Array ( [0] => {{short description|English musician}} [1] => {{for|the baseball player|Martin Gordon (baseball)}} [2] => {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} [3] => {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} [4] => {{Infobox musical artist [5] => | name = Martin Gordon [6] => | image = Martin Gordon.jpg [7] => | caption = Martin Gordon [8] => | image_size = [9] => | birth_name = [10] => | alias = [11] => | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|05|03|df=y}} [12] => | birth_place = [[Ipswich]], Suffolk, England [13] => | origin = [14] => | instrument = Bass guitar, [[double bass]], piano [15] => | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] [16] => | occupation = [17] => | years_active = 1970s–present [18] => | label = [19] => | module = {{Infobox YouTube personality [20] => | embed = yes [21] => | channel_display_name = Radiant Future Records Official Channel [22] => | channel_direct_url = channel/UC5t8s5pUhJDsW1U_4in5HNw [23] => | years_active = 1970s–present [24] => | genre = [[Music]] [25] => | subscribers = 919 [26] => | views = 897K [27] => }} [28] => | associated_acts = [[Radio Stars]], [[Jet (UK band)|Jet]], [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]], [[John's Children]] [29] => | website = [http://www.martingordon.de/ martingordon.de] [30] => }} [31] => [32] => '''Martin Gordon''' (born 3 May 1954) is an English musician who plays [[bass guitar]], [[double bass]], and piano. After a long period as band member and session musician, he embarked on a solo career in 2004. His most recent album release was in 2023. [33] => [34] => ==Biography== [35] => Martin Gordon was born in Ipswich, and grew up in [[Hitchin]], Hertfordshire. He studied piano and classical guitar as a child and attended summer schools hosted by the British National Jazz Youth Orchestra, where he took lessons from [[Nucleus (band)|Nucleus]] bassist [[Jeff Clyne]]. [36] => [37] => Gordon began his musical career in the 1970s with the Californian [[pop music|pop]] [[sibling|brothers]] [[Ron Mael]] and [[Russell Mael]] in [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]], who were seeking a bassist after their relocation to the UK. Gordon played with Sparks on the album ''[[Kimono My House]]'', which featured his trademark [[Rickenbacker 4001]] bass. "[[This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us]]" and "'Amateur Hour" were UK [[hit record|hits]] from that album. "This Town..." made No. 2 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] but, after one album, Gordon and Sparks parted company. [38] => [39] => He then formed [[Jet (UK band)|Jet]] (described by [[AllMusic]] as "the first supergroup of [[Glam rock|glam]]"){{cite news| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p18520|pure_url=yes}} | title = Allmusic > Jet biography |access-date = 3 August 2006 | publisher = Allmusic }} and then [[Radio Stars]]. Both bands featured singer [[Andy Ellison]], drummer [[Chris Townson]], and guitarist Ian Macleod. Jet's eponymous album was produced by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] producer [[Roy Thomas Baker]]. Between the demise of Jet and its reincarnation as Radio Stars in 1976, he performed briefly with pioneer of American punk [[Ian North]]; along with drummer [[Paul Simon (UK)|Paul Simon]], Gordon played a handful of dates with Ian's Radio before rejoining members of Jet to form Radio Stars. [40] => [41] => Radio Stars achieved a modicum of success with a single "Nervous Wreck" (which charted at No. 38 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]){{cite book [42] => | first= David [43] => | last= Roberts [44] => | year= 2006 [45] => | title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] [46] => | edition= 19th [47] => | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited [48] => | location= London [49] => | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 [50] => | page= 447}} and two critically well-received albums ''Songs for Swinging Lovers'' and '' Holiday Album''. The band has been anthologised with ''Two Minutes Mr Smith'' (Moonlight Records) and ''Somewhere There's a Place For Us'' ([[Ace Records (UK)|Ace Records]]). Ace Records re-released the Radio Stars catalogue on CD in 2003. In 2008, Radio Stars reformed for a gig at London's Blow Up Metro Club, to promote the release of live recordings from the 1970s entitled ''Something for the Weekend''. The performance featured original members Martin Gordon, Andy Ellison and Ian Macleod accompanied by drummer Steve Budney who performed on Gordon's 2007 solo debut in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. The band also performed one-off gigs at the [[Rebellion Festival]] in London (13 December 2008) and at London's [[100 Club]] (22 January 2010). In 2017, the 4-CD box set ''Thinking Inside the Box'' was released by Cherry Red/Anagram Records, featuring the band's entire recorded output, BBC sessions and rarities. [51] => [52] => ==Session musician== [53] => Following the end of Radio Stars in 1979, Gordon moved to Paris, France, where he worked as house producer for Barclay Records, and played bass with the [[Rolling Stones]] during the recording of ''[[Emotional Rescue]]''.