Browse by Artist: MARTYN

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Velvet/Twenty Four
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	3024 001EP

2009 repress of the 1st 3024 release. "We welcome you to 3024 -- a fresh new imprint combining the musical talents of Martyn and the graphic artistry of Erosie. After strong releases on labels such as Revolve:r, Soul:r Tempa and remix work for Hessle Audio and Offshore, Martyn has created his own musical playground where dubbed out sounds, Chicago & Detroit influenced melodies and lots of bass dwell freely. This first release brings you the sounds of 'Velvet,' a rugged beat, heavy sub-bassline with a playful melancholic melody progressing to an almost euphoric level. This track will stand out in any DJ set; it is the musical side of dubstep, or the dubby side of techno. The flip side 'Twenty Four' is a dark almost 2-step type roller, using looped chords and vocal snippets that are progressive in a creeping kind of way, and bringing back the funk of dubstep pioneers such as El-B and Horsepower in a 3024 fashion. As one of Europe's most rated and influential street artists Erosie brings his unique graphic styles to the world of 3024, making this first release a delight for the ear as well as the eye. Enjoy. 'Martyn is dealing with dubstep's groove deficiency with some of the slinkiest, lushest productions around. its clear that dubstep's epicenter is no longer just in South London.' -- (Kode9 - Hyperdub) 'Following on from the infectious 'everything about you' on Tempa, Martyn once again comes correct with this next level of deep and dubbed out visions. Good for the head and the dance floor. 5/5' -- (Rob Smith aka RSD) 'This release on Martyn's debut label is a proud way to introduce to the world the unique sound Martyn is bringing to the dubstep scene.' -- (Headhunter - Tempa) 'A huge talent. The Dennis Bergkamp of dance.' -- (Marcus Intalex - Soul:R)."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Natural Selection
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	3024 002EP

"Martyn's 3024 mission continues with further explorations on the boundaries of dubstep and techno. Having made waves with remixes for Hessle Audio, Shut Up and Dance and Detroit techno producers Ican, Martyn brings two solo tracks which have received DJ support from all over the spectrum of dance music. If intergalactic robots discovered UK garage and decided to have a go at making their own version in 30th-century style, Natural Selection may well have been close to their output. On vocals, the illustrious Kid Drama (of Instra:Mental) opens a vein of soul over lush Detroit electro grooves reminiscent of Aux88 and Juan Atkins. 'Vancouver' on the flip side sees Martyn at a much darker point in time. Bleak, twisted stabs progress menacingly throughout the track, carried by a sunken, swollen bass line. Yet, it is the shards of jazz keys and broken samples of a joke half-heard and misunderstood that adds extra depth to the eerie ambience. As 3024 represents music for the ears as well as for the eyes, Erosie brings his unique graphic style to the table, making this release another collector's item. Enjoy."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Natural Selection (Flying Lotus' Cleanse Mix)
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	3024 003EP

"Here it is, the one many of us have been waiting for. Martyn has employed the remix skills of two of the biggest names in underground music right now, 2562 & Flying Lotus, to remix the tunes from Martyn's release Natural Selection and Vancouver. 2562 takes his signature 2-step techno hybrid visions to a new level of depth on his remix of 'Vancouver,' a spiralling hypnotic rhythm and lush bass line that would naturally work great in a big club, while Flying Lotus uses his frantic glitch-hop skills to carve out a new way of viewing 'Natural Selection' with his 'Cleanse Mix.' This is a sublime release that will appeal to both the hip-hop community, the deep techno heads, and the dubsteppers alike. Totally fresh."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Great Lengths
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	3024 005CD

"I always like to think my stuff is 'music for a warm but rainy day.' You know, low frequencies do something to your muscles when you listen to them. There have been studies of low frequencies contracting your muscles, and because they contract certain muscles you have the urge to move, you know, to get rid of that itchy feeling in your arms and legs. So that would be a reason to dance. I grew up in Eindhoven, and lived in Rotterdam for five years, both cities are techno and drum & bass strongholds in Holland, so I am quite sure this has influenced me. Especially Eindhoven, which back in the day had ties with many Chicago and Detroit artists through labels such as Djax and Eevolute, and various clubs and DJs in the city. So, in the early/mid '90s I saw many of those people play and bought their records. I think what makes music interesting is when an artist incorporates his/her influences and translates it into a unique sounding style. Although it might sound a tad arrogant, I'd like to think of my music as 'Martyn music.' I try not to think of it as dubstep or techno, or house or drum & bass; it's not about genres, it's about music. This way I feel more freedom to make the music I want to make. If you make music and it sparks something, if it triggers a certain emotion, or even the motivation to get out there and express yourself in whichever way. That is just great. The position that I find myself in, both literally and mentally on the outskirts of the 'scenes' has done me good. Does that make sense?"

