Martyn

Voids

Ostgut Ton
23.95 €
icon/play-white
Backorder
Tax included, Shipping not included
Martyn releases new album Voids, his first for Ostgut Ton Over the past year, Dutch-born, Washington D.C.-based producer Martyn has undergone a metamorphosis – one that began with a medical emergency and has dovetailed into personal musical transformation. Having narrowly avoided death after suffering a heart attack, Martyn reentered his studio and began a process of reassessing the elements that drive him to make music: sampling, unpredictability, melancholy, sci-fi, polyrhythms, texture, ecstatic moments, Detroit, interlocking percussion and bass. However, the initial spark to start producing again came through his experience listening to Max Roach’s 1979 ensemble percussion album M’Boom. In his own words: “That was the first record I listened to in my studio after coming out of the hospital. It's a project where he works with a slew of top-notch percussionists and drummers and rotates them for every composition. Playing this record was such a surreal experience, the first music I consciously listened to after my recovery. I could hear so much space in the music, something I had never noticed before; almost like a 3D experience, with the most striking aspect being the emptiness between the players.” Over the next 8 months Martyn would go on to write Voids, his first LP for Ostgut Ton and in a few other ways markedly different than previous records; it features no guest appearances or collaborations and at 9 tracks, is musically stripped down to the essentials. It’s also a highly personal take on forging new paths forward in genres where the Berghain/Panorama Bar resident has long been known for his production wizardry and innovation: post-dubstep and UK garage. Voids is roughly split between these musical foundations, recontextualized with elements of Nyabinghi, drum ‘n‘ bass, and gqom to form snarling, bass-driven hybrids. The direction was hinted at last November on his GL Outtakes – reworks of his landmark 2009 album Great Lengths. In contrast however, Voids is also an attempt to work through personal trauma and loss, including the passing of close friend and fellow producer Marcus Intalex aka Trevino, to whom the track “Manchester” is dedicated. The sound of Voids is big and unapologetically rough around the edges. It is music as therapy, drawing on the healing elements of music past, but is far from retrospective. Indeed, Martyn is no stranger to electronic futurism, as his numerous solo productions for Ostgut Ton, Dolly, Hyperdub, Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune, Warp and his own 3024 label (run together with visual collaborator Jeroen Erosie) have shown. On Voids, however, these futuristic sonic qualities coalesce into something darker, more biographical and untethered from expectations. “Woken by the spirits of a new life dawning.” – The Spaceape

Share Article

Details

Release Date

02.07.2018

Cat No

Ostgut LP 29

Tracklist

Track 1
icon/play-white
Track 2
icon/play-white
Track 3
icon/play-white
Track 4
icon/play-white
Track 5
icon/play-white
Track 6
icon/play-white
Track 7
icon/play-white
Track 8
icon/play-white
Track 9
icon/play-white
DubStep
icon/play-white
2-12"
Martyn
34.95 €
Through Lines [Repress] 3024 Music
Backorder
Bass Music
2-12"
icon/play-white
Martyn
34.95 €
Through Lines [Repress] 3024 Music
Bass
icon/play-white
12"
Martyn
10.95 €
One Eye 3024
Backorder
Bass Music
12"
icon/play-white
Martyn
10.95 €
One Eye 3024
Bass
icon/play-white
12"
Martyn
12.95 €
Odds Against Us Ostgut Ton
Add To Cart
Bass Music
12"
icon/play-white
Martyn
12.95 €
Odds Against Us Ostgut Ton
Techno
icon/play-white
CD
Martyn
13.95 €
Voids Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Techno
CD
icon/play-white
Martyn
13.95 €
Voids Ostgut Ton
Techno
icon/play-white
12"
Martyn
9.95 €
Angels EP Dolly Dubs
Backorder
Techno
12"
icon/play-white
Martyn
9.95 €
Angels EP Dolly Dubs
House
icon/play-white
12"
Martyn
8.95 €
Falling For You Ostgut Ton
Backorder
House
12"
icon/play-white
Martyn
8.95 €
Falling For You Ostgut Ton
Techno
icon/play-white
LP
Answer Code Request
14.95 €
Code Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Techno
LP
icon/play-white
Answer Code Request
14.95 €
Code Ostgut Ton
Industrial
icon/play-white
LP
Jasss
22.95 €
A World Of Service Ostgut Ton
Add To Cart
Electronica
LP
icon/play-white
Jasss
22.95 €
A World Of Service Ostgut Ton
Techno
icon/play-white
5-LP
Various
79.95 €
Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn + 1 Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Techno
5-LP
icon/play-white
Various
79.95 €
Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn + 1 Ostgut Ton
Techno
icon/play-white
2-CD
Various
23.95 €
Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn + 1 Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Techno
2-CD
icon/play-white
Various
23.95 €
Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn + 1 Ostgut Ton
Electronica
icon/play-white
12"
Barker
11.95 €
BARKER002 Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Electronica
12"
icon/play-white
Barker
11.95 €
BARKER002 Ostgut Ton
Breakbeatz
icon/play-white
12"
Barker
11.95 €
BARKER001 Ostgut Ton
Backorder
Techno
12"
icon/play-white
Barker
11.95 €
BARKER001 Ostgut Ton
Ambient
icon/play-white
3-LP
Susumu Yokota
39.95 €
Acid Mt. Fuji (Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition) Musicmine/ Sublime
Backorder
Electronica
3-LP
icon/play-white
Susumu Yokota
39.95 €
Acid Mt. Fuji (Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition) Musicmine/ Sublime
Ambient
icon/play-white
2-LP
Various / Virtual Dreams II
29.95 €
Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999 Music From Memory
Add To Cart
Electronica
2-LP
icon/play-white
Various / Virtual Dreams II
29.95 €
Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999 Music From Memory
Electronica
icon/play-white
4-LP
Aphex Twin
59.95 €
Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (Expanded Edition) Warp
Add To Cart
Electronica
4-LP
icon/play-white
Aphex Twin
59.95 €
Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (Expanded Edition) Warp
Acid Techno
icon/play-white
12“
Acid Jesus
14.95 €
Radium Rawax
Add To Cart
Techno
12“
icon/play-white
Acid Jesus
14.95 €
Radium Rawax
Ambient
icon/play-white
12“
Gaussian Curve
21.95 €
Winter Sun / Fever Dream Music From Memory
Add To Cart
Electronica
12“
icon/play-white
Gaussian Curve
21.95 €
Winter Sun / Fever Dream Music From Memory
Electronica
icon/play-white
LP
Lanark Artefax
22.95 €
Metallur AD 93
Add To Cart
Electronica
LP
icon/play-white
Lanark Artefax
22.95 €
Metallur AD 93