Barrett Martin
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| Barrett Martin | |
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| Birth name | Barrett Martin |
| Born | April 14, 1967 |
| Origin | Olympia, Washington |
| Genre(s) | Grunge Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Label(s) | Epic Records |
| Associated acts | Screaming Trees The 5 Minus Mad Season Tuatara Various other |
Barrett Martin (born April 14, 1967 in Olympia, Washington) was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington group the Screaming Trees as well as the supergroup Mad Season. A multi-instrumentalist and producer, he was also a session musician in Los Angeles for several years in the 1990s and has played on or produced over 50 albums to date.
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[edit] History
Martin studied jazz theory and classical percussion at Western Washington University in the mid-1980s and then finished his BA in anthropology and music at the University of New Mexico graduating summa cum laude. Moving to Seattle in the mid 1980s, Martin was witness to the birth of the Seattle music scene, joining grunge pioneers Skin Yard in 1990, and going on to make two albums with the band, "1000 Smiling Knuckles" (1991) and "Inside The Eye" (posthumously 1993). When Skin Yard broke up in 1991, Martin was immediately asked to fill the recently vacated drum seat in the Screaming Trees. The Trees went on to make two more studio albums with Martin, "Sweet Oblivion" (1992) and "Dust" (1995), before calling it quits in 2000. In 1994, Martin formed the supergroup Mad Season with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Layne Staley of Alice In Chains, and Chicago blues bassist Baker Saunders. The band released its only album "Above" in 1995, playing only a handful of local shows before disbanding. Martin went on to become a top session musician in Los Angeles, playing drums and percussion on records by REM, Luna, Stone Temple Pilots, Queens Of The Stone Age, Air, and singer-songwriters Victoria Williams and Mark Olson. Aside from his collaboration in various side projects as a professional percussionist during and after the dissolution of the Screaming Trees, he has focused his musical endeavors on the study of percussion styles from various cultures around the world, primarily on African tribal rhythms and music of Latin America. The most early and apparent influence of tribal techniques on his style can be heard in the opening drum riff of the Screaming Trees' song, Nearly Lost You (as a side note, this riff was performed during Bill Clinton's 1992 inauguration ceremony) and "X-ray Mind" during a stint in Mad Season. His field work in ethnomusicology has included work with Garifuna drummers in Belize, Wolof Griots in Senegal, Ewe drummers in Ghana, Santeria drummers in Cuba, and Candomble drummers in Brazil. Between 2000 and 2003, he also worked with Brazilian singer Nando Reis, playing on three of Nando's studio albums, and touring much of Brazil in the process.
In 2000, Martin was ordained as a Zen priest in the Soto tradition, through the Detroit Street Zen Center in Los Angeles. As of 2005, he is pursuing a doctorate in anthropology and music at the University of New Mexico. He is also a founding member of the revolving-door music project Tuatara, and founded his own record label, Fast Horse Recordings, which releases traditional and fusion oriented world music. In 2004, Barrett released hs first solo album of post-modern compositions titled The Painted Desert. In 2006 he followed up with a second solo album titled Earthspeaker. He currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he overseas daily operations of Fast Horse Recordings.
[edit] Discography
[edit] The Minus 5
- Let the War Against Music Begin - 2001
- In Rock - 2000
- The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy - 1997
[edit] Screaming Trees
- Dust - 1996
- Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon - 1995
- Sweet Oblivion - 1992
[edit] Solo albums
- Earthspeaker - 2006
- The Painted Desert - 2004
[edit] Tuatara
- West of the Moon - 2007
- East of the Sun - 2007
- The Loading Program - 2003
- Cinemathique - 2002
- Trading with the Enemy - 1998
- Breaking the Ethers - 1997
[edit] Various
- Rahim Alhaj - Friendship - 2006
- Bola Abimbola - Ara Kenge - 2006
- Jack Endino - Permanent Fatal Error - 2005
- Roger Greenway - Wayt - 2004
- Ramiro Musotto - Sudaka - 2003
- Mylene Pires - Mylene - 2003
- Nando Reis - A Letra A - 2003
- Nero - Confession #1 - 2003
- CeDell Davis - When Lightning Struck the Pine - 2002
- Wayward Shamans - Alchemy - 2002
- Nando Reis – Infernal - 2001
- Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R - 2001
- Therapy? - Shameless - 2001
- Nado Reis - Para Quando o Arco - 2000
- Victoria Williams - Water to Drink - 2000
- Mark Olson - My Own Jo Ellen - 2000
- The Twilight Singers - Twilight As Played By The Twilight Singers - 2000
- Mark Lanegan - I’ll Take Care of You - 1999
- Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 - 1999
- Various artists - More Oar - 1999
- R.E.M. - Up - 1998
- Luna - Pup Tent - 1997
- Mark Eitzel - West - 1997
- Protein - Ever Since I was a Kid - 1997
- Various artists - Flying Traps - 1997
- Mike Johnson - Year of Mondays - 1996
- Seaweed - Spanaway - 1995
- Mad Season - Above - 1994
- Mike Johnson - Where Am I - 1994
- Skin Yard - Inside the Eye - 1993
- Skin Yard - 1000 Smiling Knuckles - 1991
- Thin Men - A Round Hear - 1989
[edit] Film compositions
- Woven Songs of the Amazon - 2006 (soundtrack with Shipibo Shamans)
- Ausangate - 2006
- The Fog Ravens - 2003
- The Serial Killer - 2001
- Lush - 2000
- The Best Men - 1999
- Deceiver - 1998
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