Marteria

Marteria at Rock am Ring 2017

Marteria (born December 4, 1982 in Rostock ; real name Marten Laciny ) is a German rapper , also known under the name Marsimoto . His stage name goes back to the first letters of his first name as well as "Materia", the Latin word for substance or matter.

Life

Marten Laciny is the youngest child of a teacher and a seaman. He grew up with a brother eight years older and a sister four years older with his single mother in the Rostock district of Groß Klein . The talented footballer was the captain of all youth teams at FC Hansa Rostock , with which he still maintains close ties today. As a right-back he was a regular for the U-15 , U-16 and U-17 national teams .

When he was discovered by a model scout on a trip to New York in 1999 , he accepted modeling jobs all over the world from there. During his first photo shoot , he worked as a male model for Claudia Schiffer , then for Diesel and Hugo Boss , among others . He gave up his football career in favor of the modeling career in the USA . In 2003 he got out again and went back to Germany to pursue a rap career from then on.

In 2003 he moved to Berlin-Friedrichshain . Here he completed his training as an actor at the Reduta-Berlin drama school . Laciny is the father of a boy (* 2007), to whom both the song Louis on the album For Happiness in the Future and the song Equal to Louis in the album For Happiness in the Future II is dedicated. On February 20, 2015, he married the musician Jadu Freydank .

On March 29, 2015, Marteria was admitted to hospital. Before that, he had played  football at a charity match for  Hansa Rostock and had not had a drink for two hours. There was a threat of acute kidney failure. After the successful  dialysis  , he initially withdrew from the public. He left  Berlin  and moved back to the Baltic coast. According to his own statements, the incident changed his life. Among other things, he gave up the consumption of alcohol and other drugs . Instead, he goes fishing in his spare time. According to a complaint by the animal rights protection organization PETA in the summer of 2017 due to the practice of so-called catching and releasing recorded in a YouTube video , Marteria accepted a fine of € 5,000 for animal cruelty in February 2018 .

Music career

Marteria (2011)

At the age of 16 Marteria had his first release on the album Maximum as a member of the hip-hop group Underdog Cru on the label POsin-music . At the age of 18 he signed his first solo contract with Punchline, a label of SPV . He delivered his debut album there, which was never released due to the bankruptcy of the record company.

In 2002 he went on a European tour with Mark B & Blade (England), Delinquent Habits and Flowmarkt from Hanover as part of Underdog Cru . From 2001 to 2003 he was part of Underdog Cru live at the biggest hip-hop and reggae festival in Europe splash! seen on stage.

His first work, Halloziehnation , which was produced by Dead Rabbit, received praise from the press and was awarded 4½ out of 6 crowns by the trendy magazine Juice . His second album Base Ventura also received this rating. He released these two albums on the Magnum12 label, where he laid the foundation for his career. In late autumn 2007 he signed a contract with the music publisher Nesola . In December 2007 he accompanied Jan Delay under his second stage name Marsimoto in the opening act for the tour. In spring 2008 he signed a label deal with Four Music , where he has been publishing ever since.

In February 2009 he entered the Federal Vision Song Contest 2009 for the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with his title Born to the King and took twelfth place. In August 2010, the album was released Fortunately, in the future , to the next Yasha , Miss Platnum and Jan Delay also Casper and Peter Fox participated. At the Echo Awards 2011 Marteria performed with the title Nobody (What we do not do) together with Joy Denalane , Max Herre and Klaus Doldinger .

Marteria at Rock im Park 2014

In 2012 Marteria co-wrote various pieces of music on the album Ballast der Republik by the punk rock band Die Toten Hosen . In the same year he started the Purple Clouds project with Yasha and Miss Platnum . On September 14, 2012, an EP was released under this title with five songs together, the title track immediately made it to number 1 in the German charts.

