Martyn

Through Lines

Genre: TECHNO / HOUSE

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The D&B to broken beats and dubstep lord surmises his 2005-2015 phase in an effective best-of-Martyn set bound to be discovered on the racks of service stations by future truckers and ravers

With deep roots to the D&B scene via 12”s on Marcus Intalex’s Revolve:r as far back as 2005, Martyn really broached a broader club consciousness with his turn to 140BPM in 2007 on a pair of instant classic 12”s circa ‘Broken/Shadowcasting’, and the ‘Velvet/Twenty Four’ session that opened his 3024 label (so named for his Rotterdam postcode).

‘Through Lines’ is a strong reminder to those who followed him thru the years - and a great primer for new ears - to Martyn’s soulful slant on prevailing UK rave styles. It’s fair to place him as pivotal to dubstep’s 2nd wave, when its conventions were firmly established, and the UK smoking ban effected a sea change from immersive pressure to more quick fix drops and mid-rangey, rockist immediacy. From his relative outsider position, Martyn would lag trends, but also help steer dubstep back to original 2-step structures and its near relatives in West London broken beats and Detroit techno, with a fine measure of Dutch pharmaceutical finesse.

His Revolve:r classic ’Broken’ still sends shivers down the club’s spine with its haze of dub techno chords and blushing pads locked into serpentine motion, and 2008’s ‘Vancouver’ slips along the timeline with a ruder, acid dubbed writhe that still sounds deadly. From the same pivotal phase comes the effervescent pressure of ’Suburbia’ and his nostalgia-jogging remix of TRG’s ‘Broken Heart’ - one of Hessle Audio’s earliest and enduring - plus a deep cut from his album ‘Great Lengths’ in the darkly tinted UKG of ‘Hear Me’, whilst ‘Friedrichstrasse’ hails his links to Berlin’s offbeat techno sound.

Surely a nostalgic payload for many, but if it’s new to you, we highly advise also checking for work by fellow EU steppers 2562 and T++ for prime dubstep offshoots from that era.

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Boomkat Product Review:

The D&B to broken beats and dubstep lord surmises his 2005-2015 phase in an effective best-of-Martyn set bound to be discovered on the racks of service stations by future truckers and ravers

Surely a nostalgic payload for many, but if it’s new to you, we highly advise also checking for work by fellow EU steppers 2562 and T++ for prime dubstep offshoots from that era.

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Boomkat Product Review:

The D&B to broken beats and dubstep lord surmises his 2005-2015 phase in an effective best-of-Martyn set bound to be discovered on the racks of service stations by future truckers and ravers

Surely a nostalgic payload for many, but if it’s new to you, we highly advise also checking for work by fellow EU steppers 2562 and T++ for prime dubstep offshoots from that era.

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Boomkat Product Review:

The D&B to broken beats and dubstep lord surmises his 2005-2015 phase in an effective best-of-Martyn set bound to be discovered on the racks of service stations by future truckers and ravers

Surely a nostalgic payload for many, but if it’s new to you, we highly advise also checking for work by fellow EU steppers 2562 and T++ for prime dubstep offshoots from that era.