Mira (world music ensemble)

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Mira was a trans-cultural musical collaboration initiated by Martin Gordon^[1] and Peter Culshaw in 1995. Martin Gordon is well-known through his pop pedigree and his involvement with Sparks, Jet, Radio Stars, John's Children and assorted others. Peter Culshaw is a journalist/musician who worked with the West India Company.^[2] The pair began working together in Bombay in 1991 during a West India Company/Boy George recording.

Mira subsequently took shape initially as a performance art duo (under the names of Kevin Nehru and Doug Leppard) which made well-received appearances in London art galleries. Gordon and Culshaw then developed material for a live stage show ('New Hope for the Dead', choreographed by Joseph Houseal^[3]) that was performed at the Place Theatre, London, and which featured dancers, trapeze artists, martial arts performers and computer graphics. Mira's sole CD New Hope For The Dead,^[4][5] made an appearance in the World Music Chart Europe.^{[citation needed]} The band performed at the 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival and disbanded later the same year.

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