Monophonic life

The Trip-Hop duo Mono was founded in London on 1996 by singer Siobhan De Mare and producer Martin Virgo, influenced by cool jazz, 1960s pop music and classic movie soundtrack. Prior to this, Martin Virgo was a member of Nellee Hooper's studio, and had passed Massive Attack and bjork's other debut novel Unfinished Compassion. 1In the middle of 996, Virgo and Demarais released the album Life in the Month, and signed a contract with Mercury at the end of the year. After that, they published their first album "Formica Blues", and then Mono participated in the production of the soundtrack of an American film "Great Expectations", which was well received. Six months after its release in the UK, Formica Blues was released in the US on February 1998.

Member introduction

Martin grew up in brinton and started working. At the age of 20, he moved to London to pursue his music career. After living the life of a wandering musician, I soon entered the studio. He thinks he is a frustrated rock musician. After a while, he was finally recruited by Nellee Hooper as a member of the production team, and made a remix of the signature track "Unfinished Compassion" of Massive Attack and bjork's first album as a professional soloist. After participating in the orchestration of Sarah Nelson's personal works, she resigned and founded MONO.

The road from siobhan to Mono is not much different. His grandmother is a Cuban dancer and his father is a drummer in a shadow band. Teenagers' life in siobhan is influenced by many soul music, rhythm and blues and hip hop music. Finally, he became a chorus singer in the studio. He has collaborated with many artists on many misunderstandings and R&B songs (including with American gravel rapper Sheryl). His early singing experience not only made him experience cruel competition for survival, but also gained rare professional experience.