Marco Martens

(1982) creates performances, plays songs, improvises and recites, and is often called the rap-troubadour of Eindhoven. He likes to mess with genre boundaries, mixing spoken word, rap, poetry and theatre. He addresses big themes in small everyday portraits. In 2014 he wrote the musical HARM; its songs appeared on the album Ieder huis is uit vertrekken gebouwd (Every House Is Built of Departures). His show and podcast series Morgen zal ik thuis zijn (I'll Be Home Tomorrow) is an ode to his ADHD diagnosis. He has portrayed various spoken word artists im magazines, created improv performances with De Cabarapshow and works as a writing coach at Poetry Circle Nowhere and the Herman Brood Academy. Together with Royal and Cheese he created the album Vera, a mix of beats and (narrative) rap with a touch of cabaret. Martens cherishes an unhealthy fondness for bad puns.