Blu Mar Ten

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Blu Mar Ten
Also known asBMT
Blumarten
Old Man Dem [1]
Origin London, England
Genres Drum and bass, house, breakbeat, ambient, techno
Years active1995–present
LabelsBlu Mar Ten Music, Hospital Records, Good Looking Records, Exceptional Records, Med School, Renegade Hardware, Shogun Audio, 31 Records
MembersChris Marigold
Michael Tognarelli
Website www.blumarten.com

Blu Mar Ten is a music production outfit based in London, and is made up of Chris Marigold and Michael Tognarelli. [2]

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History

Blu Mar Ten's first track to be released was "The Fountain" / "Lunar" in 1996 on Way Out Records. [3] The track appeared on compilations and was named by Fabio as his 'tune of the year'. This was followed by the Blu Mar Ten remix of Erykah Badu's first single "On & On" for MCA Records, which reached the top 10 music chart. Following these releases Blu Mar Ten were offered a long-term deal by LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records. This partnership saw releases on the label including features on the Logical Progression, Earth and Progression Sessions LPs and tracks on Good Looking's partner labels. A dedicated artist EP and Blu Mar Ten artist compilation LP were also released by Good Looking. [4]

In early 2001 Blu Mar Ten and Good Looking Records parted company. Following this Blu Mar Ten has produced breaks for Rennie Pilgrem's label TCR and Danny Macmillan's In-flight label, 2-step garage for Lime, tech-house for Guidance Recordings and left-field downbeat for the Big Chill, Exceptional Records and Naked Music. They have also taken on remix duties for Erykah Badu again, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Joey Negro, The Ananda Project and Annie Lennox.

Blu Mar Ten tracks have been played by DJs Tom "The Jedi" Middleton, [5] Chris Coco & Rob da Bank, [6] Felix da Housecat, Bobby Friction, [7] Ben Watt, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, Erol Alkan, Howie B and Mary Anne Hobbs. [8]

September 2003 saw the release of the first Blu Mar Ten album following their split with Good Looking Records, The Six Million Names of God, on Exceptional Records. The LP represented work from 1997 through to 2003 and focused on the downbeat side of the duo than the dance floor material for which they were initially recognised. The album featured collaborations with Blame (720 Recordings / Charged), Nor Elle (Plastic City) and Fink (Ninja Tune).

In 2004, Wyndham and Marigold were joined by Michael Tognarelli. As a teenager in Manchester, Tognarelli had worked in Eastern Bloc and Spin Inn record shops with Marcus Intalex and Sappo.

During 2005 and 2006, Blu Mar Ten returned to producing drum and bass with releases on labels Hospital Records, Nookie's Phuzion Records, Friction's Shogun Audio, Basement Recordings, John B's Tangent Recordings, Renegade Hardware, Subject 13's Vibez Recordings and Doc Scott's 31 Records.

September 2007 saw the release of the album Black Water, which featured vocal tracks with guests Alexis Strum, Kameel and Ernesto. The singles were released around the launch of the album included remixes from Tom Middleton, Sabre, Kubiks, Cicada and Blu Mar Ten themselves. [9]

In 2009, Blu Mar Ten released their Natural History drum and bass project, with the Close and Believe Me EPs early in the year, and the album Natural History following in November. A series of remixes from the album were released in 2010, featuring versions by Seba, Klute, Bop, Stray, Badmammal & Kastle.

In 2011 Blu Mar Ten released the Love is the Devil album, following it in 2012 with remixes of the album tracks from dBridge, Marcus Intalex, Joe Syntax, Unquote, Sunchase & BCee.

During 2012 Blu Mar Ten expanded their label, (rebranding it "Blu Mar Ten Music" or "BMTM") and started releasing music from other artists.

In 2013 Blu Mar Ten released their 6th album Famous Lost Words.

In 2016 Blu Mar Ten released their 7th album Empire State.

Licensed tracks

Blu Mar Ten tracks have been licensed to Rockstar Games video games. Two tracks, "Home Videos" and "Simon and Lisa" were featured in the 2003 racing title Midnight Club II [10] and the track "Trauma" was featured in the 2006 title, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis . [11] [12]

The track "Emi's Song" was featured in Konami's 2007 music video game, Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 .

Discography

Albums

Singles and album appearances

Compilations and EPs

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References

  1. ↑ Blu Mar Ten [@BluMarTen] (26 April 2016). "just found this in my itunes library from 2010 \o/ @LondonElek" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ UK. "Blu Mar Ten | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. ↑ IMO Records "Blu Mar Ten Biography", IMO Records , retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Blu Mar Ten discography @ rolldabeats – dance music discography resource". Rolldabeats.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Sound of the Cosmos: Various Artists, Tom Middleton (mixed by): Amazon: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. ↑ t75.org. "music – The Blue Room, the lowdown on Chris Coco and Rob Da Bank, The Late Night Sound of Radio 1". indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Asian Network – Friction". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Radio 1 – Mary Anne Hobbs – Tracklisting". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Blu Mar Ten". Blu Mar Ten. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  10. ↑ kingkarlit0s (11 February 2009). "Midnight Club II (disc 1) – Various Artists – Listen and discover music at". Last.fm. Retrieved 12 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (2007) Wii credits". MobyGames. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis: Information from". Answers.com. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  13. ↑ "Blu Mar Ten – Producer 03 (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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