• 1 Surabaya Johnny

  7:22

• 2 Snake

  6:03

• 3 Eintagsfliegen

  3:55

• 4 Die Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen

  2:43

• 5 Der Song von Mandelay

  3:06

• 6 120 Tage

  4:09

• 7 Mon Amour

  5:06

• 8 My Man

  4:17

MONA MUR: THE ORIGINAL BAND (1984-86)

Mona Mur, born in Hamburg, met FM Einheit, Alexander Hacke and Mark Chung from "Einstürzende Neubauten" and Gode B. from "Front" during the punk explosion. As "Mona Mur & Die Mieter" they released their first 12" single “Jeszcze Polska” in '82, which immediately claimed the "Single of the Week" slot by London's New Musical Express. Mona Mur then lived a wild life in Paris and Berlin. In fall 1984, she formed a new Mona Mur band with FM Einheit and Alexander Hacke, joined by "Flucht nach Vorn" keyboardist Nikko Weidemann (today "Moka Efti Orchestra"), Siewert Johannsen (guitar, "Stricher") and Thomas Stern (bass, "Crime and the City Solution"). This "Mona Mur Band" was recorded and mixed live by Raymond "Nainz" Watts ("Einstürzende Neubauten", "Psychic TV", "KMFDM") at his Building Site studio in Hamburg.

The band played acclaimed concerts in Germany and Europe, as well as festivals, such as the renowned PANDORA's BOX in Rotterdam. Their manically intense live performance in guitar thunderstorms and morbid slowbeat chic and especially their seminal Brecht/Weill interpretations ("Surabaya Johnny", "Der Song von Mandelay", "Die Ballade vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen") are still cult today.

The band broke up in spring of '86, and Mona Mur embarked on a solo career.


The recordings, made in 1984 - 1986, had never been released... until now.


MONA MUR IN CONVERSATION

To celebrate Mona Mur’s outstanding artistic career, play loud! is not only re-releasing some of her records, but also will also be presenting her old videos, photos and unreleased sound recordings as a film. We created a virtual jukebox in a studio setting and invited Mona Mur to watch and discuss with filmmaker DP together watched footage spanning her entire course of her musical career. During the in-depth conversation, Mur gave her personal perspective on her career. Typical of play loud!’s approach, it was an open-ended experiment.

play loud! also offers other CDs by the artist, including two works in collaboration with En Esch and one with photographer and poet Miron Zownir.


- More Mona Mur music on play loud:
Mona Mur: Mona Mur (2021) (LP, CD, DL)
The Fermi Paradox: Soundtrack (2022) (DL)
Delinquent (2019) (CD)
Those Days Are Overn(2018) (CD)
120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence (2009) (CD)
Do With Me What You Want (2011) (CD)