Maria Minerva: “Kyrie Eleison”.

August 12, 2011, 2 comments

I had always feared that moment when early 90s Euro-disco would be cool again, but well, here we are I guess. That certain decade had been very present in the work of Maria Juur aka Maria Minerva from the beginning, but it’s only now that her trashy dancefloor obsession really starts to show. In the interview I’ve done with Maria via Skype last week (and that’s up on Altered Zones now), she told me that what she had intended with her forthcoming Sacred and Profane Love EP actually was to do “in the underground what Lady Gaga had done in mainstream pop music”, namely to produce shamelessly pure sugar-rush music – something I refused to believe until NNF‘s Amanda Brown eventually sent over Kyrie Eleison, the first track off the EP that’s gonna be released on Amanda’s own little sub-label 100% Silk sometime later this year. Now I do believe indeed.

Speaking of, rumor has it that today someone’s gonna premiere (I honestly don’t know who) the next Maria Minerva video for Ruff Trade, the final track from her brilliant current album Cabaret Cixous, so I suggest you watch out for that. Also, the latest 100% Silk releases are absolute dope and highly recommended, be sure to get your hands on those while you can.

Maria Minerva – Kyrie Eleison

By Henning
  • http://www.facebook.com/maria.juur Maria Juur

    yo henning, what i had in mind in relation to gaga was eurodance in particular. like at some point rnb/pop productions got so insanely complex and cutting edge, but gaga just took eurodisco, and i was like wtf at first, how can u break through with simple, shitty sounding, badly compressed music like this…but she did…

    • http://nofearofpop.net Henning

      Thanks for the clarification Maria!