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Friday, December 04, 2009 
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Xmas Uppers & Downers
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To celebrate the release of the hot new Cobra Killer album, Uppers & Downers,
we're offering the chance to get all 3 of their albums for the bargain price of just 37 euros.
The perfect stocking filler if you're still looking for Christmas presents!
Get this top deal while stocks last in monikas webshop.

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Qwartz
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Myra Davies album Cities & Girls featuring production by Gudrun Gut, Beate Bartel and Danielle de Picciotto/Alexander Hacke
has been nominated for the 2010 Qwartz awards in the category of Best Album.
Place your votes from 7th December at http://www.qwartz.org

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Construction Continues
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While mixing coninues on the Baustelle album together with Antye Greie
Gudrun Gut is visiting artist at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart from 14th-18th Dec


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oceanclub auf Hoher See
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The high seas sees a host of oceanclub events in Berlin.

oceanclubs contribution to the Hohe See events at the Roten Salon
at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz started last week with Chica Paulas DJ mix
and will continue with more easy going DJ sets on a maritime theme by Daniel Meteo (4th Dec),
Thomas Fehlmann (11th Dec) and Gudrun Gut (18th Dec)

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how deep is the ocean
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we will be celebrating new year with an oceanclub special @ maria
with a sparkling lineup of resident DJs and special guests



Donnerstag 31.12.09
Doors 22:00

Gudrun Gut (oceanclub / monika) LIVE
Thomas Fehlmann (oceanclub / kompakt) LIVE
Chica Paula (oceanclub / monika) DJ
Strobocop (karaoke kalk / kalk pets) DJ
Move D (source / smallville) DJ


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Twenty Ten
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we're busy planning some exciting release for next year.
 the first will be a new vinyl series
- City Splits -
which will focus on a different city each time.
of course, having just celebrated the 20th anniversary, we're starting with
 #1 in BERLIN
where local talents Golden Disko Ship and Jasmina Machina will be featured!

another exciting release that's on the cards for 2010 is the new solo album by Georgian
artist Tusia Beridze aka TBA
following her contribution to the first Volume of 4 Women No Cry
we are thrilled that TBA has chosen to release her breathtaking album ForgetFulness on monika.

so theres loads to look forward to next year! :)

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seasons greetings from monika
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Saturday, October 31, 2009 

Current mood:  peaceful
Warm greetings from the monika farm where we're busy gathering
this years crop, sowing new seeds for the next season
and helping our neighbors...

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The Sound of Lucrecia & Komëit support Masha Qrella
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Wed. 4th November 2009
Start 20:00
Skalitzer Str 130 / U-Bahnhof Kottbusser Tor

After the stunning Cobra Killer release party on tuesday we're looking forward
to another great concert at the festsaal kreuzberg. This time with an
all star line-up of monika acts past and present:

And The Sound of Lucrecia is playing a few more gigs while in Berlin:

20th Nov. 2009 "Congost" release party Stella Club Berlin, GERMANY
24th Nov. 2009 Campfire Session @ Madame Claude Berlin, GERMANY
21st Nov. 2009 no women no art Poznan, POLAND
22nd Nov. 2009 Rondo Sztuki katowice, POLAND

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BM
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Barbara Morgenstern has two collaborative album releases in November.

Following the Pick Up Sticks album on Leaf theres a new record by
Annie Whitehead, Bill Wells, Barbara Morgenstern and Stefan Schneider
This time on Karaoke Kalk, the new one's called Paper Of Pins




September Collective - Stefan Schneider [aka Mapstation], Barbara Morgenstern and Paul Wirkus
also have a new album, again on Mosz - Always Breathing Monster


And Barbara Morgenstern's Choir - Chor der Kulturen der Welt
will perform with Antye Greie aka AGF, part of The Lappetites, for the opening of this years Worldtronics
at HKW on 25th November.

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GUDRUN GUT
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Mixing continues on the "Baustelle" Greie-Gut collaboration.
Meanwhile Gudrun Gut is playing the following solo live dates:

11/11/2009 ITALY Turin (Musica 90)
13/11/2009 BOSNIA Sarajevo (Dom Mladih Skenderija)
14/11/2009 ITALY Bologna (Locomotiv Club)
15/11/2009 ITALY Venice (Teatro Fondamenta Nuove)
28/11/2009 RUSSIA St. Petersburg (Sergey Kuryokhin Modern Art Center)

Booking: mo@media-loca-com

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MEDIA LOCA NIGHT
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TBA aka Tusia Beridze joins the Media Loca showcase

Thurs. 12th November 2009
Start 22:00
clubmaria Berlin
An der Schillingbrücke / Ost Bahnhof

And TBA's startling new album is set for release on monika early next year!

