Mira Calix, a musician, popularly known for her electronic music, complex and highly-imaginative songs, has passed away.
According to The Guardian, her record label, Warp Records, confirmed the producer's death. However, they did not disclose the cause of her death and her age.
The label took to social media to pay tribute to the late electronic musician, writing, "Mira was not only a hugely talented artist and composer, she was also a beautiful, caring human who touched the lives of everyone who had the honour of working with her."
They added that the record producer had been a "huge part" of their label, and she made history for being one of the first female artists signed to the company.
Calix has released six albums under Warp from the early 2000s until last year.
The label also noted how proud they were of her creative projects, artworks, music videos, and it was a reflection of how innovative, pioneering, and wonderful her soul was.
"She pushed the boundaries between electronic music, classical music and art in a truly unique way," they added.
Per the outlet, Mira Calix was born in Chantal Passamonte in South Africa but relocated to London in 1991 to pursue a music career.
She first worked under the company as a publicist while promoting club nights and doing DJ sets.
The musician is popularly known for exploring the endless possibilities of electronic music. She had a remarkable broad style of creating songs by combining ambient, noise, neo-classical, and other forms of sound.
She released her first traditional album format in 2000, titled "One on One." Her final album "Absent Origin" was released last year, and critics have praised it as one of her greatest works.
She created music for installations like "My Secret Heart" at the Royal Festival Hall in London throughout her career. "Nothing Is Set In Stone" for the 2012 London Olympics.
Boris Johnson has previously praised Calix, saying she managed to wrest not blood but "music from a stone."
In addition to her works mentioned above, she also has numerous collaborations with theatre plays and operas like the Royal Shakespeare Company and Opera North.
Calix wrote three scores for the productions of Julius Caesar and Coriolanus.
At the time of this writing, none of the musician's family members have spoken about her death.
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