This Beat Is Mirosonic
After an extended musical sojourn, West Australian techno artist/producer Mirosonic, AKA Myroslav Gutej, has announced his return to the electronic dance music world with the release of the compelling Catwalk Parade and dance-floor single, Catwalk Trance. He chats with BOB GORDON about his diverse musical life and his passion for electronic music.
It’s been a long and winding creative road for Mirosonic, who has led a life rich in culture and music. From the beloved traditions of his family background (his father was from Ukraine and mother from Slovenia) and the artistic fabric it brought to his life, to his mother and father encouraging him as a young boy to very seriously undertake study in accordion and piano, practising the latter instrument some 10 hours a day and continuing to do so into his 30s.
I was not a natural, I worked my butt off. I’m no (virtuoso classical pianist) Vladimir Horowitz, but I’m pretty good,” he laughs.
The nature of the man and his creative processes are woven together by a love of music along with a fascination for the future and the infinite possibilities of space. A classically trained pianist and gifted accordionist, Mirosonic for many years composed and performed at venues all around Western Australia; across a wide diversity of genres, from classical to jazz, rock to traditional Ukrainian, European and Gypsy music then back again and beyond. He studied piano at the University of Western Australia and WAAPA, but an academic approach to music was not for him.