Late night grooving with the dudes in the know
1. Dwele – Love
“This I have as a really bad MP3 and have failed to buy it but I listen to it often, It’s Dwele as his best. The emotion the song carries is only something Dwele can put out.”
2. Pharoah Sanders – Astral Travelling
“The ensemble of sound in the music is incredible, and sonically tells it’s own story, People always ask me what it is, even the ones that “Don’t like Jazz” – Expression at it’s best.”
3. Edo De Waart; San Francisco Symphony – Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards
“Please just buy this, close your eyes and take it in, again, very moving music with really amazing movements that capture your imagination, another sit down and have a listen to this guys piece of music!”
4. Bobby Womack – How Could You Break My Heart
“My goodness, when I listen to this I feel like I wished I was in that session, the motion this song carries is unstoppable, beautiful song to sit and mull over life to.”
5. Musiq Soulchild – Newness
“The emotion is that, like a new relationship, beautifully executed, a little cheesy but I love it, good after-club listening.”
6. Martin Iveson 13.10.11 13.11.11
“A song I wrote to remember my late parents by, a musical gift to them to say thank you for allowing me to fly the nest at an early age to follow my dreams. Love you both and thank you again for being my parents X.”
7. Björk – Hidden Place
“Taken from on eof my top 10 albums of all time ‘Vespertine’ I remember this is one the last albums I ever sat down to and listened from start to finish, I was upset when the experience was over. The sound quality of this recording on a good home system really is unbeatable.”
8. Owusu and Hannibal – Le Fox
“This song starts here and goes on a trip… It does come back but again another great after hours slice of music, a timeless fusion of soundscapes and vocals.”
9. The Sass – Much To Much
“For me this is the perfect relaxing boogie record, Rare groove that still stands up today! Also kinda give the ‘flashback to being a teenager” feeling.”
10. Heaven On the Ground (feat. Emily King) [Acoustic Version]
“This has to be one of the best and most touching pieces of recent times for me, I’ve played this so a load of friends over and over and watched them listen to it!, They must think I’ve gone crazy but I like to see peoples reactions.”
About Atjazz…
From his misspent youth skateboarding the frontier towns of North Eastern England, Martin Iveson arrived into the UK’s Midland scene in the early nineties, here he was to take a job at a new computer games development studio by the name of Core Design Ltd., this company is now synonymous with Lara Croft and the series of Tomb Raider games. Not content with scoring this, one of the world’s most famous video games, Martin left the company 13 years later to concentrate more on his own studio environment in which to channel his musical aspirations further, and invite other musicians and producers to do the same.
The success of his early works including his first EP ‘Story’ in 1996 led to the well-received album ‘That Something’, which was later licensed in Japan by Sony/Kioon in 1998. This debut album also featured cover artwork by Fujio Akatsuka, very well known in Japan for his Illustrations and animated cartoons. With two further albums, ‘Labfunk’ & ‘Labresults’ following soon after, Atjazz had at this time established himself as a distinct and inspirational voice in the underground music scene.
Martin has also been a prolific remixer throughout his career remixing and reworking songs & works for artists such as Nitin Sawhney, Bob Sinclar, Jazzanova, Zed Bias & amp; Omar to name but a few and was even requested to rework Henri Mancini’s ‘The Pink Panther Returns” for EMI Records. Martin is still remixing heavily as he states that remixing has helped to launch his production techniques forward and it’s the perfect practice pitch for trying out new ideas and breaking the mould within a diluted industry. “Remixing helps to hone your sound and allows the producer to print their trademark into another space”
Martin’s trademark sound has been requested on many occasions by top class vocalists including Clara Hill, Replife & Deborah Jordan for their own artist album projects and also rubbing shoulders with some amazing musicians & producers along the way. Martin has also teamed up with world-class production legend Charles Webster as ‘Version’ and are working on their debut album for Miso Records.
2009 saw Martin close his label Mantis Recordings due to harsh industry changes and from these ashes came the Imprint appropriately named ‘Atjazz Record Company’, which has flown to great heights within the digital realm and has seen many fantastic and sought after releases including his 3rd long player ‘Full Circle’. This label concentrates heavily on Martin’s productions and collaborations. Atjazz Record Company is a new chapter for Atjazz but with a continuation of his trademark sound.
Martin ‘Atjazz’ Iveson is in demand across the world: Whether it be renowned producer, sought after remixer, or floor filling DJ, Martin gives his heart to hold the soul.