His influences are numerous and audible: drone, minimal, folk from all times and places, psychedelic, contemporary classical, industrial – but also easy listening, pop and even new age music.
Papiro is a multi-instrumentalist with a fondness for synthesizers from the pre-programmable era – the EMS VCS3, the Moog Sonic Six, the Roland Jupiter 4 and the Serge Modular among others.
Marco Papiro has collaborated with various musicians such as Mani Neumeier, Hans Koch[1] or Gyða Valtýsdóttir, and has been a „sound carrier“ for Damo Suzuki on several occasions.
Together with Markus Stähli of Roy & the Devil's Motorcycle they host a monthly night were they expand their eclectic sets by using various speeds, additional instruments, prepared tapes and effects.
As a graphic designer Marco Papiro is mostly known for the posters and album covers he has created for related artists such as Sun Araw, Spacemen 3 / Spectrum(with Peter Kember aka Sonic Boom), Panda Bear, Z'EV, Antoine Chessex, Oren Ambarchi and many others.