M.I.M.E.O.

(or MIMEO) is an experimental electroacoustic free improvisation group formed in 1997 on the initiative of several independent concert promoters in Europe.

(spread across Europe) placed approximately five minutes of sound anywhere they chose onto a blank sixty-minute CDR.

[1] Pianist John Tilbury joined the group to record the album The Hands of Caravaggio (2001, Erstwhile).

Critic Brian Olewnick describes the album as "A staggering achievement, one is tempted to call The Hands of Caravaggio the first great piano concerto of the 21st century.

"[2] Though some members have been temporarily replaced when unavailable for recording or performing, the group now consists of: