{{Short description|English sound artist and environmental designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | name = Mileece | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Mileece Abson | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1978}} | birth_place = London, England | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = | occupation = {{hlist|Sound artist|environmental designer}} | instrument = | years_active = 2002–present | label = Lo | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse = Nathaniel Petre<ref name="nytimes" /> | partner = | website = }} '''Mileece Abson''' (born 1978), known mononymously as '''Mileece''', is an English sound artist and environmental designer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.treehugger.com/culture/organic-electronic-sounds-from-plants-sonic-artist-mileece.html |title=Sonic artist derives captivating "organic electronic" sounds from plants (Video) |website=TreeHugger |access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> She makes music with plants.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news |title=A Haven for Making Music With Plants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/garden/a-haven-for-making-music-with-plants.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2013-08-28 |access-date=2015-10-16 |issn=0362-4331 |first=Steven |last=Kurutz}}</ref> She is the daughter of music video director Nick Abson.
==Early life== Mileece was born in 1978 in London, UK.<ref name="planet">{{Cite web |url=https://planet.mu/artists/mileece/ |title=Mileece |website=Planet Mu |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> Her father is Nick Abson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://clotmag.com/interviews/mileece-translating-plant-signals-into-immersive-soundscapes |title=MILEECE, how to translate plant signals into immersive soundscapes |website=CLOT Magazine |first=Silvia |last=Iacovcich |date=31 March 2021 |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> She spent her early life in England and California.<ref name="nytimes" />
==Career== Mileece's debut studio album, ''Formations'', was released in 2002 through Lo Recordings.<ref name="allmusic-formations" /> Following that release, she toured with Múm, Mice Parade, and HIM. Her live show consisted of SuperCollider generative compositions with custom made instruments.<ref name="planet" />
Mileece calls her sound art, aesthetic sonification, which is a way of relaying sound data into a representative mode that can be understood by all audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sounding Our Utopia: An Interview With Mileece |url=http://soundstudiesblog.com/2015/05/04/sounding-our-utopia-an-interview-with-mileece/ |website=Sounding Out! |access-date=2015-10-16 |first=Maile |last=Colbert}}</ref>
In September 2015, at Sonos Studio LA, she exhibited a sound environment installation, called ''Sonic Garden'', using plants and the Sonos Smart System. The installation was interactive and the audience were able to touch and interact with the plants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonic Garden |url=http://studio.sonos.com/studios/event/sonic-garden |website=Sonos Studio |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref>
She is featured in the documentary, ''Microfemininewarfare: Exploring Sound in Electronic Music'' (2016), alongside artists such as Mira Calix, Vaccine, Rucyl, and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists - microfemininewarfare |url=http://www.microfemininewarfare.net/artists |website=www.microfemininewarfare.net |access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Formations'' (Lo Recordings, 2002)<ref name="allmusic-formations">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/formations-mw0000703171 |title=Formations - Mileece |website=AllMusic |first=Mark |last=Pytlik |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
===Contributions=== * Ensemble – ''Ensemble'' ("Summerstorm" and "All We Leave Behind", FatCat Records, 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/ensemble-ensemble-2495718688.html |title=Ensemble: Ensemble |website=PopMatters |first=Michael |last=Keefe |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
===Compilation album appearances=== * ''Lo and Behold! Lo Quality Sampler'' ("Lullabye", Lo Recordings, 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lo-and-behold%21-lo-quality-sampler-mw0000355347 |title=Lo and Behold! Lo Quality Sampler - Various Artists |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref> * ''Sacred Symbols of Mu'' ("Tau", Planet Mu, 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sacred-symbols-of-mu-mw0000560398 |title=Sacred Symbols of Mu - Various Artists |website=AllMusic |first=Thom |last=Jurek |access-date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.mileece.is/ }} * {{Discogs artist|Mileece}}
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Category:1978 births Category:British sound artists Category:Living people Category:Designers from London Category:Artists from London Category:Planet Mu artists