Martial White

MW started off years ago on his musical journey as a rock guitarist. At some point he picked up the drums and even the bass and got down to recording his first demos on a 4 track cassette recorder. . . Having been a member in several bands gave him the opportunity to explore and draw inspiration from an extensive palette of musical styles, ranging from metal to funk, and from pop to salsa. Around the year 2005 MW got interested in producing electronic music -house broadly speaking, but with scents of techno, prog, minimal and electro. The first productions were actually created in Ableton Live and intended for live sets, that MW and his good old friend Carl Key, started playing during gigs at clubs under the alias Destination 01. However, having to constantly carry around, plug and unplug 2 keyboards, a guitar, a bass, an FX board, mikes, audio and midi hardware and the computer running Live, became a very tiring exercise. After several months of live touring, the partners in crime decided it was time to move to spinning and traded the live setup for the decks. At this point they also started remixing for other artists and created the highly acclaimed Remixes-U parties in Lausanne.MW's productions skillfully blend acoustic sounds and digitally generated ones and strive to keep an evolving rhythmic backbone. Throughout the years, his sound has gotten more distinctive and his tracks have received positive feedback from big players in the scene. His DJ sets as well as his production remain very eclectic, as he is a firm believer that beauty lies in the ear of the beholder and cannot be confined to a style tag.MW currently holds a monthly residency with Carl Key at the Loft Club in Lausanne (www.loftclub.ch) as well as a weekly one at BBM2 and at Seven in Geneva. During Summer 2008, together with DJ Eldan, MaDa Groove Syndicate was created and thus were born the legendary "Rousseau F***ing Island" Parties. (www.ile-rousseau.ch)Releases on Elektrax Progressive and forthcoming releases on GaGa Records and 220V Records.