Little Background on Lisa's Music
Lisa is a classically trained professional steeped in the post-punk underground since University years. Not just pretty, pretty violin but uniquely original solo pieces and she a powerful guest or collaborator who brings dark, atmospheric punk spirit and bite. Her original work ranges from dark, edgy, textured, dissonant, uniquely rhythmic… to spacious, haunting, meditative and distorted (real instrument soundscape). Driving and atmospheric industrial ambient electronic sound as well as previous spirited, inventive, heavy chordal and lush dark pieces composed for acoustic strings (violin w/cello, bass)– many done in collaboration w/ dancers, filmmakers and theatre artists as well as solo performance set. (These were later released in 2011 on her CD "Nalada" /Ravello Records, w/ support by the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music ).
Lisa took a bit of a hiatus from composing original material, or performing solo or with bands while she had two literary works published ('02 and '07). She returned full-force to her main creative interest in 2015– her original music. This time though, solely on electronic violin and mandolin, and solely of the darker sound she most gravitated to when first becoming versed in post-punk underground artists, and which has always internally steered her sound.
Since 2015, Lisa has worked with artists from Greece, Italy, France, Venezuela, Mexico, Finland, Ireland, Germany and Chile. In '20/'21 composing for bands from three more southern hemisphere countries was added to that list. Her solo and collaborative material has been played on radio podcasts across North America and Europe, and spanning from Argentina to Australia, Alaska to Russia, Iceland to Chile. Her discography is available for streaming and purchase at Bandcamp. com.
Prior to her renewed work of the last couple years, Lisa had numerous collabs w/ musicians going back to the ’90s– tons of studio tracks, including composing & performing w/internationally-acclaimed avant-garde electric harpist Anne LeBaron (after Lisa's work caught her ears) and solo original set and indie performance film music showcased in NYC, Philly, Boston, Toronto & Argentina.
Her formative influences? The Clash, Joy Division, Nick Cave, Swans, Crime & The City Solution, World of Skin, Bauhaus, early Cure… Shostakovich. Current likes and inspirations are colleagues found within the international, modern-day, dark post-punk scene... which include artists spanning from Latin America to Norway, Australia to Barcelona, Berlin, beyond...
As hers is distinctive original work suitable for film, theatre, dance and the like. Lisa is always interested in soundtrack/other commissions (large or small project) and licensing of original music. She holds the rights to all of her original music -- thus pre-cleared, all sync & master controlled.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Contact lisamilesviolin@comcast.net for all inquiries.
