In his schooldays, at a time when his friends were emulating the medalists … Read Full Bio ↴In his schooldays, at a time when his friends were emulating the medalists of the then ongoing Barcelona Olympic Games, Marc Martinez would instead keep precociously busy with the tricky taming of an Atari 1040ST with a keyboard Casio PT1 connected to large headphones. The attempt did not quite succeed, but the strong-headed 9 year-old little man would all the same spend most of his spare time testing a “playskool” deck. The background music of his teenage remained bands like the Alan Parson Project or Pink Floyd. He advisedly took advantage of a dad working at a disc store.

In 1995, Marc’s parents left his hometown, Barcelona, to settle in Mollerussa and little Marc had to pack and follow. There he studied solfeggio and piano for 7 years at the town school. Creatively restless by nature, he soon grew confident to make his first compositions of classical music. The classically-trained young Marc wouldn’t tour Europe playing Piano as geniuses of the past had done; he instead got his first synthesizer, a Casio HT-6000, and as he turned 15, was given his first personal computer. Marc was now put in command of a full, though made of silicon, philharmonic orchestra and he wouldn’t wait a minute to set off creating his own stuff with programs like Audio Mulch, Cubase and Fruity Loops.

In the year 1998 an epiphany happened: some may have gone to Mecca and saw Light; Marc went to the Sonar Festival (for the oblivious, this was the memorable year of the Brazilian girls). And he was luckiest: he won the lottery and got away with a sample of Akai Remix which greatly contributed to extending his creative resources. Roughly by this time he began to attend a course of Cubase at the University of Lleida, where he had to register giving his mother’s name due to his young age. He also began to give classes of musical production. Electronic music had so far been an exciting pastime; now it was rapidly turning into an irresistible vocation.

Soon Marc performed his first live acts at local strategic ' pubs' and ' raves'. A few years’ experience encouraged him to present his life performances on a portable Apple iBook 12".

Since 2003, Marc lives again in Barcelona where he obtained the degrees in Audio Engineering and Sound Technology while working as a sound technician for the Mollerussa theatre and teaching musical production in the city of Lleida. Among other professional involvements, Marc has worked on various musical themes for both TV and Radio ads and has likewise collaborated in audio-visual projects.

Marc Marzenit has in recent times become one of the rising stars on the fast-changing landscape of electronic music in Spain. With hardly any records to pride himself on, he nonetheless has already performed five times at a club such as Florida 135, gone abroad to perform in Berlin (Zurmöbelfabrik and Pulp Mansion), plus other acclaimed appearances at various clubs and festivals across the country.

Labels like Miga and Votox seem to be strongly betting on Marc Marzenit.

Marc along with three other colleagues recently set up a new label, Paradigma Musik, which has attracted the interest and gained the support of one of the most important distribution companies nowadays on the market: Kompakt. With Paradigma Musik, Marc did already publish his first EP, Trozitos de navidad. There’s little doubt Marc still has a great deal to say.

9909LA
Marc Marzenit Lyrics

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Some of the worst wrongs
Get righted on three chords,
Like a promise,
Or a kiss goodbye.
When the sneer on your lips
Is the livest thing,
Just alive enough to die.

Open my heart,
In my heart there′s something telling me
To open my heart.
Open my heart
Yeah, I've been blind,
And all that′s been lost
Is a short loop running round my mind.

Love is like laughter
See it happen by chance,
Like a promise,
Be a kiss goodbye
When the smile on your lips
Is the livest thing
More alive than any sky I've seen.

I open my heart
In my heart is there's something telling me
To open my heart.
I open my heart,
See I′ve been blind,
And all that′s been cut
Is a short loop running round my mind.

I open my heart
In my heart there's something telling me
To open my heart.
I open my heart,
See I′ve been blind,
And all that's been cut
Is a short loop running round my mind.

It′s just running round my mind,
Running all the time.
Running all the time
It's a short loop

A short loop
Running round my mind

Overall Meaning

The song 9909LA by Marc Marzenit is a song about love, loss, and opening up to new possibilities. The opening lines of the song "Some of the worst wrongs get righted on three chords" suggest that the simple things in life can often bring the most healing. The three chords could be a metaphor for the three aspects of love: attraction, attachment, and commitment. These chords fix our broken hearts and heal our wounds by filling the void in our lives. The promise or the kiss goodbye is a symbol of hope for the future or accepting that love is over.

The verse "When the sneer on your lips is the liveliest thing, just alive enough to die" suggests that even though one might try to hide their feelings behind a smile, the hurt inside will still show. The chorus "Open My heart" reveals that the singer is ready to open up and start anew, but has been hesitant before this point. The short loop running around in their mind is a metaphor for the negative self-talk one can get trapped in. The song suggests that by opening up, one can free themselves from this cycle and find happiness.

Line by Line Meaning

Some of the worst wrongs Get righted on three chords, Like a promise, Or a kiss goodbye.
Simple things like music can fix even the biggest mistakes, like a promise or a goodbye.

When the sneer on your lips Is the livest thing, Just alive enough to die.
Even the strongest emotions like anger or hate will eventually fade away over time.

Open my heart, In my heart there's something telling me To open my heart.
I need to listen to my inner voice and open myself up more to others.

Yeah, I've been blind, And all that′s been lost Is a short loop running round my mind.
I've been missing out on things and letting my thoughts loop around without making any progress.

Love is like laughter See it happen by chance, Like a promise, Be a kiss goodbye
Love can happen unexpectedly, and it can be just as powerful and meaningful as a promise or farewell.

When the smile on your lips Is the livest thing More alive than any sky I've seen.
A genuine smile is one of the most beautiful things, brighter than even the prettiest sky.

It's just running round my mind, Running all the time. Running all the time It's a short loop A short loop Running round my mind
My thoughts keep spinning in circles, repeating the same patterns and ideas, never moving forward or changing.

Writer(s): Elizabeth Caroline Orton, Ted Barnes

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