Moenia

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Mœnia
Image:Moenia.jpg
Origin Mexico
Years active 1992–present
Genres Electronica/Latin Electronica
Labels Sony BMG Mexico
Members Alfonso Pichardo
Jorge Soto
Alejandro 'Midi' Ortega
Past members Juan Carlos Lozano
Website(s) http://www.moenia.com/

Moenia is a Mexican electronica/synth pop/ambient/alternative rock group.

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[edit] History

Although originally comprised only of Juan Carlos Lozano as lead vocalist on 1997's debut album Moenia and its companion remix album Moenia Mixes, since the 1999 release of Adición+, Moenia has consisted of vocalist Alfonso Pichardo, and keyboardists Jorge Soto and Alejandro 'Midi' Ortega, Moenia has released over ten albums on Universal Latino and RCA Records. Pichardo briefly left the group due to the Mexican listening public's lack of interest in electronic and synth music. When Lozano decided to leave Moenia as vocalist and form the still electronically-oriented but more guitar-centered Morbo, despite the acclaimed success of 1997's Moenia and its subsequent album of remixes (a risky and previously-unheard of novelty in the Mexican music industry), Pichardo reunited with the remaining two of his former bandmates to complete Moenia's line-up, which has remained unchanged since 1999.

Moenia is often compared to New Order, Erasure, OMD, The Cure and Depeche Mode. Popular within the Latin club scene while simultaneously pioneering a darker, more experimental, more poetic side of Spanish-language electronica, Moenia has had three top-20 hits. Along with Aleks Syntek, Moenia is often considered one the first successful experimental Mexican music composers and performers, finding commercial viability in a market normally dominated by Latin ballad crooners, teenage vocal groups and musical styles with more mass appeal like cumbia and ranchera. Moenia is also popular in other parts of Latin America, including the argentinian and chilean music markets, where they have also charted. Some of their most recognized singles include "Estabas Ahi," "No Dices Más" and "Manto Estelar".

Stereo Hits is by far Moenia's highest-selling album to date. It is a series of successful 80s and 90s Latin pop/rock and ballad hit covers such as "En Algun Lugar" by Duncan Dhu, "Tren Al Sur" by Los Prisioneros, "Beber de Tu Sangre" by Los Amantes de Lola, "Mátenme Porque Me Muero" by Caifanes and "Ni Tu Ni Nadie" by Alaska y Dinarama. The album was originally intended to serve as a stopgap to keep fans happy while the group worked on their next album, but became so popular that it was soon followed by a tour, which in turn was followed by an album of its own in 2005, HitsLive.

During 2006 Moenia released a new album, named "Solar", which follows a more 1980s electropop style, including more electric guitar sounds.

[edit] Trivia

  • Moenia famously covered José José's 1970s hit "Volcán", which received a lot of airplay in Mexican radio. This cover however is not included in their Stereo Hits album.
  • They've also covered the Soda Stereo song "Zoom", produced "Huellas a la Bajamar" with Hombres G and covered the Jose Alfredo Jimenez song "Amanecí en tus brazos"

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