My Enemy, My Love
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| Mentrix | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samar Rad |
| Born | 1981 (age 43–44) Tehran, Iran |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Labels | House of Strength Records |
Samar Rad (born 1981, Tehran), better known by her stage name Mentrix,[1] is a vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Berlin.[2] She is the founder of House of Strength Records[3]
Musical Career[edit]
Rad contributed a remix of the title track to the 12" Certain Angles feat. Fink by DJ Tennis, released in 2017 on Studio !K7.[4] She is the founder of Berlin-based House of Strength Records,[5] whose name is a translation of the Farsi word zoorkhaneh, used to denote warrior training centres used in the 7th century.[3] Her debut album, My Enemy, My Love, was the first album released on the record label.[6]
Rad's style has been compared to Björk,[7] Fever Ray,[7] the Knife,[3] Sevdaliza,[7] and Zola Jesus.[3] Her stage name is a word she made up meaning "female mentor".[5]
My Enemy, My Love[edit]
| My Enemy, My Love | |
|---|---|
| 📅 Released | April 3, 2020 |
| 🏷️ Label | House of Strength Records |
Buy this album Mentrix or listen to it on amazon
My Enemy, My Love, Rad's debut album, was released on April 3rd 2020 on House of Strength Records,[6] with funding from the German government's arts funding program Initiative Musik.[5] The album featured traditional Iranian instruments, namely the daf, the tombak (played by Reza Samani), the kamancheh (played by Tomer Moked), and the ney (played by Claire Bey).[7] The track "Walk" features the humayun mode, one of several of the modal systems known as dastgah.[8] It featured Rad's husband Fink as a musician, composer, and producer.[9]
Music Videos[edit]
Critical Reception[edit]
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10[10] |
| Music-news.com |  [11] |
| Mojo |  [12] |
| Plattentests.de | 8/10[13] |
| Songlines | [14] |
The record received generally favourable reviews from outlets such as God Is in the TV,[7] No-Wave,[15]
Personal Life[edit]
Rad lived in the outskirts of Tehran until the age of eight, when she moved to Paris, France with her family[16] to flee the Iran-Iraq War.[17] She moved back to Iran at age 14.[18] This has had a profound impact on Rad's music; she is quoted as saying that her "musical influence [sic] is as rich as [her] journey growing up on different continents."[17]
In 2006, Rad met singer/songwriter Finn Greenall, better known as Fink. She later married him, and moved to his home in Brighton. The two of them then moved to Berlin in 2015.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Mentrix". House of Strength Records. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "CTM Festival 2021: CTM 360°". Fact Magazine. 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Trigwell, Monika Izabela (2020-04-01). "MENTRIX My Enemy, My Love". Electricity Club. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ryce, Andrew (2017-09-19). "DJ Tennis - Certain Angles feat. Fink". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2021-02-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Says, Nadia (2020-06-10). "A Journey with Mentrix". Fourculture. Retrieved 2021-03-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rugoff, Lazlo (2020-01-29). "Sufi percussion meets pop sensibilities in Mentrix's debut LP, My Enemy, My Love". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2021-02-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Hobbs, Matt (2020-04-03). "Mentrix - My Enemy, My Love (House Of Strength)". God Is in the TV. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Reip, Friedrich (2020-04-06). "Mentrix – My Enemy, My Love". Popmonitor (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ↑ Gietzelt, Sabine (2020-04-07). "Mentrix: "My Enemy, My Love"". B5 aktuell (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-02-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Younis, Reef (2020-03-30). "Mentrix - My Enemy, My Love - Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 2021-03-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Quinn, Kevin (2020-04-06). "Mentrix My Enemy, My Love". Music-news.com. Retrieved 2021-03-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brown, Glyn (June 2020). "Mentrix My Enemy My Love". Mojo. No. 319. p. 89.
- ↑ Porst, Klaus. "Mentrix - My enemy, my love". Plattentests.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-03-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Graves, Thomas (June 2020). "MY ENEMY, MY LOVE". Songlines (magazine). Retrieved 2021-03-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ O'Keefe, Andrew. "Mentrix—My Enemy, My Love". No-Wave. Retrieved 2021-03-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 Holi, Eero (2020-07-07). "Interview: Mentrix – In Search of Your Voice (June 2020)". Rhythm Passport. Retrieved 2021-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 Boyle, Hannah (2020-06-19). "Built From Within - A Conversation with Mentrix". GoldFlakePaint. Retrieved 2021-03-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Younis, Reef (2020-03-30). "Mentrix - My Enemy, My Love - Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 2021-02-24. Unknown parameter
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