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Format: Vinyl 12", glossy cover, inlays with lyrics, photos and liner notes
Artist: Mona Mur
Release date: August 2021
Original release: 1988 on RCA
Produced by: JJ Burnel
Executive producer: Dieter Meier
Bass, Guitar, Percussion: JJ Burnel (The Stranglers)
Keyboards: Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers)
Engineer: Dave Greenfield, JJ Burnel, Ower Morris
Remastered by: En Esch (KMFDM, Pigface)
New song order. Plus one new version of Venus.
Limited to 500 copies, 100 of them hand-numbered and signed by Mona Mur.

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    Hand-numbered and signed by Mona Mur
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    Includes 4 songs from the Mona Mur & Die Mieter EP
    Jeszcze Polska, 1982

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    • 01 Ritz

      4:36

    • 02 Mezcal

      3:42

    • 03 Bastard

      4:15

    • 04 Jealous

      3:33

    • 05 Surabaya Johnny

      7:03

    • 06 Venus

      3:25

    • 07 My man

      4:04

    • 08 Snake

      4:05

    • 09 Auf immer

      3:31

    • 10 007

      3:14

    • 11 Venus 2020 (bonus track)

      3:29




MONA MUR

MONA MUR, vocalist of her own class, songwriter, music producer, 80s survivor. Together with Alexander Hacke, FM Einheit, Mark Chung (all of "Einstürzende Neubauten") and organ virtuoso Nikko Weidemann ("Moka Efti Orchestra") responsible for underground hits such as “Snake”, “120 Tage“ or “Eintagsfliegen”.

She first graced the music scene with the 12” “Jeszcze Polska” (SUPERMAX 1982) which immediately claimed London’s NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS’ “Single of the Week” slot: “Her weapons are a passionately bloody voice and a gift for multiligual puns she applies to acerbic commentaries.”

At the time Mur lived a wild life in Hamburg, Paris and Berlin which shaped her unique and uncompromising musical persona. A violent sound of darkest shades and concerts in manic intensity and morbid slowbeat-chic were foundation stones for her cult image until today.

Mona Mur is also a composer and sound designer, her music and soundcapes are to be found in movies like "Gegen die Wand" and video games such as "Kane & Lynch2: Dog Days".

In summer 1987 Mona Mur met legendary "Stranglers" musicians JJ Burnel and Dave Greenfield on their compound in beautiful and enchanted East-Anglia to create her first full album "MONA MUR". The synth pop pearl with Dave Greenfield's signature and unique keyboard arpeggios and Burnel's brutal and elegant bass lines strongly influencing the production sound was released 1988 by RCA and was celebrated by filmmakers Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch in their movie "Die Jungfrauenmaschine" - which contains a MM live performance of the song "Ritz". The official "Ritz" video was shot by Eduard Oleschak in Vienna on Heldenplatz and Hofburg and in Palais Saurau in the city of Graz, Austria. The album also features a special re-recording of "Surabaya Johnny" using tracks by FM Einheit, Alex Hacke, Nikko Weidemann, Thomas Stern and Siewert Johannsen (the 2nd Mona Mur Band line up) with additional drum tracks by Dave Larcombe ("The Bible").

The 2021 re-issue is remastered by EN ESCH (KMFDM, Pigface), comes in a new running order with a special version of "Jealous" and a bonus track, "Venus 2020", featured as credits's song of the upcoming Monika Treut movie "Genderation" (2021).


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:
The Original Band 1984-86 (2022) (LP)
Delinquent (2019) (CD)
Those Days Are Over (2018) (CD)
120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence (2009) (CD)
Do With Me What You Want (2011) (CD)
Snake (2023) (CD)

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