Marlon Klein (born 13 December 1957 in

Herford Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford. Geography ...

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) is a musician and producer in the World Music and Fusion genres. He is a co-founder of the German group

Dissidenten Dissidenten are a German rock band known for their collaborations with Middle Eastern, African and Indian musicians. In a 1988 article for ''The New York Times'', music critic Stephen Holden acknowledged the band as being among the leaders of wha ...

Career

Klein's musical career started with studies of classical percussion at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, art-song, conducting, as we ...

. In the late 1970s he was one of the founders of the Real Ax Band, part of the independent music distributorship Schneeball. Real Ax Band's song "Samba Mortale" became a success in Europe and in Brazilian clubs. In 1982 Klein co-founded

with Uve Müllrich and Friedo Josch Klein. Together with the American Saxplayer

Charlie Mariano Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and nadaswaram as well. Biography Mariano was born in ...

and the South Indian

Karnataka College of Percussion The Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP) is a music school in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, which is dedicated to the teaching of the Carnatic percussion and vocal music of South India. It was founded in approximately 1964 by the '' mridangam'' p ...

they gained worldwide attention. Following this project Klein and Dissidenten focussed on North Africa, working in collaboration with Moroccan musician Lem Chaheb. This project produced the album ''Sahara Elektrik'' with the song "Fata Morgana".. Klein has collaborated as producer and musician for

Pili Pili Peter Gatonye (born November 1982), known better for his stage name Pilipili is a musician/singer from Kenya. At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with another musician, Gun B. Their best known song was "Nampenda".Daily Nation, October 28 ...

Angelique Kidjo Angelique or Angélique may refer to: * Angélique (given name), a French feminine name Arts and entertainment Music * Angélique (instrument), a string instrument of the lute family * ''Angélique'', a 1927 opéra bouffe by Jacques Ibert * ...

Gary Wright Gary Malcolm Wright (born April 26, 1943) is an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs " Dream Weaver" and " Love Is Alive", and for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and po ...

Sven Väth Sven Väth (born 26 October 1964) is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He is a three-time DJ Awards winner, and his career in electronic music spans over 30 years. The single "Electrica Salsa" with OFF launched his career in 1986. Referr ...

Yello Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983. Their sound is often charac ...

, Manickam Yogeswaran and

. At present Klein is working with Spain's Tomas San Miguel and his group Txalaparta, performing with the Australian-Finnish singer songwriter Esther Bertram as the Bertram-Klein Duo, with Manickam Yogeswaran and guitar player Jens Fischer in the Euro-Indian trio Peace4Paradise. Together with Dissidenten, Klein is producing the new album, ''The Tangier Sessions'', with the participation of Morocco's musical group

Jil Jilala Jil Jilala ( ''Generation of Majesty'') is a Moroccan musical group which rose to prominence in the 1970s among the movement created by Nass El Ghiwane and Lem Chaheb. Jil Jilala was founded in Marrakech in 1972 by performing arts students Mohame ...

. At present Marlon Klein is living in

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and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Main groups and projects

*Real Ax Band *

*Karnataka College of Percussion *Lem Chaheb *

Jasper van 't Hof Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player. Van 't Hof was born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 wa ...

*Pili Pili *

*Phikelela Sakhula Zulu Choir *

Stephan Eicher Stephan Eicher (born 17 August 1960) is a Swiss singer. He sings in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss German and Romansh, sometimes using different languages in the same song. Eicher's success started ...

Manfred Schoof Manfred Schoof (born 6 April 1936) is a German jazz trumpeter. Career Schoof was born in Magdeburg, Germany, and studied music in Kassel and Cologne, where one of his teachers of the big band leader Kurt Edelhagen. Schoof performed on Edelhagen' ...

Dieter Meier Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945) is a Swiss industrialist, musician and conceptual artist. He is the frontman of the electronic music group Yello, which was co-founded (with ex-member Carlos Perón) by music producer Boris Blank. He is a vocali ...

Oliver Lieb Oliver Lieb (born 1969 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a German electronic music producer and DJ. Lieb is known to have more than a dozen aliases with over 200 productions and remixes in various electronic genres such as trance, house, and tech ...

*Tomas San Miguel *

Txalaparta The txalaparta ( or ) is a specialized Basque music device of wood or stone. In some regions of the Basque Country, (with ) means "racket", while in others (in Navarre) has been attested as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense closely relate ...

Manickam Yogeswaran Maanikkam Yogeswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil musician and exponent of Carnatic music. He was born 1959 in Meesalai, Sri Lanka, where he attended Jaffna Hindu College before moving to London. He currently lives in Berlin and is co-artistic directo ...

