Videos : Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum : Lila Wolken

Videos : Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum : Lila Wolken

Who Is Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum?

You look out the window, down Kreuzberg lies at your feet. Over there is the "Watergate", over there the "Bagdad Cafe" and over there the "magnet". Voices, crowds, sirens, lights. It is shimmering hot. You can not sleep.

This restless Berlin is the setting of "Fortunately, in the future." The rapper, lyricist and songwriter Marteria created twelve unique songs that express a genuine, authentic life between Neukölln neighborhood children, young mothers of Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain living artists to the point. And still work just as well in Eberswalde or Villingen-Schwenningen. Lyrically and musically is "Fortunately, in the future," according Marterias friend and mentor Jan Delay the best German-language hip-hop album, released in recent years.

The architects of this sound board are Monk, DJ Illvibe and Berger, together known as The Krauts. You have with Peter Fox produced his solo album "Stadtaffe," which has sold over one million units, representing a five-time platinum award. To write the music, and Marteria The Krauts relative two years ago, a special-purpose residential community in a Danish holiday home. "There was just a paddock with two horses and the sea in sight, you hear a squirrel fart," laughs Marteria. In the sauna the recording booth was set up in the bedrooms were built keyboards and equipment. After two weeks the musicians came back with a big chunk of track layouts. All the ideas that are denominated in Marteria his hectic adopted country had gathered, he could bring in the secluded tranquility of the Danish province finally on paper.

Besides the Krauts are the allies to "Fortunately in the future." A conglomeration of glowing admirers, friends, mentors and favorite choice of the people Berliner As would naturally Jan Delay, the supporters of the first hour. Peter Fox has also included one of his rare feature - not only because he already often at the Krauts in the studio over looks, but also because he believes simply Marteria. Miss Platnum, which has become his good friend and with her powerful voice to the same phenomenon occurs in several songs .. Casper, the other hope of the new German hip-hop. Yasha, an Englishman living in New York exile in Berlin and the next big project of the herb. And last but not least Marsimoto - the imaginary brother, the verkiffte comic alter ego of Marteria that earned him but ultimately paved the way.

Rewind. Born 27 years ago in Rostock as Marten Laciny, grew up in the prefab housing estate Lichtenhagen, made it to the soccer-loving boy captain of the youth team of FC Hansa Rostock and even in the U17 national team under coach Horst Hrubesch. Just come of age, he was in New York discovered on the road as a model and was soon working in Paris or Milan for designers such as Boss and Valentino. Because of the superficiality of the fashion industry quickly gnawed at his nerves, he began studying acting in London. The only constant in his turbulent young life was the music: from the older brother hooked early with hip-hop, the Rostock local heroes took the Underdog Cru with the talented MC early on festival stages and tours. The entrance exam for the acting school he passed by a complex verses of the legendary rapper Ruhrpott Aphroe confidently recited.

Four years ago Laciny first appeared on the scene to the public. The hip-hop magazine JUICE showed immediately impressed with the innovative power of his debut album "Halloziehnation" which he recorded under the alias Marsimoto and released through indie label Magnum12. 30 diagonally-verstolperte song sketches, told from the perspective of a stoner alien cartoon character with helium voice, inspired by the Californian beat Guru Madlib aka Quasimoto. Followed in 2007 by "Base Ventura ', the first album under the stage name Lacinys Marteria, progressive mouth culminated in public praise by Jan Delay and Peter Fox, who committed him like Sido and Adele as tour support. Marteria artist signed a contract at Four Music and released as the first sign of life in the new home of the label Marsimoto album "In pairs alone." At Stefan Raab's "Federal Vision Song Contest" he entered 2008 with the song "Born To King" for his home state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. But instead of trying to convert the hype into a fast Euro, he crawled a few months later with The Krauts said in Danish House. A daring decision that would prove to be correct.

"Fortunately, in the future" is the fourth album by the artist with two faces. It is not a departure from his previous sound, but an enormous development that can only be described as a quantum leap. The dirty, edgy, bass-heavy aesthetic of his previous productions had been just as inspired by American hip hop as of British and French Electro Grime. In the new work, this design added a facet whose only proper measure to the "size" is: The songs were by orchestra, strings, choirs and lots of enriched surround sound to create a "vibe" as Marteria again emphasized. Influenced by the music of Björk and The Streets, The Krauts have with Marteria developed a sound image, the intensity of which was last reached in fact only "Stadtaffe": beats with "filth, Edge and Power," as Marteria it gets to the point, but with harmonies and melodies for eternity. Jay-Z meets Flying Lotus meets "The Berghain sound".

In terms of content opens Marteria compared to the mainstream, without ever drifting into in mass-market, propoganda platitudes. "Deepness always wins," he finds, and: "We Germans are a nation of text-lovers." He might be right. However, his plate is advised not moody - but also at any time stupid or shocking. There are songs about love, family and death, rich Russians in Berlin, on "Amy Winehouse's" his own personal "Marteria Girl," and of course insomnia. »Verstrahlt" is a light-hearted anthem to hedonism, while with "micro-sleep" the answer in the form of a reminder of the impermanence of all existence follows. The album is an emotional hussars ride through various moods, substance held together primarily by Marterias outstanding ability to formulate more accurate images and metaphors.

At the end of the day is "Fortunately, in the future," a hip-hop record. However, one who has searched far from silly robbers guns and cheap amino imprints a unique track. A record that defines hip-hop in its purest form and compacted influences from electro, dancehall, grime and dubstep into a highly explosive mixture. A record that has taken a long time in their development and will accompany their listeners an even longer period of time. In short: A disk that has come to stay.

Company Flow rapped once, you need "8 Steps To Perfection". With "Fortunately, in the future," Marteria arrived on the ninth stage.

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