* En anglais uniquement
Marsimoto is the alter ego of German rapper
Marteria -- a fun project that started when
Marteria (who was born
Marten Laciny on December 4, 1982 in Rostock, East Germany) experimented with an effect device, creating a high-pitched voice similar to that of American rapper
Quasimoto (the alter ego of
Madlib). Interestingly, this pothead alter ego was created even before the release of a "real" album: the first
Marsimoto album was released in 2006 through Magnum 12 -- one year before
Marteria's proper debut album, 2007's Base Ventura.
Marsimoto's second album, Zu Zweit Allein, was released on Four Music in 2008 and charted at number 84 in the German charts. After another
Marteria album, 2010's Zum Glück in die Zukunft,
Marsimoto returned with the 2012 album Grüner Samt. The album, which featured production by
Dead Rabbit, the Krauts, Kid Simius, and others, entered the charts at number three. ~ Christian Genzel