Mira Calix

Mira Calix (born October 28, 1969, Durban, South Africa - died March 25, 2022, Bedford, England) was an electronic musician and sound artist. Born in South Africa, she moved to London (UK) in 1991. She promoted the Telepathic Fish parties and was a publicist at Warp Records from 1994 to 1997. She has several releases on Warp and was part of the collaboration artist 664341. She also made music for installations, created sound sculptures, and collaborated with opera and theatre companies, including Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was married to Sean Booth from the late 1990s until her death but the couple had separated in the mid-2000s.
She moved in together with visual artist Andy Holden's semi-detached home in Bedford on the first day of the lockdown in March 2020. The 52-year-old was found dead there on March 25th, 2022.