Marie – or Mary, as we try to keep the two Maries in the band apart – is the most recent mata member and contribues with her beautiful bright sound and mezzo voice, whereas she is not afraid to hit the high pitches, neither. Her curiosity in the human voice and experimenting with it, makes her an open-minded vocalist to whatever crazy mata arrangement she is confronted with. We are already curious to the arrangements she is holding for the matas in the future. Marie may be the oldest mata member, but that doesn‘t make her the most serious one – on the contrary: she‘s always in for a laugh during our mata rehearsals and keeps the good vibe flowing.

Tabea manages to combine crazy creativity with focused and structured work. Also her overview and spontaneity make working with her an absolute delight. She is mainly known, loved and responsible for melancholic songs with beautiful harmonies and melodies. Overall, she is the driving engine that every group needs.

Dropping one joke after the other, be it in German, French, English or Luxembourgish, you have to laugh along with Marie anyway. Through the unusual rhythms and her lyrics, which go from fantasy languages over childhood memories to social criticism, her compositions bring drive to the groove too. Furthermore, without Marie our overall sound would probably not be as precise, because she always finds more detail to improve in a piece. So in between her gags she doesn’t fear to kick our asses every now and then, especially when we relax too much on the music we already master.