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Arthur and Martha

music to frolic in a lay-by to

About Me

"Really good. Move over Rolf Harris! " Five Stars somebody on the internet
"Gilbert & George, disguised as The Carpenters, steal the hits of Kraftwerk and bash them out on an old moog in the style of Section 25" Someone else on the internet.
Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley.
Adam was the founding member of beard-stroking folkatronica indie-band, Saloon. They played lots of gigs, made some records, shot to number 1 in John Peel’s festive chart and then fell off the side of the world. Alice was in party-girl band The Duloksone night she jumped ship and also fell off the side of the world.
They met, picked themselves up and on the side of a European autovia somewhere were born again as Arthur and Martha. By bringing together their rag-tag collection of moogs, melodicas and an antique drum-machine, they penned songs for the happy robots to dance to.
The band's debut single is out now on Happy Robots Records
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Member Since: 10/18/2005
Band Website: happyrobots.co.uk
Band Members: Arthur - vocals, korg ms10, moog rogue, moog opus 3, bass guitar, guitar, casio dg50, stylophone, melodica, percussion Martha - vocals, theremin, arp quartet, micro korg, casio 1000P, korg ms10, omnichord, percussion.
Influences: Kraftwerk, Polyrock, OMD, Postal Service, Cut Copy, Silver Apples, Can, Harmonia, Mahogany, Lali Puna, American Analog Set, Ladytron, Gerling, Add N to X, Daft Punk, Knife, New Order (pre-WIM), The Wake, Section 25, Joy Division, The Envelopes, Plastic Bertrand, Hot Butter, Space (French Band) Gary Glitter, Goldfrapp, disco Madonna, Broadcast, Stereolab, Pram, Electrelane, United States of America, White Noise, Delia Derbyshire, Kylie Minogue, Holly Valance, Rachel Stevens, Milli Vanilli, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Soft Cell, Bros, Roy Budd, James Last, Gershon Kingsley, Wendy Carlos, Walter Carlos, Alan Hawkshaw, Geoff Love and His Orchestra, anything on KPM.
Sounds Like: What people have said about Arthur and Martha
NME
"a British spin on The Postal Service, or Aphex Twin remixing the contents of NME’s seminal ’C86’ tape"
Indie MP3
"sounds like Kraftwerk listening to the Rough Trade indie pop compilation whilst speeding down the motorway."
"Arthur and Martha play electro-pop and they play it well. I cannot think of too many acts both myself and the mrs, who likes funk, soul & hip hop likes (opposites attract eh?) but they are one of them!"
I really love music
"a wonderful alternative to the current demand for the glut of distressed ugly synthetic noise that dominates the electro scene"
Fraction Discs
"Blissful pop with echoes of afformentioned German legends, Stereolab and Broadcast."
Record Label: Happy Robots Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Autovia" video up now!

We are pleased to announce that the video for Autovia is finally finished and ready for public consumption, admittedly 3 weeks after the single release date, but who's counting&You can watch it here....
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:41:00 PST

Arthur and Martha in the Yorkshire Evening Post

Arthur and Martha had a lovely article in Yorkshire's finest evening paper... read onArthur and Martha's original synthsBy Mark HookhamALICE Hubley is one half of Arthur and Martha  a finely-honed el...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:31:00 PST

Arthur and Martha only buy free range...

"Squarewave to Heaven" from the download version of the Autovia EP is currently being featured on the latest Connection Bizarre webcast alongside Covox, Ultraviolet and the charmingly named Battery Ca...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:13:00 PST

At last! Single out today!

Hi All,After many months / years / lifetimes of waiting, our debut single ’Autovia / Japanese Kiss’ finally hits the shops today.Available only on 7" at the moment you can buy it directly...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:46:00 PST

Show this Friday...

HelloJust a quick message to remind all yous London folk that Arthur and Martha are playing a show at Bardens Boudoir this friday night supporting the marvelous Das Wanderlust, please come. A&M will ...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:36:00 PST

Arthur and Martha - Autovia review in the NME!!!

We got a review in the NME, aren’t they nice chaps! xx Arthur and Martha  Autovia EPYou know those idiot parents who call their children stupid names? Well, relax, for London thrift-shop electr...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:47:00 PST

Indie MP3 Review of Autovia

The lovely people at Indie MP3 have written a glowing review of Autovia, we do like them a lot. Read on...Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. The former was in Saloon whilst the la...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:27:00 PST

Monster Bobby Remix, free download

Yes, our dear friend and cohort Monster Bobby has kindly done a remix of Autovia, it’s aces! You can download it now from his myspace (monster bobby myspace link)Thank you to everyone who came ...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:06:00 PST

First review of Autovia

First review of AutoviaThe Arthur and Martha single got it's first ever review today courtesy of the I really love music blog, see more below...You can now also preorder the single from the lovely fol...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:56:00 PST

Autovia single update

The record is off to press, the debut single Autovia will be released on the 3rd March with presales available from Happy Robots records in advance. More details very soonThe band are playing out a f...
Posted by Arthur and Martha on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:18:00 PST