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.
Homecoming
Monta Lyrics
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I lost the sense to notice what has been replaced
The autumn leaves cover up the street
The place called home when i still was sixteen
I'm always overcome by certain sadness
When i 'm back here at the place which no more is.
Homecoming
Homecoming
Better times still occupy my mind
Like a member of a threatened species out of time
I need to leave as fast as i came
I've got my own head in the sand this is my lane
I'm always overcome by certain sadness
When i 'm back here at the place which no more is.
Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming
Monta's song Homecoming reflects on the experience of returning to one's hometown after a long time and recognizing the changes that have taken place. The first two lines of the lyrics illustrate the feeling of being disconnected from one's past and a sense of disorientation when familiar surroundings are no longer the same. The singer has lost the ability to notice the subtle differences that have accumulated over time, such as the once bustling street now covered in autumn leaves. The phrase "the place called home when I still was sixteen" reminds the listener of the nostalgic memories of one's youth and how time has flown by.
The chorus of "Homecoming" serves as a refrain to emphasize the main theme of the song. The word "homecoming" creates a sense of returning and nostalgia. This recurring motif serves as a reminder of the singer's yearning for the past and reconnecting with the memories of the place he once called home. The second verse presents a sense of urgency, where the singer feels restricted in time, like a "member of a threatened species out of time." The use of animal imagery highlights the vulnerability of the character and how they feel out of place in their hometown. The singer acknowledges that they must leave as fast as they came and accept that this place is no longer theirs.
In conclusion, Monta's "Homecoming" captures the melancholy mood of returning to the place where the singer grew up. The song's tone is reflective and highlights the struggle to readjust and reconnect to places that once felt familiar.
Line by Line Meaning
I take a walk and only see what changed
As I stroll through this neighborhood, I realize that everything has transformed since I was last here.
I lost the sense to notice what has been replaced
My senses have dulled, and I can no longer recognize what has been replaced or altered.
The autumn leaves cover up the street
As the season shifts, the once-familiar road is concealed by the autumn leaves.
The place called home when i still was sixteen
This location used to be my home when I was sixteen years old.
I'm always overcome by certain sadness
Whenever I return here, a particular sorrow engulfs me.
When i 'm back here at the place which no more is.
Visiting this area, which no longer exists in the same way, evokes a sense of nostalgia.
Better times still occupy my mind
My mind is preoccupied with memories of better times and earlier days.
Like a member of a threatened species out of time
I'm like an endangered species that has fallen out of time and out of place.
I need to leave as fast as i came
I must depart as soon as feasible, as if my arrival here was a mistake.
I've got my own head in the sand this is my lane
I'm the only one who can fix my issues, and this is the path I've chosen to follow.
Homecoming
A trip back to a location that was once home.
Homecoming
Return to your roots, seeking a sense of belonging and familiarity.
Homecoming
Returning to your place of origin, in order to reconnect with what you once knew.
Contributed by Ryan L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.