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COBRA KILLER
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Following the release of their hot new album Uppers & Downers
last week, Cobra Killer now hit the road for a Europe tour


06/11/2009 NETHERLANDS Amsterdam (Paradiso)
07/11/2009 BELGIUM Antwerp (De Nachten Festival)
12/11/2009 GERMANY Karlsruhe (Substage)
28/11/2009 SWITZERLAND Bern (Dampfzentrale)
05/12/2009 ITALY Bologna (Link Club)

More dates TBA. For booking enquiries please contact:

INTERNATIONAL: merrybooking@gmx.de
BENELUX: felix@toutpartout.be

Available to order now in monikas webshop:
Online at: itunes, myx2u, beatport
And or course at all quality record stores!

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happy harvest time... :)
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 

Current mood:up
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Uppers & Downers
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The hot new Cobra Killer album Uppers & Downers is out this friday, 23rd October.
Featuring special appearances by Thurston Moore, J. Mascis and Jon Spencer,
the amazingly rapid and effektiv hit-record is available on CD or Ltd. LP


 

Available to order now in monikas webshop:
http://www.m-enterprise.de/shop
Online at:
itunes, myx2u, beatport

And or course at all quality record stores.

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Tues. 27th October 2009
Start 21:00
Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin
Skalitzer Str 130 / U-Bahnhof Kottbusser Tor

COBRA KILLER LIVE!!!
Uppers & Downers Record Release Party
http://www.myspace.com/cobrakiller1

+ Support from:
The toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum
& The Smokin..44s

DJs: Dälek
Marc Brandenburg

 

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Tourdates
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And the tour continues as follows:

06/11/2009 NETHERLANDS Amsterdam (Paradiso)
07/11/2009 BELGIUM Antwerp (De Nachten Festival)
12/11/2009 GERMANY Karlsruhe (Substage)
28/11/2009 SWITZERLAND Bern (Dampfzentrale)
05/12/2009 ITALY Bologna (Link Club)

More dates TBA. For booking enquiries please contact:

INTERNATIONAL: merrybooking@gmx.de
BENELUX: felix@toutpartout.be

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Hey o, it..s gonna be hot!
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Friday, September 18, 2009 

Current mood:  inspired
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Dinosaur Killer
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Just over a month before the release of the new hit album
Cobra Killer - Uppers & Downers (Oct 23rd)
they're playing as support for Dinosaur Jr. - and not without reason:
Legendary guitarist J. Mascis plays as guest musician on 2 songs on the new Album!
Dinosaur Jr. once again in their original line-up: J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph - who also guests on Uppers & Downers.

Mo. 21.09.2009
Berlin, support for Dinosaur Jr.
Astra Kulturhaus, Revaler Str. 99
Doors 20:00H Start 21:00H
After that they're off on tour. More dates TBC.
and... don't miss: Record Release Party at Festsaal Kreuzberg on 27.10.09!
look forward to UPPERS + DOWNERS.....

COBRA KILLER ON THE ROAD
21/09/2009 Germany Berlin (Astra)
10/10/2009 Denmark Odense (Phonofestival)
15/10/2009 UK London (Lexington)
27/10/2009 Germany Berlin (Festsaal Kreuzberg)
06/11/2009 Netherlands Amsterdam (Paradiso)
07/11/2009 Belgium Antwerp (De Nachten Festival)
05/12/2009 Italy Bologna (Link Club)
20/03/2010 Germany berlin (Maria am Ostbahnhof)

ps: next week Gina D'Orio is performing with:
400asa Sektion Nord
Der Sumpf. Europa Stunde Null
at Sophiensälen www.sophiensaele.com

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Good News
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Antye Greie and Gudrun Gut worked more on their BAUSTELLE in Finland... stay tuned for more

Next week Gudrun Gut and Thomas Fehlmann are off to Graz for an
ocean-club-radio-headphones-special - on the topic of Reason
for the opening party of Steirischen Herbst

24.09.2009 AT-Graz

and while we're in Austria...
Michaela Melian is participating in the SEE THIS SOUND exhibition:
28.8.2009 - 10.1.2010
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz

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Morgenstern Jr.
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And last but not least
It's time for monika enteprise - the next generation
A new star is born - welcome to the world:
Masha Morgenstern !!
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happy autumn from monika
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 

Current mood:  cultured


Check out this great late summer special offer: all monika 12"s are down to the bargain price of just 5 €. A gift to all you DJs out there! Get it while you can - the offer is for a limited period only. http://www.m-enterprise.de/shop
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 

Current mood:  chipper
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Cobra Killer
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We are delighted to announce that the new Cobra Killer album, entitled "Uppers & Downers" (monika66), will be released on September 25th (US 29th). Stand by for more info and full tour dates. In the mean time Cobra Killer have a gig next week, in Mexico:

26/06/2009 Mexico - Mexico City (Pasaguero - Knock Out Fest)
http://www.pasaguero.com

Booking: http://www.myspace.com/merrybooking
More info: http://www.myspace.com/cobrakiller1

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Gudrun Gut
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Under the title "Berlin Heute" (Berlin Today) Gudrun Gut & Thomas Fehlmann
will play a special concert together at Cite de la Musique in Paris. Having worked
together on oceanclub for years, this performance will see the 2 premier a new live show.

