Tucker Martine (b. January 14, 1972) is an American record producer, musician and composer who has worked with artists such as Mudhoney, Bill Frisell, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs and Jesse Sykes.
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Early life
Tucker Martine grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where he played in bands and tinkered with recording devices before moving to Boulder, 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 the Naropa Institute where he studied sound collage and befriended Harry 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 joined Wayne Horvitz's chamber group The 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 keyboardist Wayne Horvitz) and Orchestra Dim Bridges (with violist Eyvind 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
- Eyvind Kang
- The Decemberists
- Bill Frisell
- Laura Veirs
- 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 Mecanique
Discography
As Tucker Martine
- (1994)
- Broken Hearted Dragonflies: Insect Electronica from Southeast Asia (2005)
- Bush Taxi Mali (1998)
- Orchestra Dim Bridges with Eyvind Kang (2004)
As Mylab
- Mylab (2004)
As Mount Analog
- Mount Analog (1997)
- New Skin (2004)
