Martyn - Fabric - London UK - Jan 2008

Biography of Martyn

Born in The Netherlands and now living in Washington DC, Martijn Deykers is taking the Dubstep world by storm. Martyn is a producer amongst emerging artists such Flying Lotus and Kode9. He has several releases, most notably on his own label, 3024. Martyn describes his work as, 'Music for a warm but rainy day - music and sound is everything - making music to me is like a game between happiness and depression - I hope you enjoy the fruits of it.'

As a DJ, he has a deep understanding of music history and doesn't allow silly things like genre impede him from playing diverse and interesting sets. This can be evidenced by his many and various influences; The beauty and love of my wifey, my family, my life's ups but very much the downs, my surroundings, Blade Runner, Star Wars, Dune, Apocalypse Now, 2001 Space Odyssey, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, The Killing Fields, Deer Hunter, Marathon Man, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tekkonkinkreet, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, John Malkovich, Dustin Hoffman, Anton Corbijn, Rutger Hauer, Charles & Ray Eames, Bauhaus, Erosie & Influenza, Leon Theremin, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Serra, Vincent van Gogh, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, weird toys, Marcus Intalex, Calibre, ST Files, Jonny L, Boymerang, Optical, D-Bridge, Instramental, Flight, Fabio, Goldie, Reinforced crew, Juan Atkins, Kenny Larkin, Stacey Pullen, Derrick May, Underground Resistance, Carl Craig, Los Hermanos, Dj3000, Mr. De, Aaron-Carl, Orlando Voorn, Roy Davis JR, Kerri Chandler, 4hero/Marc Mac/Dego, Theo Parrish, Moodymann, Omar S, Suburban Knight, DJBone, Roy Ayers, Marvin Gaye, Slum Village, Baatin, Jaydee, FlyingLotus, Waajeed, Drexciya, Peven Everett, Talk Talk, Stasis, Black Dog/Plaid, Spacek, Vikter Duplaix, Octave One & RNG, Raheem Devaughn, Quasimoto/madlib, Dudley Perkins, Outkast, Talking Heads & David Byrne, Prince, Kraftwerk, van Duijnhoven clan, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Future Sound of London, Autechre, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Daft Punk, Robert Hood, Claude Young, Curtis Mayfield, QTip, Common, Deeelite, Basic Channel & Maurizio & Rhythm&Sound, Ame, Henrik Schwarz, Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Vangelis, Armando, Blake Baxter, Nubian Mindz, Sean Deason, Dexter, The Other People Place, Ennio Morricone, Trentemoller, Shed, Bang Goes, Pepe Bradock, 2000andOne, Martin Buttrich, Brian Harden, Deadbeat, Agnes, Bodycode & Portable!!, Mike Grant, Vince Watson, Redshape, Aardvarck, JVTW, Mala/Coki/Digital Mystikz, Burial, Kode9 & Spaceape, 2562, Peverelist, Pharoah Sanders, Shackleton & Appleblim, Leon Thomas, Gil Scott Heron, and more...