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Martin Brew

About Me

Producer & DJ:In the early nineties, and as one half of Strangebrew, Martin released 2 albums and a handful of singles for Rob's Records, founded by the sorely-missed Rob Gretton, manager of New Order, and also home to Sub Sub (later to become Doves) and A Certain Ratio amongst others. It was a new sound and it was only with the simultaneous emergence of the likes of The Dust Brothers, Depth Charge and Red Snapper did some bright spark come up with the term "Trip Hop" and a new genre was born******Moving quickly on, Martin teamed up with beak-head extrordinaire, Martin Desai (engineer for the Twisted Nerve label) to form J-Walk. They released a series of 3 collectable 45rpm singles on the Pleasure label, another branch of the Rob Gretton empire. One of these tracks, the classic "Soul Vibration" went on to be licensed and used for ad campaigns many times worldwide, as well as being staple background music for the BBC and ITV broadcasting channels ******As a result, J-Walk signed to Eastwest and released the critically acclaimed but sorely-overlooked album "A Night On The Rocks", promoting it with support slots for Nightmares On Wax and Aim, playing at such venues as the Shepherd's Bush Empire, The Kentish Town Forum and Manchester's The Ritz, along with an appearance at Midem's "Best Of British" showcase in Cannes, along with Ladytron and David Holmes' Free Association ******Along the way, J-Walk have lent their sound in remixing Nitin Sawhney, Bebel Gilberto, The Sugarbabes, Alfie, Rae & Christian, Baaba Maal, Kings Of Convenience and Only Child, as well as remixing Manuel Gottsching's much-sampled electronic classic "E2-E4"******During this time Martin also managed to run the Fat City record shop for several years, and contributed tracks to the Fat City Recordings label's acclaimed series of "Mystic Brew" compilations, most notably Sand Steppin, which has since appeared on mix compilations such as N.O.Ws "DJ KICKS" and Andy Smiths "Document" Vol.2. He has since followed this up with a solo album "No Room In The City For Big Hearts Like Ours", which featured guests such as The Nextmen, Riton, Rich Medina, Ambersunshower, and MC Wrec******AFTER GETTING FUCKED OVER ROYALLY BY PREVIOUS LABEL AND RECORDING PARTNER, MARTIN BREW AKA J-WALK HAS FINISHED RECORDING THE NEW ALBUM FOR THE VERY NICE PEACEFROG LABEL. RELESE DATE TO FOLLOW SOON******As a DJ, Martin has played and all over the world, taking in New York, London, Paris, Munich (everybody talk about....), Oslo, Berlin, Bergen, Vienna, Hamburg, Turkey, Moscow, Edinburgh, Dublin...the list goes on. He has also played at hundreds of clubs in the U.K over the years including "Friends & Family" nights and residencies in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, and Belfast. Having played alongside everyone from Dr. Bob Jones to Kenny Carpenter, from Afu-Ra to Breakestra, Martin is comfortable of taking his brand of fuzzy funk to everybody everywhere******..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/04/2006
Band Website: www.fatcityrecordings.co.uk
Band Members: Martin Brew, Akai MPC 4000, Fender Coronado, Kork Kaos II.
Influences: John Peel, APB, Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, Orange Juice, The Flashing Blade, Main Source, Spacemen 3, Transmat, David Axelrod, Michel Platini, Factory, France Gall, Mizzell Brothers, Beach Boys, Prelude Records, Flaming Lips, Jacques Dutronc, Nick Martinelli, Gamm Records, Metroplex, Eric Cantona, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Kraftwerk, Tiswas, Yann Tiersen, Echo & The Bunnymen, Greensleeves Records, Idjut Boys, Kid Jensen, The Divine Styler, Fender, West End Records, France Gall, Bruton Music, The Cramps, Tinariwen, Simple Minds, KPM, Bowie, Vox, Fania Records, Compass Point All-Stars, Native Tongues, De Wulfe Music, Hansa Studios, Mr.K, Casio, War, Marvin Gaye, Akai, DJ Premier, The Chameleons, Elite Records, Paul Auster, Philip Glass, Russian Standard Vodka, Corona with lime, Gauloises, Rackit, Sputnik, Valium, Zopiclone, Cohiba Mini's, Scotch Bonnets, Spinach, Mackerel, The Spicy Hut, Bratwurst, Campbell's Meatballs, Sangam Rusholme, Leroy's Chicken Rice 'n' Peas, The Salutation Pub, Dragon's Den, Martin Scorcese, MUFC, Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, Redbush Tea, Nigel Slater, Airedale Terriers, Umami, Adidas, Asda, Winmau Diamond Dartboards, Table Football, Tapas, Stylophone, Hohner, Jigsaws, oh, and a nice sausage wallet.
Sounds Like: I don't use a mixing desk.
Record Label: Fat City Recordings (I think...)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wetting the baby’s head this Saturday.....

...at Centro, Tib Street, Manchester, from 9 til 1.If anyone's about, please feel free to pop down and celebrate the birth of my son Beau!Music from myself and Darren Laws so you know it could get a b...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:50:00 GMT

Fortnightly on Saturdays at Centro, Tib Street, Manchester....

...you'll find me spinning a whole heap of fat funkin forty-fives...and probably a few tunes at the other speed as well.Look out for the bulletins....There's always beer, of course, and the White Russ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:22:00 GMT