MARTIN REV (US)

Martin Rev utførerer enmannsshow, og har utgitt en rekke soloalbum på en håndfull selskap, inkludert ROIR og Puu. Stilen på skivene varierer villt fra den ene utgivelsen til den andre, fra prototypisk elektronisk no wave til fengende tyggispop ("See Me Ridin, 1996, "Strangeworld", 2000) til tung synthesizer rock ("To Live" med Alan Vega).

Rev samarbeider også med Stefan Roloff (tysk pionèr og artist innen digital video) i forbindelse med sistnevntes store videoprosjekt. Han har også bidratt på The Raveonettes' 2005 album, "Pretty In Black".

"To Live":

To Live is perhaps his most innovative and accessible as it mixes his signature pulses, filters, and noise with melodic and entrancing vocals. Martin’s sinister beats and swells, dodge and delight from the early electro rock of the opening title track, to the swaggering avant funk of ‘Gutter Rock,’ to the Suicide-like ‘Painted,’ to the Cure-ish pop of ‘Places I Go’ that interestingly, does not feature any noticeable keyboards.

- betterpropaganda

"Cheyenne", 2007:

"Very good LP, that some critics even qualified as minimalist pop power (what a program!). The sound of the synthetizers -electronics but not techno -, the melodies, his manner of singing / speaking, gives him kind of eccentric / forwarded image, especially when you remember the wall of sound of Suicide. Roir said about this disc: "When you listen to Martin Rev's new "See Me Ridin'" think: David Lynch, Buddy Holly, Chet Baker, Phil Spector, Bubble Gum Rock, Teen Rock, Pop Rock, Power Pop, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Suess, Retro-Nuevo, Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, Legendary Pink Dots!". I would also evoque Tati, another nice wacky guy."

- Ghost Riders