Mœnia

Mœnia is a Mexican electronica/synthpop/ambient group.

History

Although originally consisting only of Juan Carlos Lozano as lead vocalist on 1997's debut album Mœnia and its companion remix album Mœnia Mixes, since the 1999 release of Adición+, Mœnia has consisted of vocalist Alfonso Pichardo, and keyboardists Jorge Soto and Alejandro 'Midi' Ortega, Mœnia has released over ten albums on Universal Latino and RCA Records. Pichardo briefly left the group due to the Mexican listening public's lack of interest in electronic and synth music. When Lozano decided to leave Mœnia as vocalist and form the still electronically oriented but more guitar-centered Morbo, despite the acclaimed success of 1997's Mœnia and its subsequent album of remixes (a risky and previously unheard of novelty in the Mexican music industry), Pichardo reunited with the remaining two of his former bandmates to complete Mœnia's line-up, which has remained unchanged since 1999.

The music influences of Mœnia are New Order, Erasure, OMD, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Garbage. Popular within the Latin club scene while simultaneously pioneering a darker, more experimental, more poetic side of Spanish-language electronica, Mœnia has had three top-20 hits. Along with Aleks Syntek, Mœnia is often considered one of the first successful experimental Mexican music composers and performers, finding commercial viability in a market normally dominated by Latin ballad crooners, teenage vocal groups and musical styles with more mass appeal like cumbia and ranchera. Mœnia is also popular in other parts of Latin America, including the argentinian and chilean music markets, where they have also charted. Some of their most recognized singles include "Estabas Ahí," "No Dices Más" and "Manto Estelar".

Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia

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Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia (Arabic: مونيا‎), born August 31, 1981 in Kuwait City, is a singer, actress, and television presenter. She has presented many programs for Kuwait TV and in 2008 released a single entitled, Taraik. She is divorced with a child.

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Monia (album)

Monia is a studio album by Monia Sjöström released in 2000. and her debut album as a solo artist after spending the 1990s in Grönwalls.

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Menaâ

Menaa is a town in north-eastern Algeria.

Coordinates: 35°10′N 6°00′E / 35.167°N 6.000°E / 35.167; 6.000

Mena

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Mena (album)

Mena is the second studio album by Chilean recording artist Javiera Mena. It was officially released worldwide on September 1, 2010 via iTunes, and on September 15, 2010 physically through indie label Unión del Sur, as a follow up to her successful debut, Esquemas Juveniles (2006). Javiera wrote and all the songs, as well as being the co-producer of every track in the album along with Cristián Heyne. Production first took place in early 2008 and recording sessions at Heyne's personal studio. A couple of months before the album's release, its first single "Hasta la Verdad" was sent to radio stations.

The music of Mena is rooted in the synthpop, electropop and dance-pop-oriented styles, a lot more than in her previous album. Mena also draws inspiration from the pop and electronic music of the 1990s.

At the end of 2010, iTunes Mexico named Mena "the breakthrough album that year".

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All songs written and composed by Javiera Mena. 

Critical reception

The album was highly acclaimed in the Latin music critic community, earning the first (and, to date, only) perfect 100 rating at Club Fonograma, (however, Juana Molina's Un día had already achieved a five-star rating in 2008) and was later named the site's #1 album of 2010. The track "Luz de Piedra de Luna" was also named the site's single of the year for 2010.Mena also received a 4/5 rating from dance music website Resident Advisor, describing the album as an "aural cocktail volatile by nature, but stable and powerful in its finished form," and called the record's sound as "dance-pop for lovers".