On January 31, 2014, the album Zum Glück in die Zukunft II was released , which reached number 1 in the German album charts and was awarded platinum. Three singles from it were already released in December 2013: Bengal Tiger , Kids (2 fingers on the head) and OMG! At the end of January 2014 Marteria presented photos, videos and stories from a three-week intercontinental trip under the title “World Tour with Marteria” at eight different locations in Germany, which took him together with photographer Paul Ripke from Europe to South America and Alaska to Asia would have. The end of the promo tour took place in the Zeiss large planetarium in Berlin.

At the tenth Bundesvision Song Contest on September 20, 2014 Marteria competed with his home anthem Mein Rostock and reached fourth place. In June 2015 he played an open air concert in front of 20,000 spectators in his hometown of Rostock.

Marteria acted in the German version of the charity song Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid , which celebrated its world premiere on November 21, 2014. In May 2017 he appeared again as a co-author of various pieces of music on the album Laune der Natur by the band Die Toten Hosen.

On May 26, 2017, his seventh solo album Roswell was released , which reached second place in the German album charts. On June 7, 2017, a film closely linked to the album entitled Antimarteria was released.

At the Kosmonaut Festival 2018 Marteria and Casper announced a joint album entitled 1982 , which was released on August 31, 2018. On May 31, 2019, Materia and Casper began their joint tour entitled "Champions Sounds Open Air" at the Expo Plaza in Hanover , during which they performed at various festivals and open air concerts in the summer of 2019.

On September 1, 2018 Marteria performed in front of 32,000 spectators in Rostock's Ostseestadion . In addition to Casper, Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß , Miss Platnum and Feine Sahne Fischfilet were also guests . The concert was the first solo concert by a German rapper that took place in a stadium. Marteria thus fulfilled a "childhood dream". Two days later, Marteria was one of the artists who appeared as part of the #wirsindmehr campaign after xenophobic riots in Chemnitz in front of 65,000 visitors at a free concert against right-wing extremism .

Marsimoto

Marteria as Marsimoto at the splash! 2012

In addition to his stage name Marteria, he is also known under the pseudonym Marsimoto. Marsimoto was created as a homage to the alter ego Quasimoto of the American rapper Madlib . Both stand out because of their pitched voice. Marteria's idea of ​​creating Marsimoto as an alter ego arose from playing around with the effects of a recording tool. Because of the positive feedback he decided to release an album as Marsimoto.

Marteria released his solo albums as Marsimoto, Halloziehnation (2006), To Two Alone (2008), Green Velvet (2012), Ring der Nebelungen (2015) and Verde (2018).

Discography

→ Main article : Marteria / Discography  and list of Marteria's author participations and productions

Studio albums

year	Title pseudonym	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, pseudonym , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2006	Halloziehnation as Marsimoto	DE73 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: July 7, 2006
2007	Base Ventura as Marteria	-	-	-	First published: September 28, 2007
2008	Alone for two as Marsimoto	DE84 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: October 17, 2008
2010	Fortunately in the future as Marteria	DE7th gold (13 weeks)DE	AT35 (1 week) AT	CH67 (1 week) CH	First published: August 20, 2010 Sales: + 100,000
2012	Green velvet as Marsimoto	DE3 (4 weeks) DE	AT25 (1 week) AT	CH13 (2 weeks) CH	First published: January 13, 2012
2014	Fortunately in the future II as Marteria	DE1 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT2 (12 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	First published: Jan 31, 2014 Sales: + 200,000
2015	Ring of the Nebelungen as Marsimoto	DE3 (10 weeks) DE	AT4 (5 weeks) AT	CH6 (6 weeks) CH	First published: January 13, 2015
2017	Roswell as Marteria	DE2 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT2 (7 weeks) AT	CH4 (10 weeks) CH	First published: May 26, 2017 Sales: + 100,000
2018	Verde as Marsimoto	DE3 (5 weeks) DE	AT7 (2 weeks) AT	CH17 (2 weeks) CH	First published: April 27, 2018
	1982 as Marteria	DE1 (14 weeks) DE	AT3 (3 weeks) AT	CH6 (3 weeks) CH	First published: August 31, 2018 with Casper