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Remixes 1/2
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	3024 006EP

"Ending the brief hiatus that followed the Great Lengths LP and accompanying world tour, Martyn and 3024 usher in the new decade with a brace of remixes from the deepest recesses of the quasi-house community. First out the gates is 3024-006, helmed by a pair of artists as unique as they are elusive: Zomby and Redshape. Easily one of the most talked about new producers of the last few years, Zomby continues to evolve upwards and out, never settling on a particular style and constantly twisting the technicolour DNA of his output. Those smeared neon fingerprints are all over his reworking of 'Hear Me,' which lights up clattering percussion and a black hole of a bass drop with layers of sparkling neon crystal SID chip melodies. Tackling 'Seventy Four' on the flip side is determinedly enigmatic techno classicist Redshape. Responsible for a string of unashamedly human releases since 2006, his rich, organic sound has recently caught the imagination of a 4x4 scene beginning to look beyond icy [and boring] minimalism for inspiration. A highlight of the Fabric 50 Martyn mix CD, the original's glowering pulse is carefully built on with walls of murky analogue warmth and hissing industrial ambience before reaching a monolithic climax. An integral part of every 3024 release, Erosie once again blesses this release with his inimitable visual style switching up to a monochrome design this time around."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Remixes 2/2
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	3024 007EP

"The second half of the Great Lengths remixes package offers 3 more vividly contrasting interpretations of the album's tracks .Almost a year on from the release of his debut album One and with 'Saviour of Techno' plaudits still bouncing off concrete walls, Berghain lynchpin Ben Klock turns in a remix of 'Is This Insanity' that distills everything inspirational about both the club and city he calls home. Spaceape's cracked vocal is welded to a sort of cavernous piston driven groove while traces of the original's melody fractured into the briefest of shards fight their way to the surface only to sink back into the percussive smog. Located well outside of the heavily scrutinized UK hype centres, Manchester's rising star Illum Sphere continues to hone his already distinct sound on the flipside's 'Brilliant Orange' reworking. A clanking off kilter groove rubs up against an extended mutation of the original melody that pushes the track towards a poignant climax, evoking all the ache of reaching for the stars and landing squarely on one's face."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Left Hander/Shook Up
Label:	3024 (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	3024 010EP

"After a year dominated with collaborations (the Great Lengths remix double pack), fresh blood and inveterate genre renegades (Illum Sphere's Titan EP & Altered Natives The Bitch/Crop Duster respectively) we at 3024 came to the conclusion a new Martyn release was perhaps overdue. Not so much an album preview as a standalone document of a year spent expanding dance floor horizons over (a great many) seas. 3024's milestone 10th release arrives with 2 brand new Martyn tracks as 'Lefthander' clatters in on heavily filtered drums, flickering high hats & garbled radio transmissions before a carousel synth melody breaks through the percussive murk accompanied by a roaming bass line that prioritizes restraint over bludgeon. Dubbed out ambience rapidly takes root in the gaps between concrete snares & dissonant brass stabs as bass and synths elevate themselves for one last round of call & response sparring before dissolving back into barely audible dialogue. Steam age industrial monolith 'Shook Up' swaps slink for haunted metronomic brutality, snapping quickly into focus first with relentless kicks before bass akin to an Atari2600 playing Berghain looms over the clouded horizon. Offsetting the claustrophobia is the first hints of melody as an impossibly slight piano phrase creeps in, countering rhythmical pummeling with ghost in the machine delicacy. Classically spastic 808 tendrils are underpinned by soaring synth strings as proceedings draw to a juddering close. Capturing 3024's musical progress with typical accuracy Erosie's latest sleeve design is perhaps his best yet, echoing the back to basics theme with beautifully austere monochrome geometry curdling into something altogether more volatile at the edges."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	All I Have Is Memories/Suburbia
Label:	APPLE PIPS RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	PIPS 001EP

