Mingo (musician)

Mingo
Mingo
Background information
Origin	Denver, Colorado, United States
Genres	New age, ambient
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Sonarweb Communications
Website	http://www.mingosphere.com

Mingo is an ambient musician and composer based out of Colorado, United States. With a discography of over twenty years, he has explored a vast array of electronic music from EDM to New Age.

Career

Early years

In 1986 while still in his teens, Mingo released his first recordings under the name the Punked out Pansies. Over a four-year period, the Pansies music had minimal electronic beats reminiscent of the band Suicide, with minimal to no vocals. Two songs, Johnny Bad and Eroded Cloudiness received airplay on many college radio stations in the Midwest.

By 1990, Mingo disbanded the Punked out Pansies and teamed up with Joshua Lockey. The new duo recorded and performed experimental electronic music heavily influenced by the Chicago industrial sound.

In 1992 Josh Lockey who was known as a local promoter of music and skateboarding events wanted to organize the first rave party in Iowa. After meeting with promoters in Chicago and being put on the guest list to the rave party Razzmatazz, Mingo and Lockey along with Matt Smaldino soon formed a promotion company. For several years they promoted events throughout the Midwest.

During the mid-1990s, Mingo began creating and performing techno music at rave parties and other events. By the end of the decade Mingo's sound progressed towards the ambient and space sounds being influenced by acts such as the Orb as well as Brian Eno and Steve Roach.

2000-present

In the late 1990s Mingo moved to Denver, Colorado where he currently resides. After recording several self released EP's, he started to record and release commercial ambient CD's. He is a voting member of the Recording Academy, known mainly for the GRAMMY Awards.

Studio albums

Title	Album Details	Peak Chart Position Zone Music Reporter^[1]
Strange Calibration	Released: 1999 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Once And Future World	Released: 2000 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Floating Planet	Released: 2004 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Once And Future World (Re-released)	Released: 2005 Label: Helmet Room Recordings	28
This Side Of The Night	Released: 2006 Label: Sonarweb Communications	42
Astrofield Grave	Released: 2007 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
Guide to Invisibility	Released:2009 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
Formidonis Tentatio	Released: 2010 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
Narcosys	Released: 2010 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Light That Bends	Released: 2011 Label: Sonarweb Communications	46
Kailasa	Released: 2012 Label: Sonarweb Communications	28
Sky Over Sea	Released: 2013 Label: Sonarweb Communications	25
Don't Stop This Night	Released: 2014 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Blue Star	Released: 2015 Label: Sonarweb Communications	26
Broken World	Released: 2016 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
House Mixtape #1	Released: 2016 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
Zen Ultra Calm	Released: 2016 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_
The Shaman	Released: 2016 Label: Sonarweb Communications	_

Awards and Recognitions

Kailasa - Best Electronic Albums – 2012 - New Age Music World^[2]
Kailasa - Best Ambient Album of the Year - 2012 - Ambient Music Charts
The Blue Star - Best Ambient Album of the Year - 2015 - Ambient Music Charts^[3]

References

External links

Official website

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