The Marble Man

The Marble Man, 2006

The Marble Man , bourgeois Josef Wirnshofer (* 1987 in Erlstätt ), is a German folk-pop musician and singer-songwriter who regularly appears under the same name with an accompanying band , meanwhile with a permanent cast (Jonas Übelherr, Boris Mitterwieser, Michael Zahnbrecher and Daniel Mannfeld).

Life

Wirnshofer grew up in the Traunstein district . He recorded his debut album Sugar Rails in the attic of his parents' house. When it was released in 2007 by the Regensburg label Schinderwies Productions , the music magazine Spex called it "an absolutely exceptional achievement, a stroke of genius".

In 2008 he went to Munich to study . In 2010 he released his second album with the Dresden label Kumpels & Friends Records with the title Later, Phoenix ... , which in turn received excellent reviews. In 2013, the Munich label Redwinetunes released his third album, named after the Munich district of Haidhausen , where he lived for four years.

In addition to Angela Aux and The Dope , The Marble Man was attributed to the style of the so-called "New Weird Bavaria".

Discography

2007: Sugar Rails (album; Schinderwies Productions)
2010: Later, Phoenix ... (album; K&F Records)
2013: Haidhausen (album; Redwinetunes)

Web links

Official website
The Marble Man at Discogs (English)
The Marble Man at Allmusic (English)
Sound carrier of The Marble Man in the catalog of the German National Library
The Marble Man on K&F Records

Individual evidence

^ Veil lifted , op-online.de , November 6, 2010.
^ Josef Wirnshofer or The Marble Man , Regensburger Nachrichten, January 31, 2014.
↑ Nina Trippel: Short Shots 2.0 - Marble Man, Musician , Sounds Like Me, March 7, 2011.
^ The Marble Man ( memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (interview), Radio Eins , December 18, 2014.
↑ New Weird Bavaria / Angela Aux Record Release ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Milla Club.

personal data
SURNAME	The Marble Man
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wirnshofer, Josef (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German folk pop musician and singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erlstaett , Germany

[1] Veil lifted , op-online.de , November 6, 2010.

[2] Josef Wirnshofer or The Marble Man , Regensburger Nachrichten, January 31, 2014.

[3] Nina Trippel: Short Shots 2.0 - Marble Man, Musician , Sounds Like Me, March 7, 2011.

[4] The Marble Man ( memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (interview), Radio Eins , December 18, 2014.

[5] New Weird Bavaria / Angela Aux Record Release ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Milla Club.