The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Hollies, Small Faces, Traffic, Camel, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, ELP, T Rex, King Crimson, The Faces, Sly and the Family Stone, Roxy Music, 10cc, XTC, Wire, Queen, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, The Jam, Television, Patti Smith, Michael Mantler, Robert Wyatt, Gong, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Hawkwind, Alex Harvey, Alquin, Focus, Golden Earring, Can, Tangerine Dream, Eno, Sex Pistols, The Ruts, The Stranglers, The Police, The Smiths, Fairport, Sandy Denny, Steeleye Span, Kraftwerk, Holger Czukay, Japan, David Sylvian, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Curved Air, Laura Nyro, Todd Rungren, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Santana. Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Sade, Bjork, Blondie, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, The Carpenters, Motown, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Tubeway Army, John Foxx, Jellyfish, kd lang, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Carole King, Massive Attack, Mercury Rev, Mew, Moody Blues, Weather Report, Mountain, The Move, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Comsat Angels, The Only Ones, Simon & Garfunkel, P J Harvey, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Psychedelic Furs, Radiohead, Richard Thompson, Seal, Smashing Pumpkins, Crowded House, Astrid Gilberto, Steely Dan, Supertramp, Talk Talk, Tom Petty, Wishbone Ash.
Dare and Marty grew up together on the Wirral listening to prog, krautrock, spacerock, new wave, punk, artrock, funk, classic 60s pop singles, glamrock and heavy rock, probably the reason for their diverse and eclectic sound. Moving to Australia in the 80s Marty joined the influential Australian band The Church and, for a while, All About Eve while Dare concentrated on becoming an engineer and producer, founding the VIP Lounge studio in Penzance, Cornwall. They formed Noctorum in 2002, releasing their first album, Sparks Lane, on Heyday Records, an independent label in the US. Their second release, Offer the Light was released in August 2006. To buy the CD click here
Dare Mason was interviewed recently by David White of BBC Radio Cornwall. He gives many insights into the world of Noctorum as well as his own production work at the VIP Lounge. Just click here to listen.
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Thank you for adding me- I am looking forward to entering your world of amazing music. Marty I am already a huge fan and admirer of your work! Please consider touring the states again, we'd love to see you!!! Linda
Hello Dare & Marty, Hoping you guys are having a wonderful time working together on new Noctorum material, pushing boundaries even further than you already have with past releases, for what promises to be an outstanding album, driven by your now legendary mutual creative force ! Lots of love, Arno
Our Record Label is about to forgo business, and is trying to get rid of its stock before it does, so both our albums are now just £0.01 +postage, basically free from http://d67.bigcartel.com, Thanks for your support, Isle of Avalon
Hey you guys, what's up? Just thinking of you, particularly as I'm going through a Laura Nyro revival phase just now. She was such an amazing artist; I marvel at such vast creativity and talent. Of course, you're not so bad yourselves. Hope you are enjoying the beautiful summertime. Lots of love to you.
hi noctorum, rockin'! sounds great... thanks for dropping in, come by again in the future i change the tunes (& styles) often. you can also check out my scoring/commercial work @ www.soundmusic.ca
in the meantime please check out and vote for my orchestral remix of "Nude" from the new Radiohead record! peace - steve :)
Dare & Marty - happy easter from a snowy Stockholm. I hope you'll make it here for a concert one day soon! Take care & keep up with the brilliant music!
