Role Musician Occupation(s) Drummer, producer | Years active 1976 to present Name Marlon Klein | |
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Born December 13, 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-12-13 ) Albums Tanger Sessions, Arab Shadows, Life at the Pyramids Similar People Hamid Baroudi, Houssaine Kili, Youmni Rabii | ||
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Marlon Klein (born December 13, 1957 in Herford, Germany) is a musician and producer in the World Music and Fusion genres. He is a co-founder of the German group Dissidenten.
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- Marlon klein jasper van t hof s pili pili live feature
- Marlon Klein
- Career
- Main groups and projects
- Discography
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Marlon Klein
Career
Klein's musical career started with studies of classical percussion at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. 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 Dissidenten with Uve Müllrich and Friedo Josch Klein. Together with the American Saxplayer Charlie Mariano and the South Indian Karnataka College of Percussion 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, Angelique Kidjo, Gary Wright, Sven Väth, Yello, Manickam Yogeswaran and Charlie Mariano.
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.
At present Marlon Klein is living in Ibiza and Berlin.
Main groups and projects
Producer for Sire, Wea, Teldec, Metronome, Virgin, Jaro, Narada, Exil, and Nuevos Medios.
Discography
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