Schwarzes Fragment

Schwarzes Fragment is the dark electro project of Martin - composer, synthesizer player, programmer, and lyricist. The roots run deep: at 14 or 15, Martin rescued a broken keyboard from his uncle in the mid-90s. The family running gag - of all keys, the "Modern Talking" preset keys were the dead ones. Using MIDI and the ancient sequencer Cakewalk Professional 1.0, he transposed around the broken keys and found his first sound.

In 2003 Martin produced his very first songs - purely as composing practice, not yet under the Schwarzes Fragment name. Schwarzes Fragment was officially founded in 2008 - produced on Steinberg Cubase and Propellerhead Reason, centered around the Access Virus TI as the lead synth, which remains Martin's favorite instrument to this day. What began as raw, wordless experiments found its true voice with club-ready rhythms, melodic synth lines, and lyrics forged from fragments of poetry and inner conflict.

The single Seelenkiller reached #8 in the German Electronic Webcharts in December 2008. A year later, Schwarzes Fragment won 6th place worldwide at the Sonic Seducer Battle of the Bands, a result that opened festival stages, including Elekktroshokk, with live support slots for Das Ich, Klangstabil and Eisenfunk and shared bills alongside Welle:Erdball, Frozen Plasma, Heimataerde, Diorama and many more. The debut album Seelenkiller followed in 2010.

The music blends dark electro, EBM, darkwave, and synth-pop into something vivid, melodic, and built for the dancefloor. Based between Munich and Leipzig, the project has been active across the German dark scene for over two decades.

Live, Schwarzes Fragment performs together with Dirk on synthesizer.