- Tucker Martine
Tucker Martine (b. January 14, 1972) is an American
record producer ,musician andcomposer who has worked with artists such as Mudhoney,Bill Frisell ,The Decemberists ,Sufjan Stevens ,Laura Veirs andJesse Sykes .Early life
Tucker Martine grew up in
Nashville, Tennessee where he played in bands and tinkered with recording devices before moving toBoulder, Colorado upon graduating from high school. In Colorado, Martine was a DJ at a public radio station (KGNU). He would frequently play 2 or more records at once on the air. Martine also took courses at theNaropa Institute where he studied sound collage and befriendedHarry Smith - the ethnomusicologist, artist, and Kabbalist - who made a large impression on Martine.Career
In 1993, Martine moved to
Seattle, Washington where he began to combine his skills and interests. He joinedWayne Horvitz 's chamber groupThe 4 Plus 1 Ensemble where Martine's instrument was a series of looping and sound manipulating devices which were fed by the groups otherwise acoustic instruments. He has also released several albums of his field recordings. As a composer and musician Martine has released 2 albums under the recording pseudonym Mount Analog as well as Mylab (a collaboration with keyboardistWayne Horvitz ) and Orchestra Dim Bridges (with violistEyvind Kang ). Additionally, Microsoft called upon Martine's creativity when they asked him to help compose the startup and branding sounds for Microsoft's new operating system Vista. Today Martine lives in Portland and continues to makes records in his own studio, FLORA.Artists he has worked with
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Eyvind Kang
*The Decemberists
*Bill Frisell
*Laura Veirs
*Danny Barnes
*Jim White
*Transmissionary Six
*Sufjan Stevens
*Erin McKeown
*Jesse Sykes
*The Long Winters
*Johanna Kunin
*Tracker
*Mudhoney
*Zeke
*Thao Nguyen and The Get Down Stay Down
*Musee MecaniqueDiscography
As Tucker Martine
*"" (1994)
*"" (2005)
*"Bush Taxi Mali " (1998)
*"Orchestra Dim Bridges withEyvind Kang " (2004)As Mylab
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Mylab " (2004)As Mount Analog
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Mount Analog " (1997)
*"New Skin " (2004)External links
* [http://www.mountanalog.com Mount Analog]
* [http://harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=4279 Feature on Martine in HARP magazine]
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