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Martin Fletcher is a harmonica player. 

The 'harmonicagod' brand name is intended to be somewhat ironic, I'm not that arrogant! It was partly inspired by the woeful public understanding (among musicians just as much as audience) of how the instrument should be played, and the enormous possibilities it offers for lead playing in the style of sax/guitar/horn parts/etc., never mind the unique sound and feel it has in expressing emotion in a way that is almost vocal. Many famous musicians play it so badly...if they played their guitars/keyboards etc. like that they'd be laughed off stage.....so why is it OK to do that with the harmonica? Rant over.

I've played diatonic harmonicas (mund-harmonica for the clearest European understanding) since I was about 16....and that was in 1970. In the early 1980's I got heavily involved in the Tyneside Blues scene, which dates back to the late 50's and has produced The Animals with Eric Burdon, Sting (with a fair bit of jazz, too), and many other great musicians. I've been lucky enough to know and play with some of them (but not Sting! ;-) )
Eventually I joined the Blues Burglars and have worked with the guys for the last 20+ years in all kinds of formats. In 1999 I formed MFUS, a hiphop-blues fusion band which combined an MC and DJ with a 5-piece blues band. The results were great fun and experience, and rekindled my interest in many forms of music which I'd put on hold because of my blues obsession.
In 2004/2005 I began to produce and engineer in my own mini-studio. I try to make all kinds of music and be involved in all kinds of music. I have always loved free jazz, Alice Coltrane, Terry Riley, Miles Davis 70's period, John McLaughlin, ambient electronics etc. My son and daughter kept me in touch with the Manchester baggy scene, Primal Scream and on into dance culture and hiphop. I worship Blackalicious, and lately, Burial. Most indie music leaves me cold....but electronic, ambient, chillout, glitch, dubstep, dub etc.are all things I've loved and tried to create, or at least honour, at different times.
Being a harmonica player, I have never made much money from music, but I've been to great places and met great people.

I play Hohner Marine Band harmonicas - old school. I use a custom-made Heumann mic - a Spherex with old-school Green Bullet innards - (which I fell in love with on sight, but which Charlie Musselwhite had first refusal on - fortunately, he chose others) for amplified playing. My amp is a Gibson single valve, no tone control, 5-15 watt piece of gorgeousness....but I have a '59 reissue Fender Bassman for larger gigs and I run them together.
If you like any of what I do - thanks very much. By all means drop me a line to discuss stuff. I love comments and feedback - it's all about learning. Always happy to do parts/collaborations for other Soundclouders.

Finally, I have to mention how much I appreciate my musical compadres - PJ White / Bill Sharp / Bruce Campbell / Pete Redhead / Garry Browning / Ed Bowman / Graeme Hare / Jason Toner / Fareez / Helena Wood / Jim Murray and many more. A harmonica player usually needs a musical backdrop to work with, and they've provided it many times over. Thank you, gentlemen and lady.

I currently play with the inestimable Chris James in a duo/trio/quartet format, more that ably assisted by Finn McArdle on percussion (Martin Stephenson, Johnny Dickinson and many more) and Paul White (Blues Burglars, MFUS etc.)

All the best - Martin

Bio:

Born in '91 and raised on Long Island, NY, Senith (aka Bosco Clowes) began with an appetite for jazz artists ranging from Dave Koz to Spyro Gyra and most favorably the Rippingtons, all thanks to a family with an expansive background in DJing. As time grew on in, she discovered a new type of music during the mid to late 90's she coined as 'jumpy' music, but better known as 90's dance at the time. Her strict jazz cassette diet then shed its wings when she bought her first electronic music album, Daft Punk's Discovery, and thus the journey was born. The real musical bloodshed started with the year 2003, when she was introduced to trance by many sleepless, late hours on the now extinct 9.27 LIR. 3 years later, she began to take up production from a school music technology course, using a Korg X5D and Homestudio 2 software to mold the framework for some basic tracks. After a few countless tries, she was ready to give up, but that suddenly changed when she created her first ever 7 minute long track titled "Deadmopnine", a conglomerate collection of beat interpretation of the many producers out there at the time. Her form of production was still fresh and in its early phases, (and still is) as in her songs could be viewed as "different pieces and parts of other songs chopped up and put together in non-linear transitional blends". In 2007 she bought her first set of records ranging from Andain, Conjure One, to Steve Angello, and began mixing on a pair of Numark turntables. Thanks to a certain Sander Kleinenberg compilation, she explored new variations of sounds and artists such as Nathan Fake, Gui Boratto, Robert Babicz, and much more on the darker side of the spectrum. Currently up to date, Senith has been busy at work honing mixes for a hungry audience, refining a much more polished grip on production, and an attitude mixed with a feeling of hope and careful preservation. With each and every passing day, she strives to define her own unique foothold of sound, deriving inspiration from artists such as John Maus, Fad Gadget, and Joe Boyd Vigil. Through achieving this sound, Senith hopes her eminence to become a promising one, not just as "some other producer out there", but to be truly celebrated through appreciation and understanding that flows from others....May all good music prevail...

All earlier material : @ soundcloud.com/dj_senith
Mixes only : soundcloud.com/senithmixtapes and also mixcloud.com/dj_senith

For booking, promos, collaborations, remix requests, and all general inquires:

Please send a formal email addressed to boscoclowes@hotmail.com

Thank you! The revolution in sound begins here ;)

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