Martin bought his first decks in 1985 and hasnt looked back since. First playing soul,funk and hip hop with various sounds around North London. Then in 1988 Martin was bitten by the bug that is HOUSE music, joining his very first Radio station in 1989 Moonlight 101fm following up with various stints on Time fm, Rude fm, Touch fm, internet station CNSOHO Live and HouseFM.
Martin now resides on www.pushfm.com every Sunday from 2-4pm GMT where you can expect to hear the best in Soulful House/Broken Beat/Disco/Funk/Soul
Martin is also a former winner of MUZIK Magazine Bedroom Bedlam competition which took him all over the country djing at various venues including The Escape clubs in Swansea and Brighton, The Fez Club @ Reading, Passion @ Coalville, GBC @ Leicester and various others......................................................
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....................CANDY APPLE PRODUCTIONS........ are long time friends Justin Canton and Martin Lodge, both growing up together in North London they soon found they had a common ground the love of MUSIC.
They have been producing music together for the last 15 years in different forms and guises but they started Candy Apple in 1996 with good friend Kevin Paul and released there first Candy Apple track later that year. The track in question was a remix of Positive Forces We got the Funk which was played by some of the top Djs in the world, Bobbi and Steve, Joey Negro, Jazz n Groove, Norman Jay + many others even being included on The Garage City album.
Since then the boys have released numerous singles including Johnnies Theme, Youre my Number One (ft. Jon Banfield)..Justin and Martin carried on producing tracks such as My Dreams (ft. Ife), Close to Me (ft. Anjou) and Candy Apple ft. Joy Malcolm-Under your Spell which was released on Morehouse Records USA, which has been signed to Hed Kandis soulful compilation series Stereo Sushi and Seamless Records bargrooves series, they have also done several remixes for Soundstate Recordings including the classic from Federal Hill I have something for you.
Due to their success with their Candy apple Edits series they were asked to do a cover of the Nora Jones track those sweet words with Anjou, which has featured on a Houseafrika compilation in South Africa as well as a Club SuSu Get Lifted compilation in the UK.
Justin and Martin have also had there hands in a few unofficial remixes of various artists including Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, R Kelly, Roachford, Angie Stone and many more..
Away from House music they have also had their hands in productions of various music styles including Trance, Hip Hop, RnB, Pop, UKG and even some Rock tracks they have also had their work used on TV, Film, Conference advertising and Corporate Websites.
They are currently in the studio working on a follow up track to Under your Spell with Joy Malcolm and they have just finished a cover version of the great soul classic Buttercup with Jon Banfield plus they are working on several tracks with Anjou, which should see the boys very busy over the next few months.. there is a lot more to come from this duo.
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