{{cite web|author=Nico Zentgraf |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/1979.htm |title=Rolling Stones database 1979 |website=Nzentgraf.de |date=1980-01-19 |access-date=2020-05-08}} He returned to the UK at the beginning of the 1980s, and worked as producer and in other capacities with such musicians as [[George Michael]], [[Boy George]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[S'Express]], [[the Tiger Lillies|Tiger Lillies]] and [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], as well as a host of minor talents. [54] => [55] => ==World music== [56] => At the beginning of the 1990s, [[world music]] took Gordon initially to [[Bombay]] with [[Asha Bhosle]] and [[Boy George]], and subsequently to [[Pakistan]], [[Morocco]], [[Egypt]], [[Ghana]] and [[The Gambia]]. After studying [[gamelan]] in [[Bali]] on a Darmasiswa scholarship, he formed the short-lived [https://martingordon.de/new-hope Mira] ensemble with journalist/musician Peter Culshaw in 1995, releasing an album ''New Hope For the Dead''. They created an elaborate theatrical presentation, which delivered two performances at the Place Theatre, in London and an appearance at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] in 1997. He was a member of the [[SOAS, University of London|SOAS]]-based (Balinese) Gamelan Kembang Kirang and the South Bank-based (Javanese) New Music Group between 1996 and 1997. Gordon performs with the Berlin-based (Indonesian [[gamelan]] group) Lindhu Raras.{{cite web|title=Martin Gordon Aug. 2013 interview on Outsight Radio Hours|url=https://archive.org/details/GordonMartinOrh|work=Archive.org|access-date=22 September 2013}} [57] => [58] => ==Solo== [59] => Following the recording of an album in [[Istanbul]] with Turkish diva [[Sezen Aksu]], Gordon played bass on Aksu's subsequent European tour (2002). This prompted his return to his pop music roots in 2003, via his own label [[Radiant Future Records]]. [60] => [61] => He has a number of solo albums to his credit, many [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] in collaboration with Swedish vocalist Pelle Almgren. The first three solo releases were collected in a box-set titled ''The Mammal Trilogy'' (2006). Allmusic noted that "any release that reminds the world of the brilliance of Gordon's first three 21st century solo albums can only be applauded".Thompson, Dave. (13 March 2006) [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mammal-trilogy-r835587/review Mammal Trilogy – Martin Gordon : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards]. AllMusic. His solo albums also feature a selection of [[Lennon–McCartney]] and [[Gilbert & Sullivan]] tunes alongside Gordon originals. In 2007, Gordon made his live debut as a solo performer in Boston, United States. [62] => [63] => The fourth album ''God is on His Lunchbreak'' was accompanied by a book detailing the origins of the material, lyrics and assorted musing entitled ''The Illustrated and Annotated 'God's on His Lunchbreak, Please Call Back Companion Volume'', with [[illustrator|illustrations]] by drummer [[Chris Townson]].[http://martingordon.de/godbook.html Martingordon.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521091720/http://www.martingordon.de/godbook.html|date=21 May 2009 }}. Martingordon.de. The fifth album ''Time Gentlemen Please'' was accompanied by the album ''Time Gentlemen Please – Demos'', featuring Gordon's original demos of the material (available only via his website). [64] => [65] => Gordon and vocalist Almgren made appearances in 2011 and 2012 as part of the Swedish garage-punk outfit 70–5 (various performances are to be found on YouTube). The sixth and final instalment of the Mammal Trilogy was entitled ''Include Me Out''; released in August 2013, it was recorded in Berlin, Germany and Gnesta, Sweden and was accompanied by ''Words in Your Shell-Like'',{{cite web|url=http://martingordon.de/discography/wiysl/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216211340/http://martingordon.de/discography/wiysl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-12-16 |title=Words in Your Shell-Like - Martin Gordon |access-date=2020-05-08}} a book of Gordon's lyrics from Jet to the Mammal Trilogy. This brought the Trilogy to completion. [66] => [67] => An album of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] compositions ''[http://martingordon.de/gilbert-gordon-sullivan/ Gilbert Gordon & Sullivan]'' was released by Radiant Future Records in April 2016, as well as two singles, "Dump the Trump" in October 2016 and "Idiots" in March 2017. In 2018, he released the album ''Thanks For All the Fish'' and the single "Will of the People". [68] => [69] => In December 2019, Gordon was musical director/bassist of the Liberation Orchestra for a one-off performance in Banjul, [[The Gambia]], with the participation of members of the [[Ensemble Modern]], Wimme & Rinne and others, within the context of the AfriCourage festival. Gordon's album ''OMG'' was released in early 2020, along with a reworking of the "[https://martingordon.de/idiots Idiots]" single, entitled "[https://martingordon.de/covidiots COVIDiots]" and in response to COVID activity. His most recent offering is "[https://martingordon.de/another-words Another Words]", a setting to music of [[Donald Trump]]'s [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-raffensperger-georgia-call-transcript.html phone call to Georgia governor] [[Brad Raffensperger]], released in 2021. At Xmas 2021, Gordon celebrated the political achievements of Boris Johnson with the single release "[https://martingordon.de/boosted Booster]". Early in 2022, Gordon released an expanded version of "Another Words" featuring the original audio from the Trump-Raffensperger call, entitled "[https://martingordon.de/another-words-phonecall Another Words - The Phonecall]". In February 2022 Gordon released an instrumental track in support of Ukraine entitled "[[Slava Ukraini]]". In 2023, the album "[https://martingordon.de/greatest Greatest Sh!ts] was released, featuring a selection of new and reworked material. [70] => [71] => ==Equipment== [72] => Gordon is known for using the [[Rickenbacker 4001]] bass guitar, most notably on the [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] album ''[[Kimono My House]]'' and the later album [[Jet (UK band)|''Jet'']] by the British group of the same name. He has stated in the Rickenbacker Forum{{cite web|url=http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8608 |title=Rickenbacker International Corporation - Forum • View topic - Sparks Bass man Martin Gordon |website=Rickenbacker.com |access-date=2020-05-08}} that he used [[HH Electronics|H&H]] amplification for this recording. He used Rotosound round-wound strings to produce his benchmark sound. Such was his identification with the 4001 that he stated that he preferred to be sacked from the group Sparks rather than accommodate the request for him to use a different instrument.{{cite web|url=http://www.martingordon.de/KMH_sessions.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624045107/http://www.martingordon.de/KMH_sessions.html |archive-date=2014-06-24 |title=Martin Gordon - official site |access-date=2020-05-08}} In [[Radio Stars]], he used a Rickenbacker 3001 and a [[Fender Precision]] bass. In more recent times he has used Yamaha 5-string basses and Stagg upright e-basses, before returning to the [[Rickenbacker 4003]] in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/martin.gordon1 |title=Martin Gordon |website=Facebook.com |access-date=2020-05-08}} [73] => [74] => ==Discography== [75] => ===Solo=== [76] => Albums: [77] => *2023 ''[https://martingordon.de/greatest Greatest Sh!ts]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [78] => *2022 ''[https://martingordon.de/another-words-phonecall Another Words - The Phone Call (expanded edition)]'' (download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [79] => *2021 ''[https://martingordon.de/another-words Another Words]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [80] => *2020 ''[https://martingordon.de/omg OMG]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [81] => *2018 ''[https://martingordon.de/fish Thanks For All the Fish]'' (CD, vinyl and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [82] => *2016 ''[https://martingordon.de/gilbert-gordon-sullivan/ Gilbert Gordon & Sullivan]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [83] => *2013 ''[[Include Me Out]]'' (limited edition CD-R, then download-only) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [84] => *2009 ''[https://martingordon.de/time Time Gentlemen Please]'' (CD and download) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [85] => *2008 ''[https://martingordon.de/hello-boston/ Hello Boston]!'' – (CD free with first 1000 copies of Radio Stars' ''Something for the Weekend'', then download-only) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [86] => *2007 ''[https://martingordon.de/lobster/ The World Is Your Lobster]'' (CD and download) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [87] => *2006 ''The Mammal Trilogy'' (3-disc box set compilation of the above three releases) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [88] => *2006 ''How Am I Doing So Far?'' (single CD compilation of the first three solo releases w/bonus tracks) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [89] => *2005 ''[[God's on His Lunchbreak (Please Call Back)]]'' (CD and download) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [90] => *2004 ''[[The Joy of More Hogwash]]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [91] => *2003 ''[[The Baboon in the Basement]]'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [92] => *2003 ''The Baboon in the Basement Radio EP'' (promo-only) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [93] => Alternative versions: [94] => *2013 ''Exclude Me In - Demos'' (limited edition CD-R, then download-only) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [95] => *2009 ''Time Gentlemen Please – Demos'' (limited edition CD-R, then download-only) – [[Radiant Future Records]] [96] => Singles: [97] => *2022 "[https://martingordon.de/dumber-than-a-rock/ Dumber Than a Rock]" (download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [98] => *2021 "[https://martingordon.de/booster Booster]" (download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [99] => *2020 "[https://martingordon.de/superior-jeans/ Superior Jeans]" (single, download only) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [100] => *2019 "[https://martingordon.de/will-of-the-people/ Will of the People]" (single, download only) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [101] => *2017 "[https://martingordon.de/idiots/ Idiots]" (single, download only) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [102] => *2016 "[https://martingordon.de/dump-the-trump/ Dump the Trump!]" (single, download only) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [103] => *2016 "[https://martingordon.de/gilbert-gordon-sullivan/ Modern Major General]" (single, download only) [[Radiant Future Records]] [104] => [105] => ===John's Children=== [106] => * 2011 ''Black & White'' – [[Acid Jazz Records|Acid Jazz]] AJXCD 234[http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/7236 "Black & White" album Record Collector (Kris Needs) review]. Recordcollectormag.com.[http://modspeedproduction.blogspot.com/2011/05/johns-children-new-album.html modspeedproduction.blogspot.com] ''Black & White'' album review, Modspeedproduction.blogspot.com [107] => * 2002 ''Music For the Herd of Herring'' (CD and download) - [[Radiant Future Records]] [108] => [109] => ===Blue Meanies=== [110] => *2006 ''Pop Sensibility'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] (download only) [111] => [112] => ===Mira=== [113] => *1995 ''New Hope for the Dead'' – [[JVC Records]] [114] => *2008 ''New Hope for the Dead'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] re-issued version with extra material including live tracks, remixes and unreleased content – (download only) [115] => [116] => ===Radio Stars=== [117] => *2017 ''Thinking Inside the Box'' – [[Cherry Red Records]] [118] => *2008 ''Something for the Weekend'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] (live in 1977/78)released 2006 [[Radiant Future Records]] [119] => *2002 ''Music For the Herd of Herring'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] [120] => *1992 ''Somewhere There's A Place For Us'' – [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] (compilation of the above releases) [121] => *1978 ''Holiday Album'' – Chiswick Records (re-released 2006 by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] ) [122] => *1977 ''Songs For Swinging Lovers'' – Chiswick Records (re-released 2006 by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] ) [123] => [124] => ===Jet=== [125] => *2020 ''Jet'' – [[Sony BMG]] - original release made officially available digitally [126] => *2010 ''Some Flotsam – Live in 75'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] live on the Hunter-Ronson tour 1975, download only, withdrawn 2011. [127] => *2010 ''Jet'' & ''Even More Light Than Shade'' – [[RPM Records (UK)]] – reissue of original album, expanded double album set, withdrawn 2011. [128] => *2002 ''Music For the Herd of Herring'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] [129] => *2003 ''Jet'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] reissue of original album, withdrawn 2004. [130] => *2003 ''More Light than Shade'' – [[Radiant Future Records]] demos for second album, withdrawn 2011. [131] => *1975 ''Jet'' – [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]] [132] => [133] => ===Sparks=== [134] => *1974 ''[[Kimono My House]]'' – [[Island Records]] [135] => [136] => ==References== [137] => {{Reflist}} [138] => [139] => ==External links== [140] => *[http://www.martingordon.de/ Official site] [141] => *[http://radiantfuture.eu/ Radiant Future Records] [142] => *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/102955-Martin-Gordon/ Martin Gordon at Discogs] [143] => *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p81112|pure_url=yes}} Martin Gordon at AllMusic] [144] => *[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de5bf080-0f9f-4012-92f8-e56f4f493d99/ Martin Gordon at Music Brainz] [145] => *[http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/sparks-martin-gordon.html Martin Gordon - Gallic view] [146] => *[http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/martin-gordon-artist.html Martin Gordon's bio (French)] [147] => *[http://martingordon.de/interviews/ Gordon interviews] [148] => [149] => {{Authority control}} [150] => [151] => {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Martin}} [152] => [[Category:1954 births]] [153] => [[Category:Living people]] [154] => [[Category:English rock bass guitarists]] [155] => [[Category:English male guitarists]] [156] => [[Category:British male bass guitarists]] [157] => [[Category:English rock pianists]] [158] => [[Category:English session musicians]] [159] => [[Category:People from Hitchin]] [160] => [[Category:Musicians from Ipswich]] [161] => [[Category:Sparks (band) members]] [162] => [[Category:Musicians from Hertfordshire]] [163] => [[Category:Musicians from Suffolk]] [164] => [[Category:English male pianists]] [165] => [[Category:21st-century British pianists]] [166] => [[Category:21st-century British male musicians]] [] => )
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Martin Gordon

Martin Gordon (born 3 May 1954) is an English musician who plays bass guitar, double bass, and piano. After a long period as band member and session musician, he embarked on a solo career in 2004.

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