Martsman’s first vinyl excursion Ago arrived on an Offshore Recordings/Commercial Suicide split 12" in 2005, perforating just about any discerning eardrum with its off-centre and deviantly calibrated construction. "That track was an attempt to integrate my own vocabulary of sounds into Drum & Bass music” he recalls, “a framework in which I consider anything goes." - a philosophy always echoed in the DJ sets he played in clubs and at festivals from London to St. Petersburg, from Kiev to Barcelona.
Several releases later, including outings on Counter Intelligence, Warm Communications and Alphacut Recordings, Martsman has honed his skills and demonstrated some damaging efficiency on Hospital's sister label Med School with an ever growing audience and list of supporters - amongst them names like Mary Anne Hobbs, Amon Tobin, Goldie, Hype, Nerm, London Elektricity and plenty more.
Branching out into other fields of bass music lately, Martsman's sets now increasingly cover different styles ranging from Breaks and Dubstep to Ragga- and Breakcore. "I always tried to integrate different genres within the D&B frame and realized that even with that 'open mindedness' I was kind of restrictive in regards of tempo. Also, I gradually started writing music at other tempi myself, so it was obviously the next logical step to expand my DJ sets."
Besides being Producer and DJ, Martsman is also responsible for A&R at Plainaudio, a net-label for Drum&Bass, Electronica and Experimental music featuring German as well as international artists.