There are (at least) two acts who use the name Monta: 1) A one-man indie-fo… Read Full Bio ↴There are (at least) two acts who use the name Monta: 1) A one-man indie-folk act from Germany, and 2) A duo from Kansas City in the US making electronic music.
3 ) The most wicked west coast lady rapper. Busting easy beats for your ears to ride the waves of the Pacific North West.

1) Monta is the one-man project of Tobias Kuhn, formerly singer of Miles. Monta makes up the centre of his work - the bottom line of his musical labour. Monta can be tender as a whistle or roaring like thunder, from homey living rooms to a stage somewhere on the globe.

After the ep "Always Altamont", the highly acclaimed first longplayer "Where Circles Begin" had been released worldwide and made it to album of the week of the Sunday Times (UK) and the single "I'm Sorry" can still be heard as theme song of the japanese counterpart to CNN news. Now there's a new single "Good Morning Stranger" and a new album - "The Brilliant Masses"!

Brilliant indeed: a collection of eleven songs who ask for careful listening and instantaneously stare into your eyes. In a language often enciphered and metaphorical yet clearly coherent and radiant as a lighthouse. Songs who can alienate people and at the same time spend warmth.

With awareness and luminosity Kuhn sums up the things and thoughts that motivate him and get him going. The song titles themselves make up the synopsis: love, estrangement, doubt, certainty, home, getting along, trust, disappointment, capitulation, achievement, loneliness, bliss and the never-ending search. Over and over and over again. Again and again packed in those awesome melodies which let the world shine in a different light for a moment or a little longer.

Monta has grown up and become a dad, also he's been around on tour for quite a bit and got lots of positive feedback and made lots of friends on the many shows he's played thus far - whether solo or with a continually changing number of great musicians. Monta got high rankings in lots of reader and listener charts yet in between there's always the often deflating and painful 'homecoming' process - having to face the things one's neglected, that still have to get done, with yourself and with the 'Brilliant Masses'.

Which results in a nearly brutally authentic piece, recording here and there in between Klagenfurt / Austria and Munich / Germany. Sometimes all by himself, at times with longtime companions and produced by the artist himself in close cooperation with Herwig "Fuzzman" Zamernik. (Naked Lunch)

"The Brilliant Masses" is going to be released early 2007 on Monta's own label Labelmate in coop with viennese Klein Records.

2) A duo from Kansas City, brothers Dedric and Delaney Moore have been producing electronic music under the moniker Monta since 1999. Their album Unsuspecting was released in 2005. According to the act's web site http://www.montamusic.com , they will expand their name to "Monta [At Odds]" for their upcoming release Live or loop.

Farewell Dear Ghost
Monta Lyrics

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I looked out of the window
Saw lightning coming through
To the place that I was living
The place that I once knew
The ghost slept next to me
And offered me protection
I never saw his face
Cause he left for resurrection

Please don? T go
You are all
Please don? T go
You are all
The love to leave behind
The need to find the new
Has always been a burden
Whatever I may do
One day he disappeared
And left a note behind
Stop wonder black on white
I had to loose my mind
Now he? S gone farewell dear ghost
You took a piece of mine
It? S yours don? T hesitate
Never come back I am fine
Please don? T go
You are all
Please don? T go
You are all
The love to leave behind
The need to find the new
Has always been a burden
Whatever I may do
Please don? T go
Please don? T go
Please don? T go
Please don? T go

You are all
You are all

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Monta's song "Farewell Dear Ghost" convey a sense of loss, letting go and moving on. The singer, possibly a person who has experienced a significant life change, is looking out of the window and sees lightning coming through to the place they used to live. The ghost slept next to the singer, offering protection, but is now gone for resurrection, leaving them with a sense of emptiness. The singer pleads with the ghost not to go because the ghost is all they have. The chorus is reflective of the singer's attachment to the past, stating that the love to leave behind and the need to find new has always been a burden, whatever the singer may do. However, the singer paradoxically expresses the desire for the ghost not to return, emphasizing that they are fine without the ghost, who may have taken a piece of the singer's heart.

The song's lyrics may evoke different interpretations depending on the listener's perspective. The ghost, for instance, could represent a departed loved one whose absence the singer is struggling with. Alternatively, the ghost could represent the singer's past self or a past life, which the singer is trying to shed or move away from. The lightning could symbolize the suddenness of change or the singer's heightened emotions. The plea not to go can also be interpreted as an emotional appeal to the self or a higher power for guidance.

Line by Line Meaning

I looked out of the window
I glanced outside the opening in the wall

Saw lightning coming through
Witnessed electrical discharge from the sky

To the place that I was living
To the location where I resided

The place that I once knew
The area I was familiar with in the past

The ghost slept next to me
The apparition rested close to my body

And offered me protection
Provided security to me

I never saw his face
I didn't observe his countenance

Cause he left for resurrection
As he departed for revival

Please don? T go
Kindly don't leave

You are all
You are everything

The love to leave behind
The affection to abandon