Martin de Vries

Martin de Vries (born October 30, 1968 in Rostock ) is a German songwriter and music producer. As a producer and composer he has worked for Samajona , Just Friends , Funky Diamonds , Wolfgang Ziegler , Bibi Blocksberg Musical, Conni Musical, Friedrichstadtpalast- The Wyld , Knie - Das Circus Musical, Soccx , Patric Scott , Joy Denalane , Jeanette Biedermann , Michelle, among others , Friedrichstadt-Palast and Urbanize .

Life

Martin de Vries grew up in a family of musicians. His mother Doris de Vries (artist name Doris Martin) was the singer in the band “ Wir ” and later in Dieter Bohlen's band “ Sunday ”. Father Wolfgang Ziegler was the founder, singer and long-time leader of the band "Wir" and later successful as a solo artist. After the couple divorced in 1975, Doris Martin left the GDR with her son and married a Dutch music producer in 1979. They later moved to West Berlin.

At the age of 15, de Vries regularly visited the West Berlin- based record company Hansa Records to get the charts from Great Britain and the USA and to get an insight into the music business. At the age of 16, he completed an internship at the Meisel music publishing house. There he got to know the manager André Selleneit, who later became managing director of BMG / Berlin. In the 1980s, Martin de Vries gained stage experience as a lead singer in several Berlin pop bands. In the Hansa recording studio , he was a guest in various national and international productions.

After graduating from high school in 1989, Martin de Vries matriculated at the Free University of Berlin and continued his musical career at the same time. He completed a classical vocal training. Initially with his colleagues Florian Richter (producer of Melanie Thornton ), Kai Diener and Robert Teigeler (producer of Sarah Connor ) he produced his first own professional songs in the studio.

In the following years Martin de Vries built his own recording studio “Pelle Parc Studio” and his production company “MDV Music Production”. Many successful productions followed, including the GZSZ band “ Just Friends ” and “ Funky Diamonds ”. The album production of "Funky Diamonds" achieved gold status in Japan .

In 1997, Martin de Vries met the artist Joy Denalane and produced her first single for BMG . With BMG Music Publishing (now Universal Music Publishing ) Martin de Vries closed a co-publishing deal in 1998.

Martin de Vries has been working closely with Doris de Vries (MDV Management) since 1998 in order to develop and professionally support artists. This collaboration was successful when working with "Samajona" ( EMI ). The band reached the top 40 of the German charts with all six singles and was nominated twice for the Echo Pop in the category “Best National Newcomer”.

In 2006 he started working with his father and the first two singles reached the top 10 of the conservative pop airplay charts . Several productions for industrial films , including the launch of the VW Polo / Tiguan and the Audi R8 , followed.

In 2007 he worked for a long time with the hip-hop group Urbanize , whose first single immediately hit the top 40 of the German single charts.

Discography

Own albums

Martin de Vries: Wunderbar (1996; monopoly)

Albums as a producer

Just Friends: Friends Forever (1996; Edel)
Funky Diamonds: Funky Diamonds (1997; BMG) Gold in Japan
Daniel Aminati: Feel At Home (1997; Zyx)
Just Friends: World Of Colors (1998; Edel)
Southside Rockers: Street Dance (1999; Sony Music)
Funky Diamonds: Diamonds Are Forever (1999; BMG)
Samajona: Creme Frech (2002; EMI)
Samajona: Changing Lanes (2003; EMI)
Patric Scott: Through the Ocean (2006; MDV)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Everything and now (2008; Edel)
Patric Scott: Ma Philosophy (2011; MDV)
Patric Scott: Pocketful Of Christmas (2011; MDV)
Friedrichstadt Palast: Quite different (2013; Friedrichstadt Palast)
Friedrichstadt Palast: No snow chaos (2014, 2016; Friedrichstadt Palast)
Friedrichstadt Palast: THE WYLD (2014; Friedrichstadt Palast)
Friedrichstadt Palast: Quite different (2014; Friedrichstadt Palast)
Patric Scott: Scarless (2015; cloud26)
Bibi Blocksberg: Witches Witches Everywhere Children's Musical (2015; Kiddinx)
Saphira: Bubblicious (2016; cloud26)
Conni: The School Musical (2017)
Benjamin Blümchen: Celebrate with Törööö! (2017)
Patric Scott: Paint me Back (2018; Cloud26)
Knie: The Circus Musical (2019; Cloud26)

