Marius Wankel, born in 1996 in Heidelberg, is a drummer living in Berlin. After growing up within a musical family he started playing the drums and piano at a very young age. After finishing musical Highschool in Munich he began his studies in Jazz Drums at the University of Music in Würzburg and learned from Bill Elgart and Bastian Jütte.
Through the years he archived several awards in youth competitions "Jugend  musiziert" and "Jugend jazzt" and was awarded twice by the HfM Würzburg. In 2018 he moved to Berlin to continue his studies at the Jazz Institut Berlin, which he completed in 2021. Since then, he has been an active member of the jazz and improvised music scene in Berlin, playing in numerous national and international projects. In 2024, he was nominated for the Deutscher Jazzpreis as part of the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. Since 2023 he is part of "Future Bash," a concert series for improvised music. In addition to his jazz projects, he plays in the post-punk band Nip Slip, produces music, and has already collaborated with artists such as Myka9, Wanja Slavin, Ronny Graupe, Camila Nebbia, Philipp Gropper, Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Daniel Derro Regan, Tim Novikov, and Isaiah Barr.