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Maria Minerva
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Review: Estonian-in-Brooklyn Maria Minerva has built up a reputation for being hard-to-pigeonhole, releasing a string of albums that variously join the dots between skewed pop, coldwave, dreamy downtempo oddities, sci-fi tinged electronica and wonky bass music. There's more of this loose, lo-fi eccentricity on this fourth solo full-length for regular home Not Not Fun. Summarizing it is tricky, though Minerva's woozy, quirky vocals and curious lyrics are a constant. This helps draw together the disparate musical strands. By the end, it almost makes perfect sense - though repeat listens are recommended. It's certainly a special set.
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NNF 294
29 Apr 14
Coldwave/Synth
29 Apr 14
Coldwave/Synth
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: After rising to the surface in a cloying murk of synth pop rendered through sonic anti-matter for the Not Not Fun stable, Maria Minerva has made quite the dent in the world of electronic singer songwriters. This latest EP for 100% Silk sees her production approach taking another step towards the light, shearing away the self-conscious mask of distortion and noise and letting her vocals, her melodies and her simple drum machine beats shine through as though all the dirt of old had been fastidiously scrubbed away. That's not to say it's removed that homespun sparkle that defines Minerva's approach, far from it. The looping alchemy of "Space 4 U" takes on a thoroughly spiritual bent as her vocals come feeding back into the mix, while "Symbol Of My Pleasure (Form Of My Pain)" shuffles with the loose-limbed funk of no wave. It's just that now, her ideas come radiating through the speakers instead of awkwardly mumbling.
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SILK 042
02 Apr 13
Coldwave/Synth
02 Apr 13
Coldwave/Synth
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CHEAP 074
05 Feb 13
Balearic/Downtempo
05 Feb 13
Balearic/Downtempo
La Vampires with Maria Minerva
Review: Amanda Brown's own LA Vampires are among the many stepping up to her Not Not Fun label this month, and on this LP she has enlisted Maria Minerva to add to the sonic melee. It's pleasing to hear Minerva's processed vocals and lo-fi sonics applied to a steadier groove template here, with all the necessary functionality of classic house music intact. There are some all-out thrilling moments such as "End Of The World", and plenty of strung out moments, but it's still remarkable how many different moods get settled on along the way through Brown's unique approach to the album format.
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NNF 275
30 Oct 12
Coldwave/Synth
30 Oct 12
Coldwave/Synth
Review: The Amazonian Estonian songstress makes her triumphant return to Not Not Fun with her third album in 18 months. It's easily the best collection of tracks she's produced in her short but productive career; sharpening up her sound but still remaining resolutely lo-fi. The chopped up eastern strings of opener "The Sound" showcases a new sample based direction, albeit one which melds with her foggy synths, while "I Don't Wanna Be Discovered" sees her advance the house sounds of her 100% Silk output with a genuine alternate reality 90s club hit, and "Sweet Synergy" indulges her hip-hop tendencies with an R&B jam to way only Minerva could do it. Like the equally prolific masters of decayed synths and weirdo lounge-pop Hype Williams, Minerva is only getting better with each release - brilliant stuff.
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NNF 269
28 Aug 12
Experimental/Electronic
28 Aug 12
Experimental/Electronic
Review: It's fair to say that by anyone's standards, Maria Minerva has had a pretty impressive year; with both her fantastic EP on 100% Silk and acclaimed album Cabaret Cixous on sister label Not Not Fun finding admirers across the sonic divides. She caps off 2011 with this six track EP for 100% Silk, which finds her moving her sound forward, and swapping her lo-fi tape aesthetic for something altogether cleaner and dancefloor focused; "A Love So Strong" sees a throbbing Italo bassline holding together her spectral vocals, while "Kyrie Eleison" and "Another Time & Place" both recall jacking proto-Chicago house in a Fingers Inc. vein, filtered through 100% Silk's typical weirdness. "Gloria" meanwhile is a masterful exercise in contained euphoria, with skipping drum machines and gleaming synths which recall the Minimal Wave reissued Linear Movement. The furious pace of "Turn Me On (Working On Full Powwa)" meanwhile recalls early bleep techno with a hypnagogic backdrop. The EP is rounded off with "Luv So Strong", a reprise of the opener which replaces its melodic sensibilities with a shambling 5am raver with skeletal, detuned piano. All in all, an incredible finish to 2011 for one of its finest newcomers.
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SILK 013
15 Nov 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Nov 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
