Maria Minerva | |
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 Maria Minerva (2014) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria Juur |
| Born | 15 March 1988 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Genres | Electronica, outsider house, nu-disco, avant pop, hypnagogic pop, lo-fi music |
| Occupation(s) | producer, songwriter, singer, DJ, radio host |
| Instruments | electronics, vocals |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Not Not Fun, 100% Silk, Pudru Kuul |
| Website | www |
Maria Juur (born 15 March 1988), better known by her stage name Maria Minerva, is an Estonian musician and activist. [1]
Maria Minerva's music is described by critics as a blend of avant pop, [2] electronic, [3] and experimental [4] genres. Her work includes references to various styles of dance music, such as house, [5] disco, [6] electro, and eurodance. [7]
Critics have described Maria Minerva's vocal style as dreamy, haunting, mysterious, [8] or Lynchian, [9] but also as casual and slightly off-key, receiving comparisons to Blossom Dearie, Brigitte Bardot, [10] Nico, [11] and Billie Ray Martin. [12] She has cited Cosey Fanni Tutti, Laetitia Sadier, and Laurie Anderson as influences. [13]
Maria developed an interest in electronic dance music and began attending clubs in Tallinn as a young teenager. [14] She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts and Goldsmiths, University of London, where she studied with British cultural theorist and music critic Mark Fisher. [15]
Her father Mart Juur is an Estonian humorist, writer and media personality. [16]
As of 2018, Juur was a member of the Estonian Greens political party. [17]
Maria Minerva was awarded the “Extraordinary Ability” United States green card for her work in electronic music [18] and subsequently became a naturalized U.S. citizen, [19] residing in Los Angeles, California.
Maria Minerva is amongst the most internationally acclaimed Estonian electronic artists of the 2010s. [20] [21] She is the recipient of two Estonian Music Awards. [22] Her releases have received critical acclaim from music publications such as Pitchfork Media [23] and The Fader. [24] One of Maria Minerva's early supporters was the influential pop critic Simon Reynolds. [25] She was named as one of the seminal Los Angeles artists by The Guardian [26] and appeared on Estonian World's annual "Top 12 Most Outstanding Estonian Women in the World" list. [27]
Chelsea Faith a.k.a. Cherushii was one of the 36 victims of the 2016 Oakland warehouse fire. [28] In 2019, the EP Cherushii & Maria Minerva was released, which had been nearly completed before Cherushii died [29] and includes repurposed tracks from previous Cherushii releases. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
While at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Maria Minerva authored the first-ever Estonian-language academic paper on sound art, with an emphasis on the history of sound art in Estonia. [35] [36]
Maria Minerva has worked with and remixed many other artists, including Cities Aviv, [37] Maria Chavez, [38] Mark Van Hoen [39] and John Cale. [40] She has collaborated with visual artists Pakui Hardware, [41] Phil Collins (artist) [42] and poet Vanessa Place. [43] Formerly, she hosted a show on LA's community radio station Dublab, where she interviewed fellow musicians such as Nite Jewel [44] and Yves Tumor. [45]
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