From his discogs page it looks like Martinez has been doing his groovy thing for quite some time now, long enough at least to beat the many other ‘Martinez’-es to the un-numbered punch. I included his ‘You…’ track in my February IAMYOURFACE mix alongside Marcin Czubala’s similarly titled and equally ace ‘I Am You’.
‘You…’ came from Martinez’s cracking Burning The Midnight Oil EP on one of my favourite labels, Cray1 Labworks. He’s got a new release out on 3rd Floor called the Retrospective EP and it’s another stomping success. It’s got that swagger I’ve been enjoying from Kate Simko recently, loping along on a muted bassline, but that lower section supports a twitchier upper half more reminiscent of the stuff on Tuning Spork I’ve been enjoying so much recently (from Hugo especially - his new ‘The Siren’ floored me recently).
All that preamble is my namedropping way of saying that I hope this sound gets even bigger as the year progresses. The slinky basslines, the light-as-a-feather hihats, but then some really punchy midsections that go straight for your intestines. I can even see it working well with some of the deeper, more jacking stuff coming from Berghain etc. It’s got that defined sensibility to it but is perhaps just a little looser around the hips. Hear some samples here:
Martinez - Retrospective EP [3rd Floor] (Samples)
If you want a much better idea of the kind of noise Martinez is making, here’s a link to his promotional mix from April. I’ve been listening to it this morning and it’s very solid stuff. With the Simko and Dettmann sets I’ve picked up from SSGS and the Chaton mix over at HIAF, May has thus far been a month of blisteringly good mixes. Add this one to the list.
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