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Marco Papiro

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Marco Papiro
Background information
Also known asPapiro
Born1975
OriginBasel,Switzerland
GenresExperimental,Electronic,
Occupation(s)Musician, electronic music producer, graphic designer
Years active1995 – present
LabelsA Tree in a Field Records, Planam
Websitehttp://papiro.ch/

Marco Papirois aSwiss-Italianexperimental musician,electronic musicproducer,sound artistandgraphic designerborn in Basel, Switzerland

Biography

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Classically trained from early age, he played violin, synthesizer and bass guitar in several bands before creating and releasing his own self-produced music as Papiro. His influences are numerous and audible:drone,minimal,folkfrom all times and places,psychedelic,contemporary classical,industrial– but alsoeasy listening,popand evennew age music.His compositions are generally instrumental, meditative and hypnotic, but at times also bizarre and humorous. Papiro is a multi-instrumentalist with a fondness for synthesizers from the pre-programmable era – theEMS VCS3,theMoog Sonic Six,theRoland Jupiter 4and theSerge Modularamong others.

Marco Papiro has collaborated with various musicians such asMani Neumeier,Hans Koch[1]orGyða Valtýsdóttir,and has been a „sound carrier “forDamo Suzukion several occasions. He is also a regular guest with Swiss garage-psych band Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle.[2]In 2005 he founded the noise band Mir,[3]together withDaniel Buessand Michael Zaugg (later also Marlon McNeill and Yanik Soland). UntilDaniel Buess' death in 2016, the band played over a hundred shows inEurope,BrazilandJapan.As aproducerhe has initiated the re-release of "Herzschlag Erde / Verdunkelt die Sinne" and "Die singende Sternlaterne / Folklore des Weltalls 1982" by Swiss underground musician and outsider artist "Die Welttraumforscher", of whom he is a big admirer.

Papiro is also active as an unorthodoxDJ.Together with Markus Stähli of Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle they host a monthly night were they expand their eclectic sets by using various speeds, additional instruments, prepared tapes and effects.

Marco Papiro has studied graphic design at theBasel School of Designfrom 1995 to 1999. As a graphic designer Marco Papiro is mostly known for the posters and album covers he has created for related artists such asSun Araw,Spacemen 3/Spectrum(with Peter Kember aka Sonic Boom),Panda Bear,Z'EV,Antoine Chessex,Oren Ambarchiand many others. He teaches at theBasel School of Designsince 2006.

Discography

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  • Papiro,Papiroaka Leaf album (2002) – Not on label, re-released as TREE008
  • Avventure lontane(2006) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE017 / Some Fine Legacy SFL 005
  • The Ghost Album(2006) – Interdisco ID16
  • Rev(2010) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE028 / Some Fine Legacy SFL006
  • Negativ White 2(2012) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE035
  • People on a Bridge(2014) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE050
  • Teopatia(2014) – Planam PLANAM P[4]
  • Automare(2017) – Muscut, MUSCUT 7 (2012)[5]
  • Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle:Water Air Food & Love(2010) – Not on Label
  • Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle:Tino: Frozen Angel OST(2014) –Voodoo Rhythm
  • Compilation several tracks with Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle:Live at the Jolt Festival Basel(2014)[6]– A Tree in a Field Records
  • MIREx Modules(2005) – A Tree in a Field Records
  • MIR,MIR(2009) – A Tree in a Field Records
  • MIRAbandon Ship(2009) – A Tree in a Field Records
  • MIRShock Your Moneymaker(2013) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE039
  • Rise(2019) – Solar Ipse Audio House SIAH06

Publications

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  • Basler Kulturplakate 2001–2009 – Basler Plakatsammlung (2009)
  • Min: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design – Thames & Hudson (2016)ISBN9780500292198
  • Prints and Drinks 3 – Typographie kann unter Umständen lesbar sein – Prints and Drinks (2016) Schwabe Verlag,ISBN9783906819037

Sources

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  1. ^"HANS KOCH".www.jazzphone.ch.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-08-20.
  2. ^"Voodoo Rhythm Records - Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle".
  3. ^"Welcome to the church of Mir".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-08-01.Retrieved2016-08-10.
  4. ^"PAPIRO: Teopatia - LP - PLANAM - Forced Exposure".
  5. ^"Papiro – Automare (2017, Vinyl)".Discogs.
  6. ^"A Tree in a Field Records".
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