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Martin Lee Stephenson is an experimental sound artist, musician, producer and songwriter from London, UK. He is one half of the experimental act Spooncurve (with Faye Rochelle) and the composer/producer for the occult/hermetic inspired dark ambient project Apollon (apollon93). He also records under the names of Doppler 20:20 and Vulse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vulse )〕 At the end of 2012, he had released more than 150 recordings. The primary labels of these releases were recording companies Sony, BMG, EMI, AVEX and independent labels D.O.R., Copasetic, Better, Reel 2 Reel, Law and Auder, Sub and Bleep, Slammin', Quirky, 3MV, Pro One, Squat, Keda and Offspring Records. Remixes have included work for Pigface, Genesis P-Orridge, Patricia Kass, Kuljit Bhamra MBE and a wide range of experimental acts in the electronica genre. His music has been included on films ''Winter of Love'',〔Winter of Love http://www.thewinteroflove.co.uk/credits/〕 ''Flash'',〔Flash http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309594/soundtrack〕 ''A Quiet Desperation'', ''Better Than Chocolate'', ''SLC Punk'',〔Moondogg SLC Punk http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/slcpunk/soundtrack.html〕 TV shows in the UK, Germany, France and the US and avant-garde experimental films both of his own and other directors creations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=IMDb )〕 With visuals, he tends to work with the retro super-8 genre, but has also been known to produce short digital films. He is a member of the FONO art collective. Stephenson is the grandson of music hall entertainer Leslie Harris and the great grandson of lyric writer and bohemian concert arranger Phillip Harris.〔phil harris http://doppler1.wix.com/the-psychonaut#!story/c4lf〕 == Early career== After several minor rock bands and song writing partnerships, Lee-Stephenson started his career as a programmer and record producer within the UK acid house scene in the late 80's, evolving into techno and early jungle. There was a return to this evolved format with early drum and bass recordings that led to extensive work including over 40 record releases with London labels Law and Auder〔keda website http://www.keda.co.uk/docs/itempage_genre.aspx?genre_id=6&page_no=1&album_id=197&txtKeyWord=&show_all=T〕 , pro one and sub and bleep records. The hardcore releases "rockabye" and "Pumpkin" by Utomica were released in 1993.〔Utomica http://www.discogs.com/Utomica-Rok-A-Bye/release/363550〕 During this time, Lee-Stephenson also had a short term recording contract through BMG records as singer/bass with Gothic act Randeshka Jane, which featured various musicians at different times: Irmgard Pilshofer, Nick Chown , Chris Clarke , Thunderstick , Donna Bailey, JJ Marauder, Chris Kelly. Lee-Stephenson was also working through various studios from the start to the mid-1990s, and working alongside Larry Lush and Phillip Earle of Rising High Records, Bobbi Style and session bass playing. He remixed over 50 releases for other artists in a two-year period. M L Stephenson occasionally released cassette releases through Buba recordings, and white label acid house, techno and early industrial 12inch pressings early in his career. In 1988, a white label pressing of Stephenson's "Hello Orgasm" with the b-side "Goodbye World" was played through the acid house sunrise circuit and at events: biology, 2000a.d. and shoom in the South of England, and on center force radio. Another buba pressing "Panther Hips/Poison Lips xxx" was released in 1989. In 1992 Stephenson began to re-master and occasionally remix the Trojan records reggae and ska catalogue. Working from Dynamic Studios in Dalston, London, Notting Hill Studios, pro one studios in Walthamstow, London and Descript , M L Stephenson began a period of ambient/chill out works which occasionally continues to present. The Utomica singles were released on Pro One in 1993.〔Pro one records http://www.rolldabeats.com/label/pro_one_records/tracks〕 In 1993 Blue Water School was formed with David Salvi and the album "physics" was released on December Dawn, in the UK, Germany, France and the USA. This was followed later that year by the dark ambient work Vulse and the album 'Inside". Vulse also contributed a track "Phobos" to the compilation "Earth" for D.O.R. (Infinity) in 1995.〔D.O.R. (Infinity) http://www.discogs.com/label/D.O.R.+%28Infinity%29〕 In 1994 Martin Lee Stephenson began work as producer for 〔The Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Volume 5 - Page 86〕 Moondogg, with Westworld's Bob Andrews and Elizabeth Westwood. They were joined as guest musician by Rat Scabies of the Damned. The first album "Fat Lot of Good"〔Moondogg fat lot of good http://www.billboard.com/song/moondogg/it/12310254#/song/moondogg/it/12310254〕 was released through Better in the UK and Avex in Japan. A single from the album "Wonderfool" was nominated "single of the week" in the UK publication Melody Maker,〔wonderfool melody maker http://www.heydaymediagroup.com/pages/RobertDerwoodAndrews.html〕 and the band received extensive press across Europe.〔Moondogg http://www.moondogg.com/〕 Two other singles were taken from the album: "Silver Lining" and "Black Pain".〔Moondogg billboard discography http://www.billboard.com/artist/moondogg/discography/albums/267696#/artist/moondogg/discography/songs/267696〕 The follow up album "God's Wallop' was released on D.O.R.. During this time, Stephenson began work with Isolationist/experimental Label D.O.R., after previously having involvement with similar isolationist label Sentrax. This relationship has continued to present, with the majority of the Apollon releases being through D.O.R. , both full albums and compilation tracks. December Dawn and D Script recordings were also formed at this time and in collaboration with D.O.R., released the first recordings by Doppler 20:20 album , an electronic, dub influenced experimental work, Sundew, Vulse and Lemon Ensemble. At this time, Lee Stephenson was working mainly from the Law and Auder studios in both Hoxton and the Oval, London, and Descript studios.〔law and auder http://www.discogs.com/artist/Law+And+Auder〕 The early Law and Order drum and bass 12" "Num Yo Ho" was released in 1993 by Pro One that looped a Buddhist mantra over a 170bpm breakbeat pattern, followed by "Who Run Tings?", a dark techno inspired drum and bass track which featured Stephenson, Elliot-Potter and Pearl. Elliot-Potter and Stephenson later collaborated on an early "trip hop" release on white label through Pro One under the name of "Martin and Lawrence".〔http://www.larrylush.com/〕 Law and Auder continued a high output of early techno, ambient, jungle and drum and bass recordings for labels: Rising High Records, Cantankerous, Slammin', Pro One, Sub and Bleep. The 1994 e.p. "Technology Works" was pressed for Pro One, along with another white label release "Futures Dance". In 1995 Law and Auder released the amen heavy "Gimme the Weed", followed with "Sunshine", and "Can't Tekkit" for sub and bleep records. "Can't Tekkit" also appeared alongside a Law and Order/G-Fource track "Jungle Move" on the "Jungle Combat" 1995 Sub and Bleep CD compilation. "Too Right", "Feel It" and "My Time" for G-Fource recordings and "It's Alright" "Street Knowledge" "Touch me", "exorcist" and "Bust the Nu Jam" for Slammin' Wrecx were released the same year. The Ragga/jungle "All Junglist" was also released on white label through G-Fource in 1995, featuring Leslie Lyrics on vocal. Stephenson also collaborated with DJ Hustler for Choice FM in 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Lee Stephenson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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