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Martin Messent
Acoustic / Folk / Americana

"spoon in a lake"

Brighton, London and South East
United Kingdom

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   Martin Messent: General Info
Member Since2/11/2006
Band MembersLet's face it, I don't have a band - but here are some of the wonderful musicians I play with occasionally and who I lock in the studio with me to make albums: Mark Treffel - keyboards + engineering/ production; Buster Cottam, Dave Whitford - double bass; Grant Allardyce, Sam Walker, Giles Gobat - drums + percussion; Mike Simmonds, Ben Lee, Jote Osahn - violin; Joe Giddey - cello; Martin Harley - slide guitar; Chezzie Grimble - saxes
InfluencesVan Morrison, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Al Green, Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Beck, Nick Drake, Erik Satie, Buster Keaton, Tom and Jerry, Marcus Aurelius, Tao Te Ching.
Sounds Like"Soulful jazz-tinged experimental songs crammed to bursting point with pop hooks, soaring highs and enough melancholy to leave even the most hardened of gig-goers with an open jaw and a lump in their throat..." Ric Blow, The Greys
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   About Martin Messent

Martin is a singer songwriter based in Brighton and has been playing and recording original material solo and in various line ups since 1991. His sound takes in folk, jazz, blues and alt. country, influenced by songwriters like Harold Arlen, Beck and Van Morrison, at the same time digging Neil Young, Gram Parsons and Nick Drake, and composers Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington.

His current band Mab includes Buster Cottam (The Hat, Lou Rhodes) on double bass, Grant Allardyce (Super Collider, Mountain Firework Company) on drums, Mark Treffel (Blue States, Astrid Williamson) on keyboards and Mike Simmonds (Alice Russell, Natureboy) on violin. All appear, together with several guests, on album 'Saw The Sun', released in January 2007 on independent label Round The Corner. You can buy it here:

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He recorded an EP 'Bye Bye Blackbird' in 2002, and several cassette albums between 1994 and 1999.

In the last two years he has played sets at both Glastonbury and Bestival, has written an arrangement for a live collaboration between The Hat and the London Swingfonia big band which was performed at Glastonbury 2005 in the Lost Vagueness ballroom, together with dates at popular Brighton venues such as The Greys, Sallis Benney and Pavilion theatres, Sanctuary Cella and The Hope, as well as the 12 Bar Club, Betsey Trotwood and Green Note in London.

He is also part of the Sound Tank collective, set up in October 2004 to provide a focus for quality, original music where bands play their own material and get paid fairly. It has has hosted artists including Lou Rhodes, The Hat, Martin Harley and Jon Thorne’s Oedipus Complex. Musicians in the collective lend their skills to each other’s projects, creating a network from which recording and live collaborations grow. It recently attracted Brighton and Hove Grassroots Arts Commission funding to produce a sampler CD of nine collective bands.

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Martin Messent's Friends Comments
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The Landirani Trust





Nov 4 2007 10:12 AM

cheers for adding us darlin
hope you're well
xpipx
hannah





Sep 12 2007 12:33 AM

thankyou for the birthday wishes...
look fwd to seeing you play again soon x
Bob Rafkin





Aug 8 2007 5:34 PM

Hi Martin,
Thanks for the add. Enjoyed listening to your music. I’ll be coming to London from the States to perform in September. I’m still putting gigs together. Have dates yet to fill. I’ll then post my itinerary.
Bob
beachfiremusic





Jun 4 2007 6:11 AM

Hi Martin.
Thanks for coming on Sat,
it was nice chatting to you,
and lovely to see you play.

Best wishes,
Kate.
James Gale





Apr 24 2007 4:47 PM

Hi Martin - nice music! Thanks for picking up my friend request. Sorry didn't get back to you re High Note today - it's been a bit hectic - hopefully tomorrow.
all the best
James
Drummer Giles





Feb 21 2007 6:45 AM

2nd hidden trk. = love it
Cainer Can Studios





Feb 17 2007 10:48 AM

My what lovely music you make.
Turning Green





Feb 9 2007 5:31 AM

Yo! Cheers for joining us! Next gig is at the 16th Feb at the Cowley club if you fancy - free in! Whoop!
Cathryn Stone





Jan 19 2007 8:17 AM

hello,
thanks for a lovely show last night, you guys sounded amazing together, couldn't fault it! great to hear the tunes so well supported..hope its a successful year for you!
Take care,
xcath
Shona Foster





Dec 19 2006 2:52 AM

oooooo....enjoy Denmark! Sounds Lurvley!
And A Happy Chrimbo 2 u! x x x
Julia Biel





Jun 26 2006 8:27 AM

wow lovely music. wishing you well and lots of success
julia.x
TubaJoe





Apr 11 2006 8:28 PM

Really nice sound -- so kind and smooth... enjoying your arrangements too. Great stuff!!


peace

joe
BADGER MUSIC





Apr 2 2006 3:53 PM

Ow doo?

Thanks for playing at Badger Music!
Cate Ferris





Apr 1 2006 3:51 PM

great to hear you play the other night.....was such a lovely evening. Hope that the recording is going well!! Amazing songs.
Samantha Devine





Mar 10 2006 12:28 PM

Hi

Just wanted say "I like it".

Thanks for adding me

Sam
xx
Iris and the Wolves





Feb 21 2006 1:39 PM

hello Martin
This is the first time I have every heard your music....bizarrely! Lovely stuff.
see you soon
love
Fiona x
Cathryn Stone





Feb 17 2006 10:46 AM

Hey Martin,
songs sounding lovely jubbly, looking forward to our gig :+)
DATES





Feb 15 2006 7:40 PM

great tunes martin......looking forward to mab at the greys in march........ric.

ps. dates is a rather oddball band that i am a part of......in case you were wondering who/ what /where etc.
the mountain firework company





Feb 12 2006 5:39 PM

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