 In
1995, after five years travelling abroad, Martin came to Bristol,
bought his first set of decks and started learning to mix with the
discipline of his classical guitar training. Within a year he was
playing out regularly and in the Summer of 1995 got his first residency
at Club #19 in Bristol. It was here that he hooked up with fellow
resident Lady Base and Ripsnorter was born!
They were virtually the only straight DJs in Bristol playing what
was then termed ‘hard-bag’ and soon Martin was a regular
player at Just, Bristol’s only gay club. This led to being
recruited by Infamous in the Autumn of ’96, where he gained
a solid reputation for leading the crowd on marathon three hour
journeys through hard-house and progressive and uplifting trance.
As Infamous and Ripsnorter grew in popularity, so the bookings
elsewhere increased.
Martin is totally committed to the underground scene, always looking
for fresh sounds and styles and never afraid to take chances, as
demonstrated by his guest DJ slots on Galaxy 101FM, Powerjam FM,
Storm 103.5FM and radio stations in France, The States and Finland,
and his cutting-edge bookings policy for Ripsnorter. The last year
has seen him playing more and more free-parties here and abroad
- let's hope the trend continues...
Now he finds himself a very busy man, running the Promotions Dept
at The Depot, promoting Ripsnorter and other events such as GBH
and Five, distributing Out Of Hand Magazine throughout the South-West,
writing tracks in the studio and Djing every weekend.
Previous Residencies: Fish!, Club #19, Area 51, Infamous,
Spangled, Inner Space Unit
Current Residencies: GBH, Tribe Of Frog, Ripsnorter, Coolaid
and a monthly slot @ Scream.
Guest Appearances: Glastonbury Festival Dance Stage, Ashton
Court Festival, Planet Zogg, Scream, Aubergine, Get Twisted, Shroom,
Big Blue / Out Of The Blue, Foundation, Coolaid, Insomnia, Pickle,
Sci-ting, Epic, Animators and loads more.
Musical Style: Deep 'n' hard techno-trance with a smattering
of psychedelia, but he's always up for getting his old HH party
tunes out!
Favourite Labels: Detox, Recharge, WellWicked, Nukleuz Purple,
Retek, Kaktai, 3D Vision, Honeypot Hard, Dynamix, Powercutz, old
Jinx stuff, Nile, Re-Entry, Tripoli Traxx.
Favourite Producers: Nick Sentience, Talamasca, Jon Doe,
OD404, Infected Mushroom, Dave Randall, Nuw Idol, GMS, Wierdo.
Favourite DJs: Dave Randall, Oberon, Colinizer, Nat'zan,
Mark EG.
CONTACT DETAILS: 07989 421289
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