Maria Minerva 'Bless' EP

 

MARIA MINERVA

Photo Credit: Marko Krunic

Maria Minerva (neé Juur) was born in Estonia, studied in London and now calls Brooklyn home. Now set to release Bless, a new EP due April 2nd, 2013 on 100% Silk, the record builds on her aesthetically-minded, intellectually-driven blend of electronic pop and is a further reminder of the sheer enigma and presence of this artist. With a career in music that only begun in 2011, the artist has been featured in New York Times, The Guardian, NME, Uncut, Vice, Pitchfork, Dazed & Confused, Vogue and countless other publications. Gathering descriptions as diverse as "hypnagogic abstractionist" and "dancer synth wizard" (Pitchfork) to "dance-pop made sallow and creepy" (New York Times) and "dub-savvy, gothic electro-pop the likes of which we've never heard," (FACT Magazine,) Maria Minerva has a sound that is quite impossible to define. Having signed with acclaimed Los-Angeles based independent label Not Not Fun in 2011, she has since released an impressive collection of songs, beginning with her debut "Tallinn At Dawn" on cassette, as well as two LPs, Cabaret Cixious (2011) and 2012's Will Happiness Find Me?, and two EPs, 2011's Noble Savage and the following year's Sacred and Profane Love. She has also found time to tour extensively in the US, Europe, Australia and beyond, playing festivals as diverse as Sonar and the Melbourne Writers Festival to MoMA PS1 with Thom Yorke and The Royal Albert Hall in London. With an aesthetic, sound and philosophy informed by her previous work as an art and music critic at The UK's Wire Magazine, as well as a Masters degree in Aural and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Maria is currently working on an upcoming full-length album and mastering the art of comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.  Links / Maria Minerva Official Website Maria Minerva Facebook Maria Minerva YouTube 100% Silk Not Not Fun Records

Bless Tracklisting / 01. Black Magick 02. Space 4 U 03. Symbol Of My Pleasure [Form Of My Pain] 04. Soul Searchin 05. Black Magick (Lady Blacktronika's Garage Trip Mix)  International 2013 Tour Dates / 02.12.13 - Ecurie de L’ilot  - Geneva, CH 02.13.13 - Palace - St. Gallen, CH 02.14.13 - Strasbourg Museums Auditorium - Strasbourg, FR 02.21.13 - Uganda - Jerusalem, ISR 02.22.13 - Levontin7 - Tel Aviv, ISR 02.26.13 - The New Museum (DJ Set) - New York, NY # 03.02.13 - 285 Kent - Brooklyn, NY * 03.14.13-03.17.13 - SXSW - Austin, TX # Annual Fundraiser Art Auction * with Octo Octa, Pharaohs, Magic Touch Previous Press / "Dub-savvy, gothic electro-pop the likes of which we've never heard…The music of Minerva is, yes, very self-aware, very meta, but it's also beautifully rafted, and works sincerely in its own right - it really is catch as hell, and you can actually dance to it." FACT Magazine "Hazy, anachronistic electro beats….roughed-up, feel-good sound from a generation ago, dance-pop made sallow and creepy, its tempos intact but its sheen wiped off." New York Times "Murky disco, full of reverb and delay, disco from a distant decade, decayed, dismayed, frayed" Guardian "Seductive, shimmering and downright great…a pretty glorious take on h-pop, without getting too retroistic about it…anti-sleaze while reminding sultry, flirty yet with a message that teeters on the edge" NME  "Dancer synth wizard...bedroom-disco chanteuse" Pitchfork