Mono & Nikitaman

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Mono & Nikitaman
M&N Krone.svg
General information
Genre (s) Reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, pop, punk.
founding 2004
Website www.mono-nikitaman.de
Current occupation
Monika Jaksch
Singing, composition
 Nick Tilstra

Mono & Nikitaman is a German-speaking band that was founded in 2004 by Monika Jaksch and Nick Tilstra. Her music, with mostly socially critical texts, has musical influences from reggae , dancehall , hip-hop , pop music and punk .

history

Mono & Nikitaman (2011)
Mono & Nikitaman at the Ruhr Reggae Summer 2016

Mono (bourgeois Monika Jaksch ; * May 5, 1975 in Linz ) completed her studies at the Linz Art University. She lived for some time in Bristol and San Francisco to shoot her hip-hop documentary Paint the town blue . She was also a member and DJ in the Linz sound system Soundsgood International.

Nikitaman (real name Nick Tilstra ; born July 4, 1974 in Düsseldorf ) who grew up in the squatter milieu in Düsseldorf played as a percussionist in several bands. In addition, he toured with various sound systems , including in the southern Italian Salento . At the meeting there with the Linz sound system Soundsgood International, he met Monika Jaksch.

Mono & Nikitaman at the demonstration Freedom instead of fear

On the EP Ahh ... Loco ..? from Nikitaman there is a first feature with Mono, whereupon both decided in 2004 to form a band together. This was followed by four albums that have been released on the independent label Rootdown Records . Her first live album was released there in 2012 .

Mono & Nikitaman live in Berlin today .

music

Mono & Nikitaman have become known as a dancehall reggae band, but their music also contains influences from hip-hop, pop and punk. This diverse mix is ​​due to the different socialization of the two.

While Nikitaman grew up in squats as a child and was influenced by punk and street music, Mono dealt intensively with the English and American independent hip-hop scene during her studies, which resulted in her documentary Paint the town blue . Their texts often deal with socially critical issues and they take a stand against exclusion, racism, oppression and homophobia. Mono & Nikitaman have worked together with artists such as Gentleman , Ce'Cile , Rebellion the Recaller and Teka, among others .

Since 2009 Mono & Nikitaman have been the official sponsors of the project “ School without Racism - School with Courage ” at the Hannah Arendt High School in Haßloch .

Her album Im Rauch der Bengalen was released three years after her live album on October 30, 2015 as the first release on her own label M&N Records .
In December 2019 her tour started under the name "Never be like all the others" in Germany and Austria on which the rapper Shogoon accompanied her as support.

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Forever
  AT 75 03/17/2006 (1 week)
Out of control
  AT 14th 05/09/2008 (7 weeks)
Among friends
  AT 18th 04/15/2011 (8 weeks)
  DE 58 04/15/2011 (1 week)
Live!
  AT 39 October 12, 2012 (1 week)
In the smoke of the Bengal
  AT 15th 11/13/2015 (1 week)
  DE 28 11/06/2015 (1 week)
Good morning it's burning
  DE 13 08/31/2018 (1 week)
  AT 12 07.09.2018 (1 week)

Discography

Albums

  • 2002: Ahh ... Loco ..? (EP by Nikitaman)
  • 2004: the game begins
  • 2006: forever
  • 2008: out of control
  • 2011: Among friends
  • 2012: Live! (Live CD / DVD)
  • 2015: In the smoke of the Bengal
  • 2018: Good morning it's burning

Singles

  • 2008: all of that
  • 2008: Blow the alarm
  • 2011: accomplices
  • 2011: time stands still
  • 2016: Hitler has to die again and again
  • 2017: no weed

swell

  1. ↑ Mono & Nikitaman - supp .: Shogoon , on Meine-news.de
  2. ↑ Mono & Nikitaman + Support: Shogoon , on stadtleben.de
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT

Web links

Commons : Mono & Nikitaman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files