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 "Mimi Schell....one of the most gifted composers and singers Hamburg has to offer. An evening with her music will take you up and down through all the emotions your heart can bear. "

- Anri Coza, South African Songwriter

About me

Hi there and thank you for visiting my page! I'm a singer/songwriter and multi-creative from Hamburg, Germany. My sound is a dreamy, yet powerful melange of indie-driven pop, country and soul with touches of electronica. Next to singing and creating music, my quest is to develop/create/design interesting visual and haptical art to accompany my music. By doing so, I wish to give listeners an incentive to purchase physical products made with much dedication and love, that invite to a deeper level of musical enjoyment in the time and age of streaming. For example, I released my 2019 album HELIODOR's deluxe edition in the shape of a scroll filled with breathtaking illustrations for all songs and lyrics on a total length of 10 meters of content when completely unfolded... or better said, unrolled ! You can find it my shop. Please watch my EPK video to get an idea about this fascinating little thing! <3

New music is on the way NOW! For my new single "Watching the Sky for Changes" I went another step further and worked myself into the making of animated videos! Learning it all from scratch was a bit tough at first. So it is with pride and even bigger happiness I can announce to you my first animated retro-collage video being released on YouTube on Sept 23rd 2022. Rich colours and exuberantly fanciful scenes await you, illustrating the lyrics and mood of this uplifting and highly romantic song. It is a lover's hymn. A song about connection even when (physically) apart. It was inspired by the hardship of lockdowns during the pandemic.

For even more fun, my new single is available in my shop as a vinyl postcard that you can spin on your turntable at home! Super sweet, retro-style and absolutely unique. It's the perfect gift for any vinyl collector and will come signed and with a personal, handwritten note.

Once more for this new music's recording, production and mix I teamed up again with Ken Stringfellow (R.E.M., The Posies, Big Star), who had also masterfully produced my 2019 album HELIODOR. "Watching the Sky for Changes" is now my first release since then, available on your streaming platform of choice, OR as a vinyl postcard here in my shop.

 

I hope you enjoy!

Love, Mimi

 

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It's a VINYLPOSTCARD! Hooray!! 

April 23rd, 2022 my new single "Watching The Sky For Changes" is pre-released for my loyal fans and followers as a limited special edition to celebrate the international Record Store Day with you!

It's comes in a shape and format you probably haven't seen before....it's a vinyl postcard! In other words, it's a postcard that is made of vinyl that you can spin on your (manual/ non-automatic) turntable and listen to it!

It is exclusively available in my shop on this website and can be shipped worldwide.

I am exited to share it with you and hope you will massively enjoy it! I believe it's a little gem for every vinyl lover's collection.

And for anyone, who doesn't own a turntable at home, I have good news:

1. On the backside of each postcard you will find a unique code that will give you access to a virtual player, so you can listen on your browser (computer/ tablet/ smartphone).

2. In this virtual player you will also find bonus material such as: info, credits, my album HELIODOR, plus special KARAOKE tracks of some of my song classics such as "Do It With Love", "Why So Afraid" and more.

3. The postcard will be personalized and signed by me. I am sure it is a sweet piece of music and art that will happily live with you, wherever you feel like decorating it in your home.

I am hoping to bring you joy with this piece, that much love went into!

Love,

Mimi

WELCOME to HELIODOR 

++Heliodor, derived from the Greek “gift of the sun” – a lemon-yellow gemstone++

Welcome to HELIODOR - a pop/folktronica concept album about love and all its various facets: romantic, dangerous, fragile, rebellious, utopian, twisted, universal and eternal. The love for each other and the love within us. 

In 2014, I boarded a six bunk carriage on a rattling night train with nothing but a backpack and my demo tapes. The destination was Paris. It would be the first of many times that I travelled from my hometown of Hamburg to Paris to meet Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M., Big Star), power pop musician and producer. Ken and I worked on HELIODOR over the course of two years. It was a journey full of highs and lows, as exhilarating as only real life adventures can be. HELIODOR was recorded in the following cities: Paris (FR), Tours (FR), Hamburg (DE), Rotterdam (NL), Medford (MA, USA), Hannover (DE) and Cologne (DE). 

The album title appeared to me in my dreams. This album, which so many people believed in and worked on, now really seems like a manifestation of the sun’s gift to me. It is with gratitude that I think back to the electrifying days and sleep-deprived nights. I would wholeheartedly like to thank all the people who have lent me their creativity, support, inspiration and love to help create my first album the way you are experiencing it now. 

I am excited that you found Heliodor. Or maybe it found you? Let me accompany you on this journey. I hope you will enjoy diving into and exploring it. 

Love knows and conquers all, 

Mimi Schell
Mimi Schell Duo

Mimi Schell Duo

Kunstkate Volksdorf, Eulenkrugstraße 60-64, 22359 Hamburg

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Zurück an den Anfang: Mimi Schell live in der KunstKate Volksdorf Freitag, 13. November 2026 · KunstKate Volksdorf Für die Hamburger Sängerin und Songwriterin Mimi Schell ist dieses Konzert mehr als ein Tourtermin – es ist eine Rückkehr an den Ort, an dem ihre musikalische Geschichte ihren Anfang nahm. 1993 gründete sie, gerade einmal 17 Jahre alt, gemeinsam mit dem Volksdorfer Musiker Matthias Harder das Duo Rain For A Day. Viele gemeinsame Jahre und drei Alben lang komponierten, experimentierten und entwickelten die beiden im Keller seines Elternhauses ihre musikalischen Welten. Eine prägende Zeit, in der sich bereits jene Fantasie im Songwriting zeigte, die Schells Musik bis heute auszeichnet. Nun kehrt sie mit ihrem eigenen Programm nach Volksdorf zurück. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Songs ihrer neuen EP „Le Salon Vert“, die am 6. November 2026 digital erscheint, sowie ausgewählte Stücke aus ihrem Album „HELIODOR“. Gelegentlich ergänzt eine Coverversion das Programm – als musikalische Verbeugung vor Künstler, die sie inspirieren. Mimi Schells Musik bewegt sich zwischen cineastischem Pop, Folk, Americana und Soul. Ihre englischsprachigen Texte erzählen von Liebe, Sehnsucht, Verbundenheit und den widersprüchlichen Facetten des Lebens – getragen von einer Stimme, die mühelos zwischen kraftvoller Präsenz und zarter, beinahe verletzlicher Nähe wechselt. Live entsteht dabei ein intimes Konzerterlebnis, in dem auch zwischen den Songs Raum für Humor, spontane Geschichten und echte Begegnung bleibt. Die neue EP „Le Salon Vert“, erschienen am 6. November 2026, entstand erneut in Zusammenarbeit mit dem US-amerikanischen Produzenten und Musiker Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M.). Die Presse bezeichnet Schells Musik als „Pop der besonderen, ganz exquisiten Sorte“ (Fränkische Zeitung) und zieht Künstlerinnen wie Kate Bush als Referenz heran; HELIODOR wurde als „meisterhaft, zukunftsweisend und eindringlich sentimental“ (Cute & Dangerous Magazine) gewürdigt. An der Gitarre begleitet sie Jürgen Scholz, mit dem sie seit vielen Jahren musikalisch verbunden ist und der sie seit rund zehn Jahren regelmäßig live unterstützt. Mit großer Sensibilität und musikalischem Gespür gelingt es ihm, die komplexen Arrangements und vielschichtigen Klangwelten ihrer Songs auf das Wesentliche zu verdichten, ohne ihnen ihre Tiefe zu nehmen. So entfalten die Stücke auch in der intimen Duobesetzung ihren ganzen Reichtum. In der KunstKate Volksdorf treffen an diesem Abend neue Songs auf vertraute Wurzeln – und eine Künstlerin kehrt mit ihrer heutigen musikalischen Sprache dorthin zurück, wo ihre Liebe zum Songwriting einst ihren Anfang nahm. Mimi Schell – Gesang
Jürgen Scholz – Gitarre Freitag, 13. November 2026 · KunstKate Volksdorf

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