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Indidginus Michael Martin has been playing didgeridoo since 1996. His first real foray into dance music came in 1998 when he attended the Megadog Beach Festival in Cornwall after returning from a period of work and travel in Tanzania. Michael was so inspired by what he heard and experienced, that he decided to incorporate his didg playing into this style of music. At first he started out by playing along with various techno and trance DJ's (originally under the name Deviant Didg) at squat parties and clubs in London like The Fridge, Club 414, The Pleasure Rooms, Tyssen Street, and The Drome. After a year or so he got involved with Koru (a drum and bass group based in Brixton). Michael played with them for a few months, mostly around London, but also at festivals like the Lizard Eclipse in Cornwall. This introduced him to the production side of things and he was hooked. He didn't like being a passive member of the band who "just played didg". He wanted to actively create tracks from start to end. His stumbling block was money - studio equipment doesn't come cheap.... So with that (& one or two other things) in mind he took out a loan, trained as a software developer, earned some money, bought some gear, started writing his own compositions & Indidginus was born. Shortly after he joined up with another drum and bass live PA (Impact) and gigged with them. This was fun for a while, but he found himself limited to being "the didg player" again, so decided to call it a day. Following a Halloween party in Bristol in 2001, at which his psytrance live PA OOOD was playing, Michael got to know Colin Bennun. The two became friends & started writing tracks together from time to time. He has had the good fortune to work with talented guitarist, Joe Weinstock, who features on several Indidginus tracks. He is also involved in 2 ongoing collaborations with Ishq (Matt Hillier) going under the Open System & Octophonic (also featuring the late Jake Stephenson) monikers. Michael has played at various events in the UK, South Africa & elsewhere in the world. In February 2004 he emigrated to South Africa, where he has had his music featured in a couple of TV series, & written soundtracks for several TV commercials, a documentary & an independent film called Cognition Factor - featuring a collaboration with Colin Angus (The Shamen) & additional music by Alex Paterson & Dom Beken of The Orb/High Frequency Bandwidth & Merv Pepler of Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles. He has also remixed various other artists including Tripswitch, The Vanguard & High Frequency Bandwidth. Michael makes extensive use of the slide didgeridoo in his unique & eminently danceable live performances. Subscribe to the Indidginus mailing list for exclusive free downloads & other material: http://tinyurl.com/subscribe-to-mailing-list
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Every now & then a label
Every now & then a label sends Revolve a real gem which is off-the-wall, original & displays imagination & incredible musicianship. This is one of those. 130-138bpm but more psychedelic than progressive. An artist album from South Africa by Michael Martin with its funky & electronically interpreted African rhythms which bounce with vitality like on Tokalosh or Lotus Eaters with the sampled singers & sweeping OMD-like 80s chords. The CD finishes with a collaboration with Pablo Sandoz: Colin Angus from The Shamen & Matt Catt. Amazing with its very "conscious" Terence McKenna samples. Highly recommended for any music lovers.
Review by DJ Photon, Revolve Magazine UK
Every now & then a label
Every now & then a label sends Revolve a real gem which is off-the-wall, original & displays imagination & incredible musicianship. This is one of those. 130-138bpm but more psychedelic than progressive. An artist album from South Africa by Michael Martin with its funky & electronically interpreted African rhythms which bounce with vitality like on Tokalosh or Lotus Eaters with the sampled singers & sweeping OMD-like 80s chords. The CD finishes with a collaboration with Pablo Sandoz: Colin Angus from The Shamen & Matt Catt. Amazing with its very "conscious" Terence McKenna samples. Highly recommended for any music lovers.
Indidginus is South African
Indidginus is South African producer Michael Martin who has been actively making music in the scene since 2001 and playing didgeridoo since 1996. Feast or Famine is his second full length release and it's a colourful journey into the down tempo side of psychedelic music with a unique Indidginus twist. Released at the end of 2008 on Micro Dot music from Cape Town, this is one hell of a fun album that can only be described, in my opinion, as accomplished clean sounding groovadelic music. Kicking off with a reworking of the classic Funky Town, the tunes take in a range of influences from ethnic sounds through to electro in places and beyond. It has an infectious funky feel permeating the tracks and keeps you on tenterhooks eagerly awaiting the next sound or groove and ensures that those feet keep on tapping away furiously. This has quality written all over it and is as refreshing as it is original. With the tracks ranging in speed from 113 to 139 bpm, this album is excellent sunshine music that should not be restricted to just the global psychedelic trance scene but should go and infect the rest of the global electronic dance scene. The album is a veritable feast, with the famine coming only when it ends.
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