 

Saturday 27th June 2009 / 22:00
221, avenue Jean-Jaurès - 75019 Paris

Then its up to Scandanavia for a couple festivals in August. The Strøm Festival in Copenhagen
will also see a live debut: of Gudrun's collabortation with AGF. Following their BBC
session, "Baustelle", they are now also collaborating on a full album.

27/06/2009 France - Paris, cite de la musique
http://www.cite-musique.fr/

14/08/2009 Denmark - Copenhagen Strøm Festival
http://www.stromcph.dk

15/08/2009 Finland - Helsinki flow festival
http://www.flowfestival.com

Booking: Mo @ http://www.media-loca.com/

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Happy summer from monika!
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 

Current mood:  vital


Gudrun Gut's photo diary of her Australia / New Zealand China tour is now on intro online at:  http://www.intro.de/fotostrecke/593
Following her Australasian tour its off to Italy next week and then the USA in April where she's playing the Communikey festival.



Also check out this great Barbara Morgenstern interview at Freshmilk. There are still a few dates to go on the BM Germany Tour 2009:



Thursday, March 19, 2009 

Current mood:  eccentric

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Gudrun Gut's collaboration with AGF "Baustelle" (construction site) will finally be broadcast on march 19th on BBC3's Late Junction at about 23:56 GMT. Tune in to hear the world premiere of these exclusive tracks.
www.bbc.co.uk



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Gudrun Gut
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Gudrun Gut's tour of OZ, New Zealand and China culminated in a great show at Goethe Institut in Beijing on march 8th - world womens day!
Tour diary coming soon at www.intro.de. No sooner is she back from Australasia than it's off to Italy and finally her first live solo appearances
in the USA - where she's been invited to play at the opening of Communikey Festival, Boulder and take part in the Visiting Artist programme at the University of Colorado.

26/03/2009 spazio211 Turin - IT
27/03/2009 Kalinka Club, Carpi (Modena) - IT
17/03/2009 Communikey Festival, Boulder, Colorado - USA
20-23/04/2009 University of Colorado, Visiting Artist - USA
24/04/2009 mezzanine, San Francisco, California - USA
26/04/2009 holocene, Portland, Oregon - USA
08/05/2009 MADE-festival, Umea - SE

Booking: Mo @ www.gostimirovic.com   



And Gudrun Gut's new EP, Apples, Pears & Deer In Poland, is out NOW.
This digital release includes the exclusive Thomas Fehlmann Deer mix of Monika In Polen. Plus two other brand new Gudrun Gut recordings. Get it at iTunes, Beatport, myx2u etc.

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Cobra Killer
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The new album nears completion and will be released in the summer. Stay tuned! Having recently caused a storm at the Goethe Institut in Marrokesh Cobra Killer will next go on to rock the house as only they can in Belgium, Poland, Austria and France:

02/05/2009 Recyclart, Brussels - BE
09/05/2009 Saturator Club, Warsaw - PO
16/05/2009 Schloss Ebelsberg, Linz - AT
06/05/2009 Autrement Festival, St.Etienne - FR

Booking: myspace.com/merrybooking

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Barbara Morgenstern
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Barbara is currently working on a remix of the Pram song Mother of Pearl which is due out in summer. Her track Morbus Basedow taken from the current album, BM, is included on the April issue of The Wire Tapper CD.
And there still a few dates left on her big BM Germany Tour 2009 - catch her show while you can:

25/03/2009 Nürnberg (MUZ)
26/03/2009 Leipzig (UT Connewitz)
27/03/2009 Potsdam (Waschhaus)
28/03/2009 Jena (Kassablanca)



Booking: www.edwinzucker.com

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4 Women No Cry
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Check out these 2 fantastic covers by Iris Aneas
http://www.irisaneas.com/spanish/videos2.html

And dont 4get to add 4 Women No Cry as a friend:
http://www.myspace.com/4womennocry

Monday, March 09, 2009 

Current mood:  awake
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                         Come To Berlin
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The great BM Germany tour 2009 comes home to Berlin:

Tues 10. März 2009 21:00

Barbara Morgenstern Live
SUPPORT: Lay Low

Admiralspalast
www.admiralspalast.de
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 101 - 10117 BERLIN
AM BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRASSE

www.myspace.com/barbaramorgenstern
www.barbaramorgenstern.de/



And the tour continues until the end of March:

25/03/2009 Nürnberg (MUZ) www.musikzentrale.com
26/03/2009 Leipzig (UT Connewitz) www.utconnewitz.de
27/03/2009 Potsdam (Waschhaus) www.waschhaus.de
28/03/2009 Jena (Kassablanca) www.kassablanca.de


Tuesday, February 24, 2009 

Current mood:  eccentric


LA by Michaela Melian has been nominated in the album category of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards.

You can cast your vote online until the 16th March here:

http://www.qwartz.org