Master of Con?usion Marcus G. Graf von Rittberg was born on November 6, 1977 in Valencia, Spain and grew up in Germany. At the age of seven he started playing the piano. First, his lessons were focused mainly on classical music. As a teenager his musical focus and training shifted towards Jazz, Funk, Latin and Blues and later on Hip Hop and Electronic music.

After graduating high school in 1997 Marcus worked for several film and theater production companies and studied to become a high school music teacher. In 2004 he moved to Minneapolis and successfully obtained his associate degree in music production and audio engineering in 2006 at the Institute of Production and Recording. In 2007 Marcus' catalogue of solo music led to a publishing deal with Stray Dog Music Publishing located in Brooklyn N.Y.

The mixture of different elements and the unorthodox way of weaving these together make Marcus’ music style unique and exceptional in the realm of pre-existing genres. Hip Hop and Electronic rhythms often build the fundament of his music. On top of that Classical, Jazz, Folk, Funk, Afro-Cuban and many other stylistic themes are tied together creating an experimental potpourri of music. Furthermore organic and synthesized sounds are blended together in order to create an unusual listening experience.

Marcus’ piano skills have been extremely helpful in the process of producing computer-based music such as Electronica and Hip-Hop, leaving out the rigid and static feeling typical for these genres. Instead of working with preexisting loops, musical parts and loops are composed and performed. However all computer programmed songs can also be performed with an acoustic setup (piano & vocals) allowing a more intimate listening experience.

Marcus’ lyrics range from humorous and light content to emotional and philosophical ideas not presented in a lecturing tone but in an entertaining manner. All tracks are available as instrumentals, which can be used for films and commercials. Marcus composes, performs, edits, arranges, produces, mixes and masters his own music. He is committed to developing the emotional character of minimal music such as Electronica and Hip Hop and at the same time bridging the gap between serious and popular music.