Mona Mur

Mona Mur (born 1960 in Hamburg, Germany) first entered the music scene in 1982, collaborating with members of Einstürzende Neubauten to form "Mona Mur & Die Mieter" (translated "Mona Mur & The Tenants"). The band consisted of Gode B., Mark Chung, FM Einheit, Alexander Von Borsig and Mona Mur. They released one 12", titled "Jeszcze Polska" which immediately became "Single of the Week" in London's NME. After this, Mona Mur & Die Mieter disbanded, and Mur emerged into a solo career. From 1984 to 1986 she played live shows with a backing band consisting of F.M. Einheit, Alexander Von Borsig, Nikkolai Weidemann, Tomas Stern and Siewert Johannsen, with Raymond Watts working as sound engineer. This line up recorded an album in Watts' Hamburg studio which was shelved at the time and did not get released in its entirety until 2022. Mur then went on to collaborate with producer Dieter Meier to work on her 1988 self-titled debut for RCA. A follow-up album, "Warsaw", was recorded in 1990, but went unreleased at the time. After this, Mona decided to take a break from singing, and turned her energy to taekwondo, achieving 3rd dan. She entered the German national team and became international German vice champion twice. In 1996, she become a composer and audio designer for video games and films. She went on to release a 20 year, career-spanning retrospective compilation, entitled "Into Your Eye". Mona Mur is now back to singing and performing live, as well as continuing her composing and sound design work for both film and games, such as "Gegen die Wand" by Fatih Akın or "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days". She is one of thre very few women with international recognition in this field. Since 2007, she collaborates with En Esch (ex-KMFDM) with whom she toured the US, Canada and Europe and released two albums. In 2019, she released another solo album written and produced together with Ralf Goldkind ("Lucilectric", "Fantastische 4"). Other collaborators include poet/writer/photographer Miron Zownir and long time companion F.M. Einheit.