First release on Appleblim's new label: Apple Pips. "Apple Pips has been set up to explore the areas between dubstep, techno, minimal & house with an emphasis on echo, depth, swing & bass. Our first release comes from a very exciting Dutch producer: Martyn. Fresh from playing stunning sets at both the original dubstep club FWD>> & in the main room at Fabric (on the same weekend!), Martyn typifies the new feeling in clubland at the moment, that has seen Shackleton grace the stage as a house/techno institution Saturdays at Fabric, Mala from Digital Mystikz play at nu-rave club White Heat, funky house DJs get sets at FWD>>, & Luciano, Villalobos & co dropping dubstep in their sets. With his sets ranging from garage & 2step to broken beat to upfront minimal house, Martyn's productions also reflect this open-minded approach to music. 'All I Have Is Memories' is built around a hypnotic almost trancy riff, with Martyn's trademark layered and chopped beats & a solid wall of Reese bass underneath. Panning & filtering echo-laden effects around the mix, Martyn's production combines dub effects with the emotion of Detroit techno. 'Suburbia' is featured on Appleblim's Dubstep Allstars mix CD on Tempa, & is another great example of Martyn's fresh take on the dubstep sound. Phasing pads filter in and out of the track, combining with bleeps & a warm stepping bass line."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Ghost People
Label:	BRAINFEEDER
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	BF 025CD

"As a continual record buyer and beat seeker, Martyn is a beacon of hope through leagues of passion-less DJs and producers, the 'ghost people': plastic, hollow shells that focus only on the in-the-now grooves or keeping in line with trends. Martyn's inspiration stems from the old school mentality of connecting the dots, much like how Ron Hardy would tweak a soul track into a house groove, or Goldie sent processed breakbeats far into the future. Throughout his uncategorisable sound, Martyn gives nods to the electronic music that came before him: bringing back the energy of early rave, the deep builds of old jungle, the immersive and impulsive feel of an early Fran�ois K DJ set... One artist he's united with time and time again is Brainfeeder leader Flying Lotus. With Ghost People, Martyn pulls Brainfeeder out of LA and straight into the fluorescent bounce of West London's 2-step, massaging the darker edge of Croydon's dub roots, and D&B's otherworldly and sci-fi sonics, while simultaneously moving through the grit of Detroit's mechanic grooves, and into the freewheeling vibe of Berghain. Yet, all the while, he maintains Brainfeeder's spirit of wild experimentalism and -- as the title of his 'We Are You In The Future' suggests -- sense of futurism at the forefront, with each of the album's unpredictable tracks."

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Fabric 50
Label:	FABRIC (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	FABRIC 099CD

"As an artist whose music has always defied classification, it comes as no surprise that Martyn's fabric mix tiptoes, straddles and stomps over the notion of genre; Fabric 50 is a thrilling, unpredictable portrait of today's all-embracing and cross-pollinating music scenes. Powered only by the common link of bass culture, Martyn fuses the deep impact of 2562 and Kode 9, the funky step of Roska and Uncle Bakongo, wildly imaginative creations from Hudson Mohawke and Joy Orbison, and the cerebral trip of Werk Discs' Actress. Also glittered with his own 3024 label creations, this is a definitive snapshot of any pulsating, incandescent dancefloor taken over by the Martyn sound." Other artists include Olivier Daysoul, Alec Wizz, Nubian Mindz, Maddslinky, Altered Natives, Uncle Bakongo, Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson, DJBone, Detachments, Cooly G, dBridge, Roska, Levon Vincent; Spaceape, Redshape, Ben Klock, Zomby, Jan Driver and Dorian Concept.

Artist:	MARTYN
Title:	Broken/Shadowcasting
Label:	REVOLVE:R (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	REVOLVER 011EP

2007 release, repressed. "Giles Peterson, Laurent Garnier, Appleblim, Scuba, Slaughter Mob, etc., all supporting this wicked 12". Due to popular demand 'Broken' now gets its full vinyl release after only being available on the highly-acclaimed Dat Music CD. Flipped with the excellent 'Shadowcasting,' this release sees another step away from drum and bass for Revolver, which is now going to serve the purpose of releasing music of various styles and tempos as opposed to being a strictly dnb label. With his love for Detroit techno and all things beats and bass Martyn delivers this unique 12" with much aplomb. Most would probably categorize this as a dubstep record. We just say this is great forward-thinking music and the perfect way to display this talented producer's versatility."

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