*Esther Bertram *Peace4Paradise *

Producer for Sire, Wea, Teldec, Metronome, Virgin, Jaro, Narada, Exil, and Nuevos Medios.

Discography

*2018 Real Ax Band - ''Just Vibrations - Live At The Quartier Latin Berlin'' / Germany drums, percussion, composer, producer *2008

- ''The Tangier Sessions'' / Morocco-Germany-Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *2007 Esther Bertram - ''Alchemy Of The Heart'' / Australia - Germany - UK drums, percussion, composer, producer *2007

Spooky Tooth Spooky Tooth were an English rock band originally formed in Carlisle in 1967. Principally active between 1967 and 1974, the band re-formed several times in later years. History Prior to Spooky Tooth, four of the band's five founding members h ...

- ''Nomad Poets'' / Germany - US - UK Live Recording *2006 Beat'n Blow - ''The Sound Of Blasmusik'' / Berlin - Germany percussion, producer *2006

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- ''Tudo Em Mim Anda a Mil'' / Brazil drums, percussion, producer *2005 Hotlips - ''Never Never Land'' / Europe drums, percussion, composer, producer *2005 Tomas San Miguel - ''Dan Txa'' / Spain drums, percussion, producer *2004 Manickam Yogeswaran - ''Peace for Paradise'' / Worldwide drums, perc, keyboards, composer, producer *2004 Rosanna & Zelia - ''ÁGUAS-IGUAIS'' / Germany - Brasil percussion *2004 Pili Pili - ''Post Scriptum'' / Europe drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *2003 Esther Bertram - ''Urban Angel'' / Australia - Germany - UK percussion, composer, producer *2002

- ''A New Worldbeat Odyssey'' / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *2001

- ''2001: A Worldbeat Odyssey'' / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *2000 Arabian Nights - ''Mil e Uma Noites'' Som Livre / Brasil musician, producer *2000 The Real Happy Singers - ''Walk Softly Like A Cat'' / South Africa producer *2000 Daniel Balavoine and Stefan Eicher - ''Hommage'' / France drums, programming *1999 Pili Pili - ''Love Letter'' featuring the Phikelela Sakhula Zulu Choir / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1999

- ''Human Love'' / US drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1998

- ''Live in Europe'' featuring Charlie Mariano / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1998 Tomas San Miguel y Txalaparta - ''Ten'' / Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1997

- ''Instinctive Traveler'' featuring Bajka / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1996 Thomas Kessler - ''On Earth'' / Germany drums, percussion, composer *1996 Manickam Yogeswaran - ''Tamil Classics'' / India. producer *1996

''Mixed Up Jungle'' with Sven Väth, Apacho, Rhythm Ace / Worldwide drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1995 Pili Pili - ''Dance Jazz Live 1995'' / Germany, Europe drums, percussion *1995 Dr.Raghavendra & KCP - 'Shiva Ganga''/ US, India producer *1994 Pili Pili ''Boogaloo'' featuring Angelique Kidjo / Benin – Netherlands drums, producer *1994

with

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- ''First Sign of Life'' / US drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1993 Raphael - ''The Calling'' / US / Maui / Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1992

- ''The Jungle Book'' / Germany / India drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1990 Wild Orchid - Soundtrack WEA drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1989

- ''Out of This World'' Spain / Morocco-Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1988

- ''Live In New York'' / US drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1987 Pili Pili - ''Be In Two Minds'' featuring Angelique Kidjo / Netherlands / France / Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1986

''Life At The Pyramids'' / France / Spain / Morocco drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1986 Pili Pili ''Jacko-Jacko'', featuring Angelique Kidjo / Netherlands / Nigeria / Benin drums, percussion, keyboards, composer *1985

- ''Arab Shadows'' / Morocco - Spain drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1984 Pilot Pirx and

(Yellow) - ''Bungalow'', ''Bungalow - Exzess Im Bungalow'' / Germany drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1984 Flucht nach Vorne - ''O Cubano'' / Germany percussion, producer *1983

- ''Sahara Elektrik'' / Morocco - Germany drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer *1983

- ''Germanistan Tour '' / Europe / India *1982 1. Futurologischer Congress ''Wer Spricht?'' / Germany drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer and founder *1982

''Germanistan'' / Germany / India drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer and founder *1978 Missus Beastly and the Real Ax Band at the ''Umsonst & Draussen'' Festival / Germany drums, percussion, keyboards, composer *1976 ( rereleased 2000) Real Ax Band - ''Move Your Ass In Time'' / UK - Germany - Ghana drums, percussion, keyboards, composer, producer

External links

Marlon Klein Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Marlon 1957 births Living people German male musicians People from Herford Hochschule für Musik Detmold alumni