Gropper was born September 28, 1982, in
Biberach an der Riss, Germany, He grew up in a musical household and learned to play the cello at an early age while he attended the
gymnasium in
Ochsenhausen. At secondary school he formed his first band, Your Garden and briefly studied languages at the
Heidelberg University before enrolling at the Mannheim Pop Academy. His sister Verena is a soprano and they occasionally perform together. He worked 3 years on his debut album
Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon which was released in Europe by the Label
City Slang and by Nude Records in the UK and Ireland in January 2008. The album entered the German Album Charts on no. 28 and also entered the French, Austrian and Swiss charts. Gropper formed a live band and toured the album. In 2008 Gropper also wrote exclusive tracks for the latest
Wim Wenders movie
Palermo Shooting, alongside other artists like
Portishead and
Nick Cave. In 2016 he released an orchestral version of the 2010 album as
Vexations 16. == Discography ==