{{Short description|Musical group}} {{Refimprove|date=June 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = The Mummers | image = | background = group_or_band | origin = Brighton, England | genre = Electronica <br/> Alternative <br/> pop <br/> Baroque pop | years_active = 2006–present | label = Big Bass Drum | current_members = Raissa Khan-Panni <br/>Paul Sandrone<br/>Tessa Gilles <br/> Maddie Rix <br/> Lindsey Oliver <br/> Loz Thomas <br/> Rob Heasman <br/> Laura Ritchie | past_members = Mark Horwood (deceased) }}
'''The Mummers''' are a band based in the English coastal city of Brighton, centred on London-born singer/songwriter Raissa Khan-Panni, composer Mark Horwood (before taking his own life in September 2009), producer/writer Paul Sandrone and co-producer/manager Alastair Cunningham.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-09-04|title=The Mummers – review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/21/the-mummers-review|date=21 April 2011|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-09-04|title=No 354: The Mummers|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/22/band.of.the.day.mummers|date=22 July 2008|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
==Biography== Raissa Khan-Panni, once better known as Raissa, is a singer whose origins include English, Chinese, Indian, and Mexican. She was raised in the South London district of West Norwood, and as a child studied classical music, learning the piano and then oboe. She spent her school-days busking in Leicester Square and later all over Europe, before returning to study music in Bristol. In 2000 she enjoyed critical acclaim across the media spectrum, most notably with the album ''Believer'' released by Polydor Records and the single "How Long Do I Get" which was played extensively on UK radio stations.{{cn|date=November 2014}}
Despite the acclaim, by 2001 the solo projects were winding down and Khan-Panni returned to work, waitressing full-time in a Brixton restaurant. She describes this period as "a time of having nothing again" when, after several years of excitement, she returned to the mundane and the ordinary. However, she was still writing lyrics which began by documenting this period of her life but soon spun out to a fantasy world as her mind wandered while working.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/20/popandrock-mummers|title=Maddy Costa meets Raissa Khan-Panni from the Mummers|date=19 October 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref>
In September 2009, Mark Horwood committed suicide. The band states they intend to 'honour his spirit completely'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/20/mummers-mink-hollow-road|title=The Mummers: 'We're honouring his spirit completely'|last=Paul Lester|year=2012|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=10 November 2014}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Tale to Tell'' (2009) – Big Bass Drum<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-09-04|title=Pop review: The Mummers, Tale to Tell|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/05/the-mummers-tale-to-tell|date=4 June 2009|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
===Extended plays=== * ''Mink Hollow Road'' (2011) – Big Bass Drum
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20220713092519/http://www.themummers.co.uk/ Official Website (archive from 2022 - site no longer exists)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090416130947/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/77891662-21fd-4e73-afde-99f3c6a03b8a The Mummers at BBC Music]
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