Martin Brem (born 23 April 1959), also known by his stage name Marty Brem, is an Austrian-born former singer,

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and entrepreneur currently active in

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and Los Angeles. He is known to wider audiences for his participation in the

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, representing Austria in 1980 as a member of the band Blue Danube and as a soloist in 1981, singing " Wenn du da bist" amidst somewhat unusual choreography performed by female dancers in an equally unusual selection of costumes. After Brem's Eurovision exploits, he undertook various musical ventures, which included new wave and punk music. Brem also became a music journalist, and joined

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as a marketing consultant 1988, only to return to the music industry in 1992 as marketing director for Phonogram/Universal. In 1995 Brem became Vice President International Marketing for

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Europe in London, and in 1997 he took helm at

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in Berlin. Since 2012, Brem has been Head of Audio Portfolio for

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Media House in

. Brem's wife Ursula died in 2001, leaving him with two sons, at that time 9 and 11 years old. Inspired by his wife's hobby of collecting

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s and a massive collection thereof, he started ''Sai So'', a

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offering various parts of apparel, as well as other items, made of vintage kimono fabric. He now also heads the

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office of the German portal utopia.de.

References

International Herald Tribune article on ''Sai So''

Sai So website

Utopia.de – team
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brem, Marty 20th-century Austrian male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria German fashion businesspeople Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1980 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1981 Music industry executives 1959 births Living people Austrian emigrants to Germany