Marco Papiro

Marco Papiro
Marco Papiro
	Experimental, Electronic,
Occupation(s)	Musician, electronic music producer, graphic designer
Years active	1995 – present
Labels	A Tree in a Field Records, Planam
Website	http://papiro.ch/

Marco Papiro is a

sound artist and graphic designer

born in Basel, Switzerland

Biography

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:

Serge Modular

among others.

Marco Papiro has collaborated with various musicians such as

producer

he 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 unorthodox

DJ

. 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 the Basel School of Design from 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 as Sun Araw, Spacemen 3 / Spectrum(with Peter Kember aka Sonic Boom), Panda Bear, Z'EV, Antoine Chessex, Oren Ambarchi and many others. He teaches at the Basel School of Design since 2006.

Discography

Papiro, Papiro aka 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
MIR Ex Modules (2005) – A Tree in a Field Records
MIR, MIR(2009) – A Tree in a Field Records
MIR Abandon Ship (2009) – A Tree in a Field Records
MIR Shock Your Moneymaker (2013) – A Tree in a Field Records TREE039
Rise (2019) – Solar Ipse Audio House SIAH06

Publications

Basler Kulturplakate 2001–2009 – Basler Plakatsammlung (2009)
Min: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design – Thames & Hudson (2016)
ISBN 9780500292198

Prints and Drinks 3 – Typographie kann unter Umständen lesbar sein – Prints and Drinks (2016) Schwabe Verlag,
ISBN 9783906819037

Sources

^ "HANS KOCH". www.jazzphone.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
^ "Voodoo Rhythm Records - Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle".
^ "Welcome to the church of Mir". Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
^ "PAPIRO : Teopatia - LP - PLANAM - Forced Exposure".
^ "Papiro – Automare (2017, Vinyl)". Discogs.
^ "A Tree in a Field Records".

External links

[1] "HANS KOCH". www.jazzphone.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.

[2] "Voodoo Rhythm Records - Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle".

[3] "Welcome to the church of Mir". Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

[4] "PAPIRO : Teopatia - LP - PLANAM - Forced Exposure".

[5] "Papiro – Automare (2017, Vinyl)". Discogs.

[6] "A Tree in a Field Records".

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