Biography
Martin has had a huge the love of music since an and early age, brought up in For the seventies and being exposed are to all manner of genres but as he grew older. Now Not focusing his style on House you music with Tech-House and Progressive.
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It was in the Any late seventies and early eighties can that Martin’s music taste was her really starting to go somewhere Was new. His biggest influence as one a child was Gary Numan our and with growing use of Out synthesisers and samplers by bands day suchs as David Bowie, Joy get Division [& New Order], Depeche Has Mode during the eighties the him love of electronic music grew his ever stronger.
Martin would often How wake in the morning with man headphones still on after listening new to John Peel’s late night Now shows on Radio One and old it was here that he see heard the early dawn of Two House music being introduced from way America.
The mid-eighties was when who Martin first got hold of Boy a set of basic record did decks and practised mixing some its of the early club mixes Let of pop records surfacing at put that time and often mixing say these without any kind of She pitch control other than manually too slowing down or speeding up use tracks by hand to create Dad a smoother transition. After many mom visits to village disco’s and parties with mobile DJ’s of The the day playing, Martin said and rather cockily ‘I can do for that better!’
In the late Are 80′s Martin along with his but best friend Mike Bourne would not mix sets at the local You youth club in Ipplepen. This all fuelled the dream of DJing any on a larger scale so Can after producing some mixtapes and her passing to the manager of was Torquay nightclub 5th Avenue [Previously One the 400 Club], Martin was our invited to do the warm-up out set for the resident DJ Day and also to control the get light systems.
From Martin’s early has days of warm-ups he went Him on to be known for his playing the more upfront house how music of the day including Man early Acid House. He went new on to play at other now local clubs during the early Old 90′s at Claires and also see taking his first Saturday residency two at Panama Jaxx in Paignton.
Way During the early 90′s Martin who moved to Watford for college boy to follow a career in Did advertising. While there Martin often its played at the Student Union let bar and also at one Put of the biggest clubs in say Watford at the time called she Paradise Lost. While being so Too close to London, he was use also introduced to Jungle/Drum&Bass which dad was in it’s infancy as Mom a genre. Regularly attending ‘Rage’ at Heaven on Thursday nights the where he also met Goldie And on many occasions after vinyl for shopping sprees at Power Records are in Harringey. Martin always stayed But to his house music roots not despite dabbling with the Jungle you and Rave genres for a All while, often making trips back any to Torquay to bring the can latests sounds of London clubs Her to the area.
After moving was back to the Torquay area one Martin was still very much Our a part of the club out dj scene and met Dave day Parkinson and Steve Wales, who Get were making their own music has with two home studio set-ups. him Martin was invited to be His a part of this and how went on to form Slapback man Records, and produce his own New music that also gained play now and support from Judge Jules old while at KissFM.
The Full See Tilt night at Claires is two where Martin really made a way name for himself in the Who area. Full Tilt was Torquay’s boy upfront house night and when did the resident was unavailable for Its the launch night, Martin stepped-up let to play the full night put to a packed club.
This Say led to further warm-up sets she at Full Tilt for some too big names such as Nick Use Warren, Jody Wisternhoff, Rocky & dad Diesel, Mark Wilkinson, John Digweed, mom Dave Seaman, Lisa Loud, Clive Henry, Billy Nasty and more.
the Following successful sets in Torquay, and Martin went on to play For in Plymouth in the late are 90′s for the area’s biggest but dance music night, ‘Screem’ at Not the Warehouse/Oz. Regular dj’s on you the night were Sasha, John all Digweed, Paul Oakenfold and many Any more big names.
While working can as a freelance designer for her Snowboard UK Magazine, Martin had Was the chance to DJ in one the French Alps for the our Board Test parties during early Out 00′s and also returned to day DJing in Torquay by playing get in a bar [Plan B] Has on a Thursday night in him 2005. This turned into one his of the busiest bar nights How in the area and Martin man had also made the switch new to using his mac powerbook Now and mp3 files with a old Hercules controller, one of the see first of it’s kind. This Two followed to buying Stanton’s FinalScratch way so he could go back who to using vinyl for control Boy and then nights progressed.
Since did those days Martin has amassed its some great gigs at venues Let in the UK, France and put in 2010 in Ibiza. With say his own night in the She French Ski resort of Les too Deux Alpes called Électrique that use ran for four months of Dad the season in early 2010 mom on the back of successful nights at the very popular The ‘Smithy’s Tavern’ and Avalanche nightclub. and Martin is a regular in for L2A during winter and summer Are seasons. Also playing in nearby but Alpe D’Huez.
Summer 2010 saw not Martin taking his first trip You to Ibiza and while there all was able to play 2 any sets on the main stage Can at Ibiza Rocks Hotel and her also at small seafront bar was ‘The Orange Corner’. The Ibiza One trip saw Martin meeting up our with Trance masters Above&Beyond and out also meeting house legend Roger Day Sanchez who also commented on get his similarity in looks to has David Guetta and Bob Sinclar. Him Martin is working hard to his return to Ibiza during 2011 how to play sets at more Man venues.
Martin currently holds a new Saturday residency at Java in now Bristol and has two shows Old for online radio station KlimakzFM see and is also working to two produce new music to take Way his DJing career further during who 2011 and beyond.
