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and I have done that ever since for over 20 years now. She's been a long stay on the German scene and the international scene. She runs her own label
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Kruse was born in 1971 in West Berlin, but grew up in the
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Monika says she bonded with Pig&Dan in Ibiza more than ten years ago: "I remember clicking with them from the first moment and we’ve been great friends ever since. Even at that early point we had the idea to go into the studio together, but it took years until it actually happened for the first
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has said "Monika has a very special place in my heart. She was one of the very first international DJs I ever saw in my life. She played in
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in front of 1.5 million people. In the same year Kruse founded No
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Perception' and is an expression of Kruse's personal and musical influences over the years – "It's a combinations of different electronic styles which have all had a big impact on me"
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followed next, and her involvement with the blossoming techno scene deepened at the end of 1993 when she became a member of the
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was not easy, but when I start to spin I immediately – when the first record is playing – I forget everything about me and I just hear the music".
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