Live at K44 Berlin (2005)

by Mona Mur

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1.	Surabaya Johnny (Live at K44, Berlin, 2005) 07:12	buy track
2.	Snake (Live at K44, Berlin, 2005) 05:12	buy track
3.	Die Ballade vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen (Live at K44, Berlin, 2005) 02:25	buy track
4.	Mon Amour (Live at K44, Berlin, 2005) 04:47	buy track
5.	Der Song von Mandelay (Live at K44, Berlin, 2005) 03:35	buy track

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MONA MUR: Live at K44 Berlin (2005)
After the band broke up in 1986, the Mona Mur Band only re-united once for a show during the presentation of Toni Schifer's multimedia retrospective at K44 club in Berlin on February 8, 2005.

BIOGRAPHY 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. This album was recorded live at K44 in Berlin in 2005. “Her dark, dramatic voice lets our blood flow backwards.” (Bewegungsmelder ZÜRICH)

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released December 2, 2022

Mona Mur: Vocals
Nikko Weidemann: Organ
Thomas Stern: Bass
Yoyo Röhm: Guitar
Jochen Arbeit: Guitar
Kersten Ginsberg: Drums

Photography by Oliver Schütz
Cover art by Lucía Palacios
Mastering by Moritz Illner

Three albums by Mona Mur (The Original Band) out on December 2, 2022:
playloudproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-original-band-1984-86
playloudproductions.bandcamp.com/album/at-ndr-studio-hamburg-1985
playloudproductions.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-k44-berlin-2005

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Mona Mur Berlin, Germany

Mona Mur is a vocalist of her own class, songwriter, music producer and 80s survivor. Together with Alexander Hacke, FM Einheit, Mark Chung (all of Einstürzende Neubauten) and organ virtuoso Nikko Weidemann responsible for underground hits such as Snake, 120 Tage or Eintagsfliegen.
She first graced the music scene with the 12” Jeszcze Polska.
Mona Mur is also a composer and sound designer. ... more

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