Mimi Crie - Traumfrau (2018)

"Sometimes softly melancholic, as in" You stay ", sometimes cheeky and provocative at the" millionaire ": Henrike Kinnemann is Mimi Crie, and she tells her musical stories from everyday life, whether dream woman, bitchy diva, housewife or abandoned lover - the front woman is not only blessed with a great voice, she also shows great acting talent and makes the stage their playground. " (Westphalia sheet)

"Rike Kinnemann writes German-language songs that she herself calls chanson pop." Mimi Crie is not just the name of the band, it's also a fantasy character I invented, a dream girl I might like and Mimi Crie lets me experience all the things I only dream of, "singer Rike Kinnemann explains her musical conception ... Mimi Crie's music class is consistently subordinated to the song concept, and Mimi Crie is on her CD as well their little jazz trio line-up, with only a handful of cello and saxophone in a few select passages (New Westphalian)

"" Mimi Crie "is not only the name of the band, but also describes an overall concept: The four young musicians Rike Kinnemann (vocals), Florian Mohr (piano), Hajo Cirksena (bass) and Jonas Böker (drums) give the fictional female figure Mimi Crie's expression with her lyrics and cheeky tone, just as life sometimes plays, sounds like what they would call a 'chanson pop': sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes quiet and sometimes loud, sometimes conciliatory and sometimes provocative but always in the form of a small, self-contained history that always provides the listener and concertgoers with reason to be excited.

The music comes out unabashedly simply. Here is a piano run, there is a minimal bass motif, a glockenspiel teases the imagination, an accordion causes wanderlust, sometimes the sounds are almost sparingly set. But the musicians turn up refreshing, casual storm a Chansongipfel or gallop jazzy to the end of a song. "(Hxpo. De)

"Charmingly she sings sarcastic songs and honest love songs, accompanied by a motivated band that gives everything from accentuated minimalism to fierce jazz improvisation." (New Osnabrück newspaper)