• Genre: Electronica
• Active: '90s
• Major Members: Siobhan De Mare, Martin Virgo

Biography

Influenced by cool jazz,'60s pop and classic film-soundtracks, the trip-hop duo Mono formed around vocalist Siobhan De Maré and producer Martin Virgo, a one-time member of Nellee Hooper's production team which worked on Massive Attack's seminal "Unfinished Sympathy" as well as Björk's Debut. After Virgo hooked up with De Maré in mid-1996, the pair recorded the Life in Mono EP and signed to Mercury by the end of the year. After working on their debut album Formica Blues, Mono gained a comparatively high profile through an appearance on the soundtrack to the American film Great Expectations. Formica Blues was released in America in February 1998, six months after its British appearance. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"Life in Mono," "High Life," "Silicone"

Representative Albums:

Formica Blues, Somos Los Que Estamos, Mono

Similar Artists:

The Lucy Nation, Dot Allison, Girl Next Door, Solex, Air, Olive, Sneaker Pimps, Lamb, Morcheeba, Laika, Moloko, Attica Blues, Beth Orton, Nicolette, Björk, Everything But the Girl

Influences:

Nellee Hooper, Portishead, John Barry, Massive Attack

Performed Songs By:

Siobhan de Maré, Martin Virgo

Formica Blues Buy this CD

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