Mona Mur
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Mona Mur, german vocalist, singer/songwriter, composer and sound designer, born 1960 in Hamburg as Sabine Bredy to a polish-rooted family. As "Mona Mur und die Mieter (The Tenants)" Mur and FM Einheit, Alex Hacke, Mark Chung (all "Einstürzende Neubauten") and Gode B. ("Front") recorded the 12" "Jeszcze Polska" in 1982. The Single got much national and international attention ("Single of the Week" London's NME, airplay by John Peel etc) but the group disbanded shortly after the release. Another Mona Mur Incarnation lasted from 1984 until 1986 in Berlin, this time with FM Einheit, Alex Hacke, Nikko Weidemann("Mad Romeo", "Nikko and the Passion Fruit", "1. Futorologischer Kongress", Thomas Stern ("Crime and the City Solution", Sievert Johannsen ("Stricher") playing concerts and recording tracks in Raymond Watts'("PIG") "Building Site Studio" in Hamburg, but no official release followed at the time. Mur embarked on a solo carrer. In 1986 Dieter Meier ("Yello") became her producer. Together they hired JJ Burnel and David Greenfield ("The Stranglers") for the Album "Mona Mur" (RCA 1988). A second album, "Warsaw" , recorded in Warsaw 1990 with polish musician/producer Grezorz Chiechowski ("Republica") was unreleased at the time. Nowadays Mur is composing music and sound design for computer games ("BALLANCE", ATARI 2004, "SABOTAGE", dtp 2007)). She also is back to singing and performing with her partner St.Claire as well as other collegues like PIG Raymond Watts and London-based electro artist Jerico One. Three of her tracks are to be found in the soundtrack of Fatih Akin's Movie "Head On /Gegen die Wand" (Golden Bear 2004)
