DJ Manon

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DJ Manon (* 1970 as Manon Maeder in Bern ) is a Swiss DJ and music producer and is considered one of the pioneers of electronic music in Switzerland .

biography

Manon made her first steps into the music world at the age of 7 when she bought records with the money she saved. Music became the central point in Manon's life. She made her first appearance at the age of 15 in Burgdorf .

During her training in the hospitality industry, Manon discovered the first illegal parties in 1989 in the " Dampfzentrale " and the "Bluelight" in Bern, which sparked her passion for electronic music . The founders of "Bluelight" opened one of the first house and techno locations in Switzerland, the "Aare Bar" in Bern , where Manon took over the management of the bar for a year.

In 1993 Manon decided to move to Zurich for professional and private reasons . At that time, the city was considered the hub of electronic music in Switzerland.

Her job in a record store and her participation in the legendary after- hour parties at “Oxa” Zurich and “Tarot Club Grodoonia” Rümlang were ultimately decisive for the decision to turn her hobby into a profession. In addition to DJing, she regularly organized her own events and, among other things, also promoted women behind the turntables.

She got her first engagement as a resident DJ at Zurich's Kaufleuten Club. But it was above all gigs at parties of friends like “Dekadance”, “Massive Ursive Primitive” and “Life is a Bitch” that helped her to establish herself in the Swiss DJ scene and later also internationally.

In 1996 Dj Manon started producing music and a year later her first piece was released. Starting in 2008, she organized her own parties and events with the Terminal M and Desolat labels. In 2014 she founded her own party label Mannonmania .

Manon is the mother of two children (* 1999 and * 2001) and lives in Zurich.

Discography

  • 1997/1998 "Midweeker"
  • 1997 Mix-Compilation "Kaufleuten Vol.3"
  • 1998 "The Fly"
  • 1999 "Unreal" (Gem Records, Frankfurt / Germany)
  • 1999 Mix-Compilation "Supergirls"
  • 2001 "Keep The Green Clean" (Muve, Zurich / Switzerland).
  • 2006 for "Island - Vol.2," mixed by Paul Lomax, Ibiza / Spain.
  • 2006 "Out of My Head" (Level Non Zero, Frankfurt)
  • 2006 "Midnight of My Life" by Triosomie 21 (Chromo Music, Paris / France)
  • 2009 INKULU (album)
  • 2011 Que cara e essa

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosanna Grüter, Grüter & Bürgin, Grüter & Bürgin: Queen Manon. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, September 30, 2017, accessed on May 1, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  2. ↑ «The sound is more daring when women hang up» . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 1, 2020]).
  3. ↑ «The sound is more daring when women hang up» . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 1, 2020]).
  4. ↑ The pioneer. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Born to be loud: Manon in conversation at the Gurten Festival. In: Kulturmagazin frachtwerk. July 30, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ Valérie Jost: Nothing works in the techno city without women. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Manonmania
personal data
SURNAME DJ Manon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maeder, Manon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss DJ and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern