PERMANENT
ARTIST BIO
Permanent is the solo electronic project of Mimi Luse, currently based out of Richmond, Virginia. Since its inception in 2020, Luse has worked through a constantly unfolding exploration of genre techniques; from the wave electronics-influenced pieces of her debut cassette Social Disease, to the energetic industrial basement techno of 2022’s vinyl EP Hunger or Nausea (Modern Tapes), which was marked by overdriven, rhythmically complex compositions, complete with a final track based around a sample made from a melted Janet Jackson record.
In 2022 she also released Museum AO (Hot Releases) which saw her exploring brutal minimalism by processing heavy beat explorations through a single multi-effects pedal setting, with direct and powerful results.
The throughline between these different approaches has been the combination of hardware and creative manipulation of found sound, lending a compelling quality to her productions. Unreleased tracks attesting to the breadth of her sound, from pop to noise, can be heard on a variety of benefit compilations found online, including Women Invented Noise Vol. II , released by the UK label Industrial Coast.
photo by Kimberly CRaven 2023
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
8/31 secret l’osb-cation
8/9 collision beach
PAST PERFORMANCES
2024
5/31 with nail club (New Orleans), VV, AND SPROUT at OSB
6/5 WITH NESTOR (PHIL), MISTY XELIBRI (NYC) and THEE HUNTINGDOG
5/9 the warehouse, rva
03/21 OSB, RVA
03/16 The Warehouse, RVA
2023
12/9 benefit for gaza black lace, providence, ri
11/12- RUMAH, Raleigh, NC
10/27- warehouse, RVA
10/8- Fuzzy cactus, RVA
9/25- OSB, RVA
8/24- osb, RVA
8/22- the wharf, RVA
8/12 - discovery zone, RVA
8/4 - the pinhook, durham, nc
6/10- rise from your graham, nc
4/8- durham county library presents: red planet
3/4- Duke coffee House, durham, nc
1/17 - secret location in brooklyn, ny
1/16 - 1911, providence, ri
1/15 - baltimore ave, philadelphia, pa
1/14- collision, pittsburgh, pa
1/12- osb, RVA
2022
12/21- unnamed at the fruit, durham, nc
12/8- motorco, durham, nc
12/9- permission at the fruit, durham, nC
11/19- Lump gallery, raleigh, nc
11/13- biped dance, shadow box studios , durham nc
1o/22 all day records anniversary party, carrboro, nc
1o/9 -Shadow box studios, Durham, nc
10/7 THE PINHOOK, durham, nc
8/8 rubie's at five points, durham, nc
8/3 Cathedral, cedar village, nc
7/9 the grey space in the middle, den hague, nl
7/8 le zorba, paris, france
7/7 the lubberfiend, newcastle, england
7/6 the auxiliary, middlesbrough, england
7/5 nan moor's, todmorden, england
6/17 savage weekend, nightlight, chapel hill, nc
4/22 cat's cradle, chapel hill, nc
4/15 VOLUME at Nightlight, chapel hill, nc
3/11 wknc double barrel benefit, pour house, raleigh
2/17 the living gallery, brooklyn, ny
2021
12/9 ruby deluxe, raleigh, nc
11/16 the nightlight, chapel hill, nc
10/16 Manifest festival, the nightlight, chapel hill
10/8 hot releases 13th anniversary party
9/24 Duke coffee house
9/ 30 The Little farm, Rougemont, nc
2020
10/25 outside at THE LAVENDER DUNGEON, Durham, NC
photo by josh d. flynn
VIDEO BY MAD BANKSON
DISCOGRAPHY:
Photo by MAD Bankson
photo by josh d. flynn
photo by brett villena
PRESS
interview, nails on a chalkboard, WVCW RAdio April 2024
INTERVIEW, PENG 33! #4, released January 2024
Interview, WXYC zine #2, Fall 2023
Matty Mcpherson, review: museum ao, tabs out blog, january 31, 2023
jj Skolnik, "Seven Essential releases" bandcamp daily, january 20, 2023
Brian j howe, "Mimi Luse Takes an Exhilarating Turn to Industrial Techno as Permanent," Indyweek, december 7, 2022
Will Atkinson, "Permanent’s ‘Social Disease’ Is a Celebration of Early Experiments in Underground Music," Indyweek, August 3, 2021.
November 19, 2022, Lump gallery:
Interactive electronic music workshop november 19 2022 with chainletter
FROM ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORKSHOP AT LUMP GALLERY, NOVEMBER 19, 2022.
APRIL 8 2023, Durham county library:
"red planet: martian dreams from beyond the iron curtain" with eliza rose, phd
permanent in raleigh, dec 2023, photos by gab timbrook