Awards

1 live crown

• 2014: in the Best Live Act category
• 2015: in the Best Artist category
• 2018: in the Best Album category (with Casper )
• 2018: in the category Best Hip-Hop-Act (with Casper )
• 2019: in the category Best Live Act (with Casper )

German music author award

• 2016: in the hip-hop composition category

Hiphop.de Awards

• 2012: Best Song National for Lila Wolken (with Yasha & Miss Platnum )
• 2012: Best Live Act National
• 2014: Best National Song for Kids (2 fingers on the head)
• 2014: Best Live Act National

Pop culture award

• 2016: in the Favorite Solo Artist category

Trivia

• The single Verstrahlt was used in the soundtrack for the game FIFA 12 .
• As a sponsor, Marteria supports the Rostock Robben beach soccer team , which became German champions in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
• Cameo in the last episode of the TV series Der Tatortreiniger in the 1:37 minute.

Web links

Commons : Marteria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marsimoto's website
• Marteria website
• Marteria at laut.de
• Marteria at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Marteria on November 8, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2011 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Pilz: Life is not a computer game. In: Welt am Sonntag , February 2, 2014, page 18
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Jenke - I'm staying overnight , RTL from November 23, 2014
4. ↑ When rapper Marteria went to the boulevard. In: Berliner Morgenpost , September 7, 2011
5. ↑ dfb.de: Formerly a defender, today a chart topper
6. ↑ Toni Kroos vs Marteria - Two Hansa youngsters take off. Retrieved October 9, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Marteria got married! In: Bravo.de. February 23, 2015, accessed July 11, 2017 . 
8. ^ Dennis Pohl: Rapper Marteria - Aliens from East Germany. In: Spiegel Online. Retrieved May 29, 2017 . 
9. ↑ German press agency : “Fischquälerei”: Rapper Marteria has to pay a fine. Nürnberger Nachrichten , February 2, 2018, accessed June 5, 2018 . 
10. ^ Renzo Wellinger: Four Music signs rapper Marteria. (No longer available online.) In: Musikmarkt.de. July 1, 2008, archived from the original on January 6, 2016 ; accessed on January 6, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Marteria: Fortunately in the future II. With tracklist. In: 16bars.de . Retrieved December 13, 2013.
12. ↑ Marteria: Foretaste of the new album. In: yaez.de . December 11, 2013, accessed December 13, 2013.
13. ↑ Florian Levenig: Kleines Kino: Marteria on Tuesday in the Cinema / tickets only via EinsLive , In: Hallo Münster , January 22, 2014, issue 6/2014, p. 11
14. ^ Stefan Strauss: Marteria under the starry sky. In: Berliner Zeitung , January 26, 2014, accessed on January 31, 2014
15. ↑ Marteria wants to improve Rostock's image. In: Schweriner Volkszeitung , September 10, 2014
16. ↑ BSC 2014 - Appearance by Marteria
17. ↑ "Laune der Natur": Die Toten Hosen present their new album in Cologne. Retrieved May 8, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Casper and Marteria provide several huge surprises at the festival. Retrieved July 9, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Big party with Marteria and Casper on the Expo-Plaza. Retrieved September 4, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Felix Goth: MARTERIA & CASPER announce “Champion Sound Open Airs” for 2019. Accessed September 4, 2019 (German). 
21. ↑ Stefanie Büssing: Marteria: Spectacle of superlatives in the Ostseestadion Article in the Ostsee-Zeitung from September 3, 2018
22. ↑ Marsi makes you immobile. In: The Gap , June 12, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
23. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
24. ↑ ^{a b} Hiphop.de Awards 2012 - The award ceremony. February 11, 2013, accessed January 1, 2017 . 
25. ↑ ^{a b} Jonas Lindemann: Hiphop.de Awards 2014: All winners at a glance. January 15, 2015, accessed January 1, 2017 . 
26. ↑ FIFA 12 tracklist: You will hear these 39 songs. In: goal.com , September 13, 2011
27. ↑ Marteria sponsors the Rostocker Robben beach soccer team. In: hiphop.de
28. ↑ NDR: Thirty-one. Retrieved December 20, 2018 .