Origin Vienna, Austria Instruments Vocals, Keyboard Name Martin 101 | Genres Electro, Dance-pop Years active 1996 – Present | |
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Birth name Martin Wolfgang Herbert Meister Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Model | ||
Martin Meister (Martin 101) official videos and TV appearances.
Martin 101 is an avant-garde pop singer and artist. Born as Martin Wolfgang Herbert Meister in Vienna, Austria, on May 24, 1971. With a distinctive look, attitude and charisma Martin Meister became a well sought-after character for the media, advertising and music circuit. Growing up in Vienna, he moved and lived in London between 1992–2002. Kate Moss discoverer Corinne Day pictured Martin.
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Actor and model
Meister for Vogue Italia (2004). Celebrity photographer Rankin perpetuated Martin Meister in 2000 in his book 'Rankin Works'. This photo has been published since regularly all over the world in books and magazines including Creative Review, Stern Portfolio, Le Monde 2. In 1998 Martin Meister appeared as a cameo with Anita Pallenberg in Madonna's 'Drowned World/Substitute for Love' (pop video directed by Walter Stern). Directors such as John Maybury ('Love Is The Devil' with Daniel Craig) Jonas Akerlund plus companies including Sony, MTV had Martin on feature. Other pop videos in appearance include Timo Maas “Shifter” (Warner Music 2002) or Martin’s own feature pop videos “Martin101 – Dangerous Cat” (2007), “Martin 101 – Follow Me“ (2010) and so on. In 2010 Martin Meister played a character in the Austrian TV series Tom Turbo.
Music career
Aside Martin Meister started his musical career as “Martin 101” [1] in 1996. The on Deep9 Records released electronic club track 'Shining' started his road trip beyond urban dance floors. Performing major venues and hype party spots across Europe such as the Ministry Of Sound (for Pushca 1997), The Garden Club Vienna (Kinky Disco 1998), The Eves Club (London 2001&2002), Freedom (London 2000), Battersea Power Station (1996), The Cross (London 2003), and forth on. 2003 got him a live radio broadcast on KroneHit from the world's biggest charity event 'The Life Ball', co-hosted by Sir Elton John, a star-studded yearly fashion event at the historical and glamorous Rathaus, Vienna. His single Sweet Dreams made it onto the 'Top 100 Dance Charts' in 2009. In 2010 Martin 101 released his single Follow Me produced by Supermax remixer and producer Thomas Ranosz, also known for his work with Depeche Mode's Christian Eigner.