Kurt Weill, Serge Prokofieff, Philip Glass, Gustav Mahler, ELO, Klaatu, David Bowie, Hanns Eisler, Billy Joel, Vivian Stanshall, Astor Piazzolla, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Sparks, Scarlet's Well, Yann Tiersen, The Tiger Lillies, Benjamin Ickies, Cardiacs, Tom Lehrer, The Divine Comedy, Ben Folds, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Kevin Ayers, Anthony Buckeridge
I am a London-based musician, comedian and animator. I perform regularly on the London comedy circuit (see gig list) and also occasionally with my unwieldy orchestral band The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra (www.myspace.com/themysteryfaxmachineorchestra)
July 31st: SCALEDOWN 5th Anniversary Celebration featuring John Butcher, Mike Adcock, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, Don Tempi, Alex Monk and Susie Hug [www.theorchestrapit.com/scaledown].
August 8th: The Orchestra Pit / V '68 Promotions presents This Ambitious Orchestra, The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra and John Bisset & Alex Ward live @ The Luminaire [www.theorchestrapit.com/luminaire].
August 13th: Country Dad (live @ Scaledown from 2008) - podcast on New Jersey station WFMU, courtesy of Kurt Gottschalk and his The Brother Lucy Show [www.wfmu.org/playlists/KU].
August 31st: new single release from Naïm Amor for The Orchestra Pit Recording Co. [www.myspace.com/naimamor].
Hi Martin - cheers for adding me. Caught the show at the 100 club back in Jan...really excellent; I was only left lamenting the fact that not enough people reference Reg Hollis in their songs.
Hey Martin! It's been a new year's resolution to waste more time, so I've decided to spend more time on Myspace. Nice tunes. And if nothing else I discovered that you worked with Bjork - love the track! Back on 1st March, so see you soon. S
Had a fantastic time at the 100 Club last night; you were a wonderful and enthusiastic host! Hope to hear you again soon. P.S. I love the Lovely Band clip.
Hi Martin, thanks again for being my first Scaledown guest. and of course for such a 'wonderfully eccentric' set. now can i have my pen back. Shaun. p.s. love to Jessica.
Happy New Year Martin! I see on facebook that you are playing the beautiful and the damned ..never been to that before well ive been to the boogaloo of course.. i met Dickon a couple of months ago so hope to see you there in the evil castle..or else X
I am so glad a Christmas elf put that MP3 up of you, the MFMO and Jarvis. A high point of Christmas that fair brought a tear to my eye, it did. Hope 2009 sees things continue to get bigger and better and I hope to see/hear the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra again soon!
