Monika Enterprises is a

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-based independent record label. In 2001, Wallpaper magazine described the label's musical style as " cupying a twilight zone between electronic pop, easy listening and bedsit angst" and " earheading a new generation of, frequently female, electronic introspective sounds".Sonja Commentz: Raumschiff Monika. Wallpaper magazine, October 2001
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In 2007,

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praised it as an "ace leftfield label".Robin Wilks
Gudrun Gut - I Put A Record On - Album Review
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Gudrun Gut Gudrun Gut (born 20 May 1957) is a German electronic musician, DJ, presenter, music producer and founder of the Monika Enterprise. She grew up in the Lüneburger Heide and moved to West Berlin in 1975, where she studied visual arts at the Hoc ...

has stated that the label was named after a deceased

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of hers.

Artists (selection)

* AGF *

Barbara Morgenstern Barbara Morgenstern (born March 19, 1971) is a German electronic music artist, keyboardist and singer. Biography Born in Hagen, Germany, Morgenstern describes herself as self-taught, although she had piano lessons as a child and jazz lessons at ...

Cobra Killer The Cobra Killer duo of Gina V. D'Orio and Annika Trost began as part of Alec Empire's Digital hardcore movement. Both were part of other bands signed to Empire's Digital Hardcore Recordings label—D'Orio was in EC8OR, and Trost was in Shizuo. ...

* Figurine *

* Natalie Beridze * Quarks

Compilations

* Monika Werkstatt (16 June 17) * Musik fürs Wohnzimmer * Santa Monika * Raumschiff Monika * Monika Force * 4 Women No Cry Vol.1 * 4 Women No Cry Vol.2 * 4 Women No Cry Vol.3

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External links

Homepage

Monika Enterprise on myspace

Monika Enterprise on discogs
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Artists (selection)

Compilations

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