Martyn

Martyn’s unique strand of bass defies easy categorisation – to his fans and admirers, it’s known simply as ‘Martyn Music.’ With a sound that has become emblematic for all that’s forward thinking in dubstep Martyn pushes a defiant out-of-the-box mentality into his every artistic venture, scorning genre convention and relentlessly embracing the new. Informed by a love for Detroit techno, Chicago house and hip-hop, encountering drum & bass in its mid-90’s golden era was the catalyst for him to develop his musical ideas and begin to lay the foundations of his career as a DJ & Producer.?? In 2005 Martyn’s own productions began to surface in the drum & bass scene, with releases on Play:Musik and Marcus Intalex’ Revolve:r imprint. The following year saw a radical shift in sound with the “Broken” / “Shadowcasting” 12”. Drawing on techno and house as much as a still fertile Dubstep scene the release heralded Martyn’s arrival beyond the world of drum & bass, with his new direction supported by DJs ranging from Kode 9 to Gilles Peterson. Building on this momentum with releases on labels such as Tempa and Applepips, the appearance on Hessle Audio of his remix of TRG’s “Broken Heart” catapu... more...