The Star Fighter Pilot

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The Star Fighter Pilot is Martin Bryant from Manchester, England. Fusing noisy, dirty electronic pop with rock drums and a witty singer songwriter ethic, he bridges the gap between accessible pop and experimental electronica.

Influenced by people as diverse as Beck, Super Furry Animals, Chris T-T and Of Montreal; he makes music using his laptop, a bunch of computer programs and an overactive imagination.

His first two EPs, ‘Feeding & Chaining’ and ‘Alkaline Maisonette’ gained glowing reviews from the likes of Drowned In Sound, High Voltage magazine and Manchestermusic.co.uk.

In 2007 he released a 7” split EP alongside The Colt .45s on Leaving Home Records featuring ‘Another Penny’ and ‘Drunk With You’. Some nefarious fellow then shared ‘Another Penny’ as part of an unauthorised ‘Indie Playlist’ compilation album which has since been downloaded thousands of times and gained The Star Fighter Pilot fans around the world.

Playing a steady stream of gigs The Star Fighter Pilot has built up a strong live reputation. He sometimes appears onstage with choreographed dancers and has supported acts as diverse as Bis, Dragonette, Jeremy Warmsley and Scouting For Girls.

The ‘Kingdom Hearts’ EP was released by Filthy Little Angels as a download on www.filthylittleangels.co.uk on the 25th of May 2008. Click here to head to their site to download it! This will be followed by a contribution to a double 7” EP of one-minute-long songs (again through Filthy Little Angels) in the summer.

Ironic he may be now, iconic is something we could be using to describe The Star Fighter Pilot as being in years to come..- Drowned In Sound 8/10 review

The confident acumen of Bryant suggests an oh-so-very-nearly finished product; though with that said, you suspect he could put out an album right now that would better its rivals. Last year, HV thought it right to bestow top marks upon The Star Fighter Pilot, and with this latest offering, nothing has changed.- High Voltage 5/5 review

This is pure 21st Century living played out on cold, harsh digital circuitry, yet the resulting sounds provide campfire songs for urban revolutionaries. Atmospheric, insurrectionist observations are rife in The Star Fighter Pilots rhetoric.... Its refreshing that the Star Fighter Pilot is happy to mix his stratospheric synthetic orchestrations with such down to earth perspectives - yet this by no means overshadows the mighty pulse, of his cunningly computer crafted soundtracks"..- Manchestermusic.co.uk 5/5 Review

What a cracking name... Human League style synths and deadpanning and bleeps to carry the cool and cynical kind of lyrics that suit late nights, droll self deprecation and mild downers and 'Sunday' is the one that really captures that whole kind of Sheffield bloke with daft haircut and two suburban molls in a very, very good way. The Star Fighter Pilot, nice... - Unpeeled

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Member Since:

August 08, 2005

Members:

Martin Bryant

Influences:

Beck, Grandaddy, Chris T-T, Squarepusher, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Beatles, Ladytron

Sounds Like:

Chris T-T employing Kraftwerk as his backing band while Beck and Grandaddy make sweet love in the background.