Maria Minerva (Not Not Fun) + Angkorwat, Upstairs @ Whelans Nov 9th

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Maria Minerva + Angkorwat
Weds November 9th
Upstairs [at] Whelans
€8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSQ7OnJMlA

Considering her biography, it's surprising that no one saw it coming. Maria Juur, or the artist known as Maria Minerva, was born in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn a few years before the country achieved independence from the USSR. The daughter of an Estonian music critic, she gravitated to the more theoretical side of the arts, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from Tallinn University. Like many a member of the post-communist generation, Maria eventually grew restless in her hometown. A year ago, she moved to London to pursue a Master's in Aural & Visual Cultures at the city’s prestigious Goldsmiths college.

Maria did not begin making music until fairly recently, but her distinctive and zeitgeist-embracing lo-fi disco-pop quickly piqued the interest of the blogosphere when MP3s like "Disko Bliss" and "California Scheming" started circulating in early 2011. On the heels of a 12" on 100% Silk and her Tallinn At Dawn cassette on Not Not Fun, Maria recently dropped her first proper LP, Cabaret Cixous. Two more Maria Minerva releases are also on the way: a second EP on 100% Silk called Sacred and Profane Love, and a collaborative effort with Amanda Brown's LA Vampires.

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This is happening tomorrow night folks. State.ie interviewed Maria in advance of her Irish debut tomorrow night

http://www.state.ie/35727-features/maria-minerva-%e2%80%9cone-should-not-be-afraid-of-appearing-silly-or-vulnerable-%e2%80%9d