Blu Mar Ten http://virb.com/blumarten http://www.blumarten.com http://www.last.fm/music/Blu+Mar+Ten http://www.myspace.com/blumarten http://www.youtube.com/chrisblumarten http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6095113210 _________________________________________________ Blu Mar Ten is made up of founding members Leo Wyndham and Chris Marigold, with new addition Michael Tognarelli. After meeting through a mutual friend in 1995 and both having a musical past, Chris & Leo clicked immediately and started to write music. Leo had written around 200 hardcore and house tunes over the previous few years, while Chris had been DJ-ing on pirate radio and at raves. 1995 was an incredibly exciting time for music, particularly drum & bass with the rise of Fabio and Bukems Speed and Goldies Metalheadz. The days were spent writing all day in the studio then nights spent going on pilgrimages to Hoxton Square and the West End to hear the professionals at work. The first track to be released was The Fountain / Lunar in Feb 1997 on the now defunct Way Out Records. The track received acclaim across the board appearing on numerous big name compilations and was named by Fabio as his tune of the year. This was closely followed by the duos remix of Erykah Badu's classic On & On for MCA, which travelled into the mainstream top 10. On the heels of these releases Blu Mar Ten were offered a long-term deal by LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, which was eagerly taken up. This partnership saw a long chain of releases on the label including features on the Logical Progression, Earth and Progression Sessions LPs, tracks on Good Lookings partner labels and a dedicated artist EP and Blu Mar Ten artist compilation LP was also released Unfortunately, all good things come to an end and in early 2001 Blu Mar Ten and Good Looking parted company, but despite this have remained friends. Since then, Blu Mar Ten has blossomed into a variety of musical styles. Taking a step back from drum & bass, they have produced breaks for Rennie Pilgrem's TCR and Danny Macmillan's In-flight labels, 2 step garage for Lime, banging house for Guidance recordings and left field downbeat for the Big Chill and Naked Music to name but a few. They have also taken on remix duties for Erykah Badu again, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Jakatta, The Ananda Project and Annie Lennox. Casting their net wider in this way won Blu Mar Ten recognition from a diverse set of DJs such as Tom 'The Jedi' Middleton, Felix da Housecat, Ben Watt, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, Erol Alkan, Howie B and Mary Anne Hobbs. September 2003 saw the long overdue release of the first proper Blu Mar Ten album, 'The Six Million Names of God' on Exceptional Records. The LP represents work from 1997 through to 2003 and focused more on the downbeat side of the duo than the dance floor. Featuring collaborations with Blame (720 Recordings / Charged), Nor Elle (Plastic City) and Fink (Ninjatune), the album is packed with layer upon layer of lush sounds and surprising interludes. In 2004 Chris & Leo were joined by Michael who has known Chris since 1993. The pair had met in Manchester where, as a teenager, Michael had been working in Eastern Bloc and Spin Inn record shops alongside Marcus Intalex and Sappo. Michael joined the duo bringing an emphasis on harder beats and a more driving sound, and continues to produce darker drum & bass on his own. 2006 & 2007 are busy years for Blu Mar Ten. A return to their drum & bass roots sees a string of 12" smashers hitting the drum & bass scene on labels as diverse as 'Hospital Records', 'Nookie's 'Phuzion Records', Friction's 'Shogun Audio', vintage label 'Basement Recordings', John B's 'Tangent Recordings', the mighty 'Renegade Hardware', Subject 13's 'Vibez Recordings' and Doc Scott's legendary '31 Records', with Dj support across the scene to match. Amongst these tunes is the now mythical 'Shadowboxing Remix'. Originally made as a one-off just to DJ out, the hype surrounding this rework of Doc Scott's classic has created a splash in the D&B community with a previously unexpected release now out on the loose. 2007 saw the arrival of the eagerly anticipated new album 'Black Water' which retained the lushness of previous work while adopting a much more direct approach in it's sound. _________________________________________________ What other people said about the new 'Black Water' album: "Blu Mar Ten has been with me since the humble beginnings of my professional music career. I loved their old stuff, but believe me, the new stuff is waaay better! "Black Water" is simply breathtaking, from start to finish...." - TeeBee "Step aside Blue Man group. Blu Mar Ten have arrived and they're a lot lusher and a lot better than you." - Klute "if this was a soundtrack then the movie directors would be spielberg, ridley scott and ang lee. Epic and intense with visually stunning and deeply moving scenes." - Tom Middleton "this lp has all boxes ticked and will stand the test of time" - Paradox _________________________________________________ What the press said about 'Black Water': "A dazzling collection of songs taking in a vast array of styles and influences...Essential listening" - KNOWLEDGE "Black Water swirls and turns like a musical journey over the continents" - ATM "A truly epic trip...'Cinematic' isn't the word" - ONE WEEK TO LIVE "An eclectic ride through almost every genre of electronic music" - ELECTRONIC BEATS "A force to be reckoned with...A first class trip into dance music" - BLOWBACK "Soaring souful breakbeats...broody electro...precision-made beats and warm organic grooves" - iDJ "A display of captivating beats and warm, melody-filled grooves" - DJ MAG _________________________________________________ What magazines say about the rest of Blu Mar Ten's music: "Supremely delicious" "Pure, luscious beauty has been given a whole new meaning, period. See what true originality is really about. Superb." "Exceptional indeed. Superb, grown up and inventive!" "What an amazing album!!! Picking up where FSOL and Global Communications left off. Highly reccommend this to anyone who likes their music lush, ambient and soundscapey." "Mesmerising, beautiful, epic, original, sad, haunting, deep, breaky - like nothing else. Truly an astonishing album" "Soulful beautiful electronic music" "Effortless cool for the late night lounge" "Wherever they are and whatever they're doing, you have to look out for Blu Mar Ten because whenever you hear that name, you should expect a good time."]]> Virb 2.0 (@blumarten) en - ‘Natural History’ one of iTunes ‘Dance Albums of 2009′:... http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6933066 http://www.blumarten.com/home/natural-history-itunes-dance-albums-2009/]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:25:21 -0800 http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6933066 Sorted out our mixes page including one we did for Radio 1 in 2003, full of... http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6904028 http://bit.ly/jjTmd]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:09:17 -0800 http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6904028 Sorted out our mixes page including one we did for Radio 1 in 2003, full of... http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6901664 http://bit.ly/jjTmd]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:56:27 -0800 http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/status/6901664 Voices of Blu Mar Ten: Part 1 http://virb.com/blumarten/posts/text/6894895 Since Natural HIstory came out we’ve had quite a few questions about the the vocals on some of the tracks. So we thought it might be a good idea to introduce you to the singers we sometimes work with when we need vocal work doing…

First up is Rochelle Parker

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Rochelle was introduced to Blu Mar Ten through Michael BMT who’s been working with her on some of his own side-projects, and sung for us on the track ‘Last Dance’, on Natural History

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From her Myspace page

From performing as an original artist, songwriter, vocal coach and session vocalist, Rochelle Parker has come along way from her southern California roots and is an active artist in the British pop/rock music scene. Graduate from the Institute of Contemporary Music 2008. Rochelle has Recorded and released an original album entitled ’OPEN’ (2007), including singles played on national radio stations such as: A Better Life, Open and Champagne moon. A winner of the BBC radio ‘Session’ competition 2007. Rochelle has played at the same venues as KT Tunstall and Lucy Silvas at the Bedford (London) and Leona Lewis and Bonnie Raitt at the Original Songwriters club, (London)

Find out more about Rochelle on her Myspace and hear her solo album on iTunes.

Watch out for part 2 coming soon…

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