País | África do Sul |
Ocupação | Compositor |
Categorias | Eletrônica, Jazz fusion, New Age, Outra, Sacra, Trilha Sonora, World Music |
Michael Martin has been playing didgeridoo since 1996. His first real foray into dance music came in 1998 when he attended the Megadog Beach Festival in Cornwall after returning from a period of work and travel in Tanzania. Michael was so inspired by what he heard and experienced, that he decided to incorporate his didg playing into this style of music. At first he started out by playing along with various techno and trance DJ's (originally under the name Deviant Didg) at squat parties and clubs in London like The Fridge, Club 414, The Pleasure Rooms, Tyssen Street, and The Drome. After a year or so he got involved with Koru (a drum and bass group based in Brixton). Michael played with them for a few months, mostly around London, but also at festivals like the Lizard Eclipse in Cornwall. This introduced him to the production side of things and he was hooked. He didn't like being a passive member of the band who "just played didg". He wanted to actively create tracks from start to end. His stumbling block was money - studio equipment doesn't come cheap.... So with that (& one or two other things) in mind he took out a loan, trained as a software developer, earned some money, bought some gear, started writing his own compositions & Indidginus was born. Shortly after he joined up with another drum and bass live PA (Impact) and gigged with them. This was fun for a while, but he found himself limited to being "the didg player" again, so decided to call it a day. Following a Halloween party in Bristol in 2001, at which his psytrance live PA OOOD was playing, Michael got to know Colin Bennun. The two became friends & started writing tracks together from time to time. He has had the good fortune to work with talented guitarist, Joe Weinstock, who features on several Indidginus tracks. He is also involved in an ongoing collaboration with Ishq (Matt Hillier) going under the Open System moniker. Michael has played at various events in the UK, South Africa & elsewhere in the world. In February 2004 he emigrated to South Africa, where he has had his music featured in a couple of TV series, & written soundtracks for several TV commercials, a documentary & an independent film called Cognition Factor - featuring a collaboration with Colin Angus (The Shamen) & additional music by Alex Paterson & Dom Beken of The Orb/High Frequency Bandwidth & Merv Pepler of Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles. He has also remixed various other artists including Tripswitch, The Vanguard & High Frequency Bandwidth. Michael makes extensive use of the slide didgeridoo in his unique & eminently danceable live performances.