Member Since: 27/04/2006
Band Website: www.martinlibertylarner.com
Band Members:
Influences: MARTIN LARNER IS A TRUE VETERAN OF THE UK HOUSE & GARAGE SCENE, SINCE 1994 HE HAS BEEN PUSHING THE SOUND AND BREAKING NEW TUNES. RENOWNED FOR HIS SLICK TIGHT MIXING ABILITY AND UNDERGROUND TUNE SELECTION MARTIN HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE DAY ONE. FROM HIS WEEKLY SETS ON LONDON'S NOW LEGENDARY PIRATE'S ICE FM 88.4 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WAY BACK IN 1996-99 & MAC FM 92.7 EVERY SUNDAY 99-2001, TO SPREADING THE SOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD! FROM THE UK TO AYIA NAPA, IBIZA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, GREECE, SPAIN AND AMSTERDAM ALL THE WAY TO THE USA, WHERE ALONGSIDE DJ FOOTLOOSE & MC SKULLY HE WAS THE 1ST UK GARAGE DJ TO PLAY IN THE USA IN 1999, AND HAS SINCE PERFORMED IN MIAMI, DALLAS, DES MOINES, BOSTON AND MINNEAPOLIS. SINCE 1996 YOU WOULD HAVE CAUGHT MARTIN GRACING THE DECKS AT ALL THE BIG RAVES AND CLUBS AROUND THE GLOBE SUCH AS..LIBERTY, SIDEWINDER, SUN CITY, EXPOSURE GARAGE NATION, CLUB COLOSSEUM, PURE SILK, LA COSA NOSTRA, ES PARADIS & PRIVILEGE(IBIZA) SMOOVE, COOKIES & CREAM, GARAGE FEVER, GASS CLUB, A ONE NIGHT STAND, THE HIPPODROME, SWEET HARMONY, EROS, LICENSE 2 RAVE, FUNKIN MARVELOUS(WALES) CAMDEN PALACE, STUSH, TWICE AS NICE, CLUB ICE CLUB ABYSS, SPOT CLUB, PLAY CLUB & INSOMNIA(AYIA NAPA) CLIMAX, CREAM OF THE CROP, THE END, BAGLEYS, HARMONY & ASCENSION (MIDLANDS) LEISURE LOUNGE, FORWARD, THE TEMPLE, QUE CLUB(BIRMINGHAM) SWEET & SEXY(SWITZERLAND) SANCTUARY WAREHOUSE + MANY MORE! AT THE 2002 PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS MARTIN WAS VOTED 4TH BEST UKG DJ, 3RD BEST OLD SKOOL DJ, AND 7TH BEST OVERALL DJ. AND IN 2003 HE CAME 3RD IN BOTH BEST UKG DJ & OLD SKOOL DJ, AND 6TH BEST GRIME DJ CATAGORIES, CONFIRMING HIS POPULARITY WITH THE RAVERS AND CEMENTING HIS STATUS AS ONE OF THE SCENES BIGGEST STARS! NOW IN 2009 MARTIN IS STILL AS BUSY AS EVER, PLAYING WEEK IN WEEK OUT ALL OVER THE UK AND REGULARLY JETTING OFF AROUND THE GLOBE TAKING IN DUBAI, AYIA NAPA AND IBIZA THIS SUMMER, MIXING UP ALL THE STYLES OF UKG, FROM OLD SKOOL TO BASSLINE TO DUBSTEP AND UK FUNKY.
Sounds Like: WEEKEND RUSH FM, FANTASY FM, PULSE FM, TOP BUZZ, GREENAPPLE 88.4FM (DJ BLACKMARK ON FRIDAYS!) JEFF YOUNG'S BIG BEAT SHOW! LWR RADIO, WEATWOOD ON THE ORIGINAL PIRATE KISS FM & DON FM, (ALL THESE SHOWS & STATIONS GAVE ME SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE THAT I STILL USE TODAY) THE RUSH CLUB IN NORTHFIELDS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT! THE WIDE AWAKE CLUB @EALING BOULEVARD, HAVEN STABLES, 321 CLUB, VINYL MANIA RECORDS EALING, RECORD CENTRE RAYNERS LANE, PRODUCERS SUCH AS THE PRODIGY, KERRI CHANDLER, GRANT NELSON, MARK KITCHNER, JEREMY SYLVESTER, DJ'S LIKE MICKEY SIMMS, ANDY NORMAN (DJ NORMSKI) JON JULES, NICKY BLACKMARKET, RICHIE FINGERS, DARREN JAY, DEVIOUS D, ERIC MORILLO, DAVE PEARCE, KENNY KEN, MIX MASTER MAX, DJ RANDALL, CARL COX, THE LEGENDARY DJ SWING (RIP) DJ SIMON KING & SHORTEE BLITZ, REAL DJ'S THAT CAN RIDE A MIX AND MADE ME WANT TO GO HOME AND PRACTICE. AND FINALLY LONDON'S ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND GRAFFITI KINGZ... RICH NLZ, CAZBEE, KAST & FOAM CCD, MODE 2, CHICO 147, KIS 42, DEZIRE, STET, TARAN, SET3, MIZE (RIP) ELK, BOIZE AND ALL THE ORIGINAL PIONEERS! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE....
Record Label: KREATIVE MINDZ RECORDINGS
Type of Label: Unsigned