New ‘Morgana’ Video and News from Monika Kruse

New ‘Morgana’ Video and News from Monika Kruse

11 August, 2008 | 6.39AM

• Written by: Amanda Connon-Unda
• Filed under: Music News: erman erim, gregor tresher, monika kruse, terminal m

Monika Kruse remembers a time when she was just starting her DJ career in the early ‘90s nearly two decades ago.

She was in Munich and had the ingenuity and drive to start her own party on a tram on the street.

She has had so much drive during her years in the business that she has successfully navigated the way to start her own label, produce music, and she continues to DJ quite a lot around her home of Berlin and elsewhere.

In a café near her office in Prenzleurberg, the most family oriented area of central Berlin, Monika and I had a coffee and chatted.

Monika explained what the scene was like in Munich during the early years of her DJ career.

“In the early ‘90s there was no real techno scene.

“There were several parties but after a while people founded a new techno club and I became a resident DJ there, spinning at one of the first clubs in Munich.

“I also did parties in a tram going through Munich.

“I rented the tram and a sound system and smoke machine.”

Although money was never made, Monika’s tram events became legendary and lent themselves to some good memories.

Monika confided, “I had this idea because I knew in Munich you could rent your own tram.

“Most of the time trams were rented and I saw old people sitting and eating their pretzels and drinking beer, listening to traditional Bavarian music, having an old fashioned party.

“So I thought ‘Hey, let’s give it a different aspect and do something for young people and make it really crazy’.

“Once we were stopped by the police because they thought there was a fire inside, but it was only our smoke machine.

“It was always a lot of work – but people loved it.

“When I moved to Berlin I heard that people were still making parties on a tram with techno music, so I think I started something.”

Today, Monika Kruse continues to work on various projects in addition to her productions and label work.

She started another event series called No Historical Backspin, which to date has raised 60,000 Euros.

When I asked Monika whether she thinks she may have inspired other artists to do work like this to raise awareness for a cause she says,

“No. I think a lot of artists are really in their own world.

“It’s a lot of work to make something like this, and a lot of DJs are not interested in doing something besides DJing or producing music.”

Inspired by hearing about hate crimes, Monika’s idea to raise awareness around racism to get the message out that hate crime is not acceptable all over the world, No Historial Backspin will be making an appearance once again.

Monika says, “We are planning another two parties at the end of the year in Germany.

“We are still asking DJs/producers and live acts to see who is free, and who will want to spin for free.

“It’s hard work because we have to get really popular DJs to sign on with us.

“But the big names are always busy or in the studio, or on tour, and some people don’t want to do a statement against racism, which is sad.

“So we are still working on getting DJs together now”.

Currently, Monika’s latest album, ‘Changes of Perception Part 2’ is out, and with that full-length, her latest video for the track Morgana has also been released.

Her new video has animation that was made by Adam Comiskey (director) and his company Pew36 in the UK.

The imagery is similarly tribal as the track Morgana is.

Morgana

Coming up next for the busy Monika Kruse, her ‘Part 3’ of ‘Changes of Perception’ is slated for release in August.

Stay tuned for more as this techno veteran of more than 17 years works with various artists such as Gregor Tresher and Erman Erim on her Terminal M label this year. 

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