Markus Maria Jansen

Markus Maria Jansen, photo: Heinz Lamers

Markus Maria Jansen (born March 4, 1957 in Hamburg ) is a German musician . He plays with M. Walking on the Water and with JANSEN and COLLIE ELECTRIC .

youth

Markus Maria Jansen was born in Hamburg in 1957. In his youth he actually wanted to be a professional footballer. He played for the regional league team HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (coach was the father of Andreas Brehme ) and Concordia Hamburg . In addition to school, Jansen worked in a record shop and was paid for with vinyl records. After graduating from high school, he wanted to study art.

In Kleve he met Michael Pelzer, with whom he worked in various music projects and bands: The six correct ones , Panne , Marianne's thoughts and with the theatrical berserks of the Theater du Pain .

The breakthrough with M. Walking On The Water

In 1985 they founded the band M. Walking on the Water in Krefeld . The band called their style of music Short-Distance-Psycho-Folk . The accordion was an important distinguishing feature of their music from the start. In 1987 the band wins the 'Ruhr Rock Festival'. Herbert Grönemeyer was a fan of this young band. Their first single, packaged in a water cover, was released on their own. "Party In The Cemetery" is M. Walking on the Water's first indie hit and has since become a collector's item. Her first album M. Walking On The Water was released in 1988 on the Bremen label Fuego and was one of the most successful independent records ever. By 1997, M. Walking On The Water published about 10 albums, 2 mini-albums and various singles. After 12 years, the band officially split in 1997, but were never declared disbanded.

In 1986 he took the stage free of charge at the Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival against the planned Wackersdorf reprocessing plant .

In 2008 M. Walking On The Water was back on stage. In January 2011 the album Flowers For The Departed was released , which the band presented on a tour in March and April 2011.

Weird pop with Jansen

In 1998 Jansen founded the band Jansen . Before the release of the debut album, Jansen contributed the music for the film Harvest Time by Stefan Schneider. In September 1998 Jansen was presented as group of the month in the specialist journal Musikmagazin . The maxi "Himmel" published in 2001 was produced by Sven Regener from Element of Crime , who was also a guest musician at several concerts in the Krefeld red light scene.

In 2004 Jansen released the CD “For 10 Euro wet dogs”, which was also sold for the same price. In the same year, the DVD for “15 Euro wet dog cinema” was released.

The band Jansen worked several times with the director Kay Voges and played the theater music live on the stages. The joint projects included the theater performances “Werther in New York”, “Spring Awakening”, and “Iron John”.

Collieelectric

In 2006 Markus Maria Jansen founded the band "Collieelectric". In 2007 the band released their debut album, which includes "Poison", "Elysian" and "Misery" (M. Walking On The Water) and an English version of "Himmel" (Jansen) . Your CD was presented in a pub in Krefeld at the beginning of June .

Other projects

In 2004 Markus Maria Jansen produced the third album "Nations" by Paul James Berry (former guitarist of The Rose Of Avalanche ).
In 2007 Markus Maria Jansen was back on stage with Mike Pelzer: Orchester du Pain = Theater du Pain meets M. Walking On The Water .
In 2007, Markus Maria Jansen arranged the music for the parabolic play Der gute Mensch von Sezuan for the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss . The music was composed by Paul Dessau . He also worked as an actor in this piece.
Markus Maria Jansen also composed two pieces for Homer's Odyssey , arranged by Ad de Bont , on behalf of the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss .
2009: Alice Expedition into Wonderland, music by Markus Maria Jansen, Moers Castle Theater
In 2010, Markus Maria Jansen composed the music for the play “experiment” at Theater Krefeld Mönchengladbach. prisoner 819 did a bad thing ”, staged by Christoph Roos.
In 2011 he made the theater music for the performances "Buddenbrooks" (staged by Christoph Roos) and "Michael Kohlhaas" (staged by Christoph Roos), which were performed at the Schauspiel Essen.
In 2012 "Roberto Zucco" (staged by Christoph Roos) will be performed in the Theater Krefeld / Mönchengladbach. Markus Maria Jansen wrote the music.
2014 "The Visit of the Old Lady" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (staged by Christoph Roos) is performed in Theater Krefeld / Mönchengladbach. (Composition by Markus Maria Jansen)

Publications with M. Walking on the Water

Albums

M. Walking On The Water (1988)
Pluto (1989)
Elysian (1991)
Wood (1992)
Split (1994)
La Louisianne (1995)
File (1997)
Master Series (1998)
Best M. (2001)
Flowers For The Departed (2011)

Mini albums

The Waltz (1988)
Pictures Of An Exhibitionist (1993)

Singles

Party In The Cemetery (1987)
Adventures By Boat (1989)
Poison (1991)
Land Of Toys (1991)
Island In The Sun (1992)
Soulmouth (1992)
Carpet Crawl (1993)
Lovemachine (1994)
Misery (1994)
Easy (1995)
She's Lazy (1997)

Publications with JANSEN

Albums

Jansen (1998)
Prepost (2001)
For 10 euros wet dogs (2004)
The Innocence of Buildings (2018)

Singles

Heaven (2001)
Fatigue (2001)
Tonight (2004)

DVD

For 15 euros wet dog cinema (2004)

Theater music

Iron John - the Musical (2004)
Alice (2008)

Film music

Harvest Time (1997)

Publications with COLLIE ///// electric

Albums

COLLIE ///// electric (2007)

Guest musician

on BREAKFAST IN THE RUINS by Central Europe Performance with Harald Grosskopf and Mike Pelzer, among others
on NATIONS by Paul James Berry
on FURIOSEF with Manfred Heinen and Markus Türk

Individual evidence

↑ "On Saturday night Jansen wandered through the bars and discos in the Hanseatic city. On Sunday he was on the soccer field. At some point in between I graduated from high school. A perfectly normal youth by then. The only difference: Jung-Jansen, who worked in the record shop and was paid for with vinyl records, wanted to study art. ”(Rheinische Post, December 6, 2001)

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personal data
SURNAME	Jansen, Markus Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4th 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany

[1] "On Saturday night Jansen wandered through the bars and discos in the Hanseatic city. On Sunday he was on the soccer field. At some point in between I graduated from high school. A perfectly normal youth by then. The only difference: Jung-Jansen, who worked in the record shop and was paid for with vinyl records, wanted to study art. ”(Rheinische Post, December 6, 2001)