a privilege and a joy. I retrieve Alan saying however Mimi didn’t person to “work” astatine singing. She was a natural, and her beauteous dependable was effortless, 1 of her galore gifts to the world. She leaves america with 4 decades of profoundly graceful euphony and memories.
Takiaya Reed, Divide and Dissolve
Mim arsenic an creator wholly changed my position successful presumption of what is possible. I person ne'er experienced oregon witnessed specified consistency successful immoderate musician. Her dependable and her drumming is hypnotic and perfect. My beingness volition beryllium everlastingly changed aft having met her. She played and communicated with heavy unwavering emotion and committedness to her trade and her relationships, particularly to her family. It was the deepest honour to enactment Low astir the satellite this year. Every time we played a show, she was truthful benignant and caring. I volition miss her hugs and goth manner vibe, but particularly her believing successful maine and Sylvie [Nehill] arsenic artists and her encouragement. I learned truthful overmuch and volition everlastingly clasp this ineffable and adjacent to my heart.
Warren Ellis, Dirty Three
Totally heartbreaking news. I retrieve proceeding her vocals travel done the headphones erstwhile we were doing a instrumentality of Down By the River for the In the Fishtank EP. I stopped playing the fiddle. Time stopped. Those moments you’ll ne'er forget. A gentle psyche with the dependable of an angel and specified devotion.
Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney
I archetypal saw Low play successful 1997, connected 26 September, backstage astatine the Capitol Theater successful Olympia, Washington. At midnight, I turned 23, close arsenic they were playing my favourite opus of theirs astatine the time, Venus, a seven-inch azygous I’d listened to connected repetition for days connected end. My person turned to maine and mouthed, “Happy birthday.” It remains 1 of my favourite birthdays ever, and proceeding Low play is 1 of the champion gifts I’ve ever received, due to the fact that similar emotion it is simply a acquisition that has ne'er near me. Earlier this year, Corin [Tucker] and I stood side-stage astatine a festival successful Minneapolis and watched Low perform, playing songs disconnected their astir caller album, which is among their best. We stood successful awe of Mimi’s dependable and her drumming, and the brushed powerfulness of her presence. Afterwards, we caught up with her and Alan, laughing astir the years successful euphony we’ve each enactment in; we talked astir ageing, parenthood, and of course, effects pedals. You know, each the important stuff. We are grateful for each enactment Mimi sang and played, notes that changed our lives, and we’re thankful for Low’s music, which volition eternally beryllium singular, stunning , staggering. Republished with support from Sleater-Kinney’s Instagram.
Geoff Barrow, Portishead and Beak>
I americium heartbroken by the quality of Mimi Parker’s passing. Her dependable with Alan’s often moved maine dissimilar immoderate different band. Their euphony unneurotic transcended each the bullshit successful the satellite and I volition treasure each clip I saw them play unrecorded oregon said hullo to Mimi astatine a festival.
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