Singles as a producer

Viveca: Naughty Prince (1995; BMG)
Martin de Vries: Where are you (1996; monopoly)
Doctor P: Your Butt (1996; Monopoly)
Strong Together: Girl (1996; MCA)
Just Friends: Anytime Anyplace (1996; Edel)
Viveca: Come back (1997; Universal), contribution to the German preliminary round of the Grand Prix
Joy , Sugar & Cream: My Land Is Your Land (1997; BMG)
Funky Diamonds: It's My Game (1997; BMG)
Funky Diamonds: I Know That You Want Me (1997; BMG)
Daniel Aminati: Without You I Wanna Be (1997; Zyx)
Just Friends: Runnin 'Around (1998; Edel)
Planet Bass: Axel F. (1998; Zyx)
Colin Rich: Fly (1998; Virgin)
January: One Love (1998; Universal)
Lipstrip: Boobs (1999; BMG)
Lipstrip: Hands Up (1999; BMG)
Colin Rich: I'll Be There (1999; Virgin)
Southside Rockers: Street Dance (1999; Sony Music)
Funky Diamonds: I wanna Have (1999; BMG)
Drop Zone: Feel the Beat of My Heart (1999; BMG)
Samajona: Why ?! (2001; EMI)
Samajona: Will It Happen Today (2001; EMI)
Samajona: So Hard (2002; EMI)
Samajona: Say It (2003; EMI)
Samajona: The Car You Wanna Drive (2003; EMI)
Samajona: Miss You (2003; EMI)
Marc Philip: adieu, cherie, good bye (2004; aido records)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Crazy (2006; Zyx)
Urbanize: Waiting for you (2007; Of course! Records / SonyBMG)
Wolfgang Ziegler: A feeling of madness (2007; Zyx)
Marc Philip: Damn I want you (2007; aido records)
Urbanize: Love comes from the heart (2007; Of course! Records / SonyBMG)
Patric Scott / Monica Quinter: Together We're Strong (2007; Tyrolis Music)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Chaot (2008; A&F Music / Edel)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Genial (2008; A&F Music / Edel)
Urbanize: Believe in You (2008; MDV MUSIC)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Sehnsucht (2008; A&F Music / Edel)
Wolfgang Ziegler: This Summer (2009; A&F Music / Edel)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Totally doesn't matter (2010; A&F Music / Edel)
Patric Scott & Edita Abdiesky: Better (2010; MDV Music)
Wolfgang Ziegler: The Wild Time (2011; A&F Music / Edel)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Alive (2011; A&F Music / Edel)
Patric Scott feat. Fabienne Louves: Real Love (2011; Sony Music)
Wolfgang Ziegler: A really great love (2012; A&F Music / Edel)
Wolfgang Ziegler & Sabrina Ziegler: Nice to see you (2013; A&F Music / Edel)
Patric Scott: Real Christmas (2013; Cloud26)
Wolfgang Ziegler & Sabrina Ziegler: It's Silent Night (2013; A&F Music / Edel)
Friedrichstadt Palast Berlin: Quite Different (2014)
Friedrichstadt Palast Berlin: The Wyld (2014)
Princess Emmy and Her Horses: Emmy Theme Song (2014; Kiddinx)
Michelle: 30,000 degrees (2014; Universal Music)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Love is living (2014; A&F Music / Edel)
Bibi Blocksberg: Witches Witches Everywhere Musical (2014; Cocomico)
Patric Scott: Make Up Your Mind (2015; Cloud26)
Patric Scott: Scarless (2015; Cloud26)
Patric Scott & Jesse Rich: The Best Time (2015; Cloud26)
Patric Scott: Just a Little Bit (2016; Cloud26)
Saphira: Believe (2016; Cloud26)
James Beckham feat. Patric Scott: Stay (2016; Cloud26)
Jonas Gross: Enigma (2016; Jonas Gross Music)
Bibi Blocksberg feat Cute Baby Miley: The Monkey is Going (2016)
Wolfgang Ziegler: Fortunately (2018; Telamo)
Beauty and the Beast: You own my heart (2018; Walensee stage)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ WIR (Volume) In: musikanalyse.net , accessed on October 17, 2018.
↑ Bärbel Beuchler: My new sense of unity . In: Super Illu 42/2006 . October 12, 2006 ( wolfgangziegler.de [PDF; accessed October 17, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Vries, Martin de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German songwriter and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock

[1] WIR (Volume) In: musikanalyse.net , accessed on October 17, 2018.

[Superillu2006-2] Bärbel Beuchler: My new sense of unity . In: Super Illu 42/2006 . October 12, 2006 ( wolfgangziegler.de [PDF; accessed October 17, 2018]).