LIZ MARTIN - vocals, guitar, programming blips n beeps
MICHAEL BRIDGES - violin
GREG ROYAL - double bass
DARREN RYAN THE FUDDHA - drums
Etkilendikleri
Nina Simone, Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, Salman Rushdie, Neko Case, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, yes, yes, Portishead, Bjork, Sarah Vaughan, Joan Miró, Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, Mario Vargas Llosa , The Island of the Day Before, Tin Hat Trio, Pedro Almodovar, Michael Jackson (before the monkey), yadda yadda…
Neye Benziyor?
so fantastic, her voice has to be heard. Idiosyncratic and quirky what I love about her voice is the honesty
- Paul Mac
Liz Martin and long-time collaborator, Michael Bridges, have recently returned from a tour of France, Berlin, Hamburg and Hollywood.
To celebrate their sojourn, is a new EP: Night Music.
Featuring Liz Martin on vocals and guitar and Michael Bridges on violin and musical saw, Night Music is a spacious, haunting sound in the tradition of fellow Australians The Dirty Three, Nick Cave and The Triffids.
To hear a selection of tracks from Night Music CLICKHERE
Beneath the Stars, the stunning debut album from Sydney's Liz Martin, was released thru Vitamin Records in May 2006.
Recorded over 2 years and entirely self-directed, Beneath the Stars is a unique and beautiful delivery, featuring Liz's sexy cool vocals and traveling through a range of musical styles from electronica to acoustic and pop to blues.
Liz holds a gold record for her vocals on the track Everywhere I Go on Paul Mac's album, 3000 Feet High which also featured Chris Joannou and Ben Gillies from silverchair & was released to rave reviews. She was also writer and lead-vocalist in Sydney underground electronic outfit, Spook, who released their work on various underground compilations by Kooky, oddmanout and Creative Vibes.
Since the release of Beneath the Stars, four tracks have been selected for compilation albums.
Fat Cat appears on the Club Kooky 10 compilation album, also featuring Paul Mac, Wolfmother, The Presets, ollo, dsico, and Buggirl.
Cold as Hell appears on A Street Near You. A compilation album distributed by Creative Vibes, A Street Near You is full of fragile melodies, delicate indie pop songs and wafting guitars that mingle with downbeat electronics, featuring Mobius Band, Year of The President, Dykehouse, Telafonica, GB3, Pulseprogramming, Monta, The Woods Themselves, Fourth Floor Collapse, Snorkel, All India Radio, Velure, Alpen, Maximilian Hecker, and Don Meers.
Walking appears on Urban Shadows, a compilation album distributed by MGM. Dark, filmic, emotional and dramatic. Urban Shadows is an immersive experience into the power of sound, featuring Inga Lilijestrom, Aronas, Bob Scott, Kath Ellis and Tina Harrod.
Brightest Light appears on Bondi Calling 4, a compilation album put together by Andy Glitre and distributed by Vitamin Records. Bondi Calling 4 also features Kingtide, Rhombus, Declan Kelly, Telemetry Orchestra, Jamie Lloyd, and many more.
"so fantastic, her voice has to be heard. Idiosyncratic and quirky... what I love about her voice is the honesty..." Paul Mac
"Liz Martin's debut album is atmospheric in the best possible way... Folktronica in the truest sense of the word..." The Brag - Indie Album of the Week
"Memorable singers all have one thing in common; a unique voice. Sydney's Liz Martin is no exception, though she is exceptional..." Paris Pompour - Sydney Morning Herald
"Leaping forth from the myriad of acoustic singer-songwriters is this distinctive voice of cultivated electro pop, electronica and blues... this more than worth your time". Chris Peken - City Hub
"from play one... I felt an instant connection and obviously I was not alone, every spin on FBi provoked listener response, which I can assure is not the norm..." Stephen Ferris - FBi 94.FM
www.lizmartin.com.au
Beneath The Stars
Released 4 January, 2006
CDs and high quality MP3’s
available now from VITAMIN RECORDS
CLUB KOOKY 070506 - photography by joy lai
LIVE AT THE LAIR, THE METRO, SYDNEY, Seems Like a Million Years
am 31.10. ist es so weit: Record Release unseres Debuts "Episodes". Und auf www.dantesdream.de gibt es bis zum 31.10. zwei Songs zum kostenlosen Download. Also ran an den Songspeck! ;-) Wir sehen uns zum Konzert oder auf der Episodes-Tour im Februar.
Am 21. November findet das Mutabor Abschlusskonzert der Tour im Berliner Astra Kulturhaus statt. Da es im Winter kein Konzert in Potsdam geben wird, solltet ihr euch frühzeitig Tickets sichern. Auf nach Berlin !
TORTUGA BAR - STORM EP (VIERSIEBEN RECORDS/FINETUNES) OUT NOW!
This online EP release (5 Tracks & Artwork) is not just an appetizer for the album which follows on June 26 - among the album versions of "Storm" (feat. Evan Dando) and "Feel the Love" it contains a remix of "Storm", made by labelmates Monocular, the track "Cavallo Pazzo (Song For Mondo Fumatore To Sing)" feat. Werner Kureinski, former member of Aheads and "Do It Right", a nice version of the Daniel Johnston song performed by Tortuga Bar and Navel.
whats going on Liz? I'm still here and have moved out of the hobbit house, hung out with Ivan Jordan last week, got any cool new tunes??? bet you have xoxo
..
Online!
