Martin Rev is an American musician and the instrumentalist in the electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 proto-punk band, Suicide

Suicide (band)

Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....

. He also has a solo career and has released several solo albums for a number of labels, including ROIR

ROIR

ROIR , or Reach Out International Records, is a New York City-based record label founded in 1979 by Neil Cooper.ROIR was founded the same year that the Sony Walkman launched, and initially, the label exclusively distributed its releases in cassette format...

 and Puu. His style varies widely from release to release, from electronic no wave

No Wave

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 (Martin Rev) to bubblegum pop (See Me Ridin, Strangeworld) to heavy synthesizer rock (To Live).

Rev also works with Stefan Roloff

Stefan Roloff

Stefan Roloff is a painter, video artist and filmmaker, living and working in New York and Berlin. He is a pioneer of digital video and photography.- Life :...

, doing soundtracks for Roloff's video work He contributed to The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals...

' 2005 album, Pretty In Black

Pretty in Black

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.

In 2008, while working on Stigmata, Rev's wife Mari died. The album ,dedicated to her, is strong in religious imagery with most songs being titled in Latin. Kris Needs

Kris Needs

Kris Needs is a British journalist and author, primarily known for his writings on the music scene from the 1970s onwards. He became editor of ZigZag Magazine in August 1977, at the relatively young age of 23, and has written biographies of numerous rock and dance stars including Primal Scream,...

 called the album a "brilliantly executed excursion into modern electronic classical music".

In 2008, Blast First Petite released "Suicide: 1977-1978" a 6 CD box-set.

Discography

For recordings made with Suicide, please see Suicide discography.

• Martin Rev (Lust/Unlust JMB-228, 1980)
  • Mari (4:25)/ Baby O Baby (4:47)/ Nineteen 86 (4:35)/ Temptation (7:18)/ Jomo (4:40)/ Asia (4:00)
  • reissued 1997 as Marvel with bonus tracks "Coal Train" (5:28) and "Marvel" (12:00)
  • reissued 2002 as Martin Rev with bonus tracks "Coal Train", "Marvel", "5 To 5" (2:00), "Wes" (4:16) "Daydreams" (5:22)
• Clouds Of Glory (New Rose ROSE-052, 1985)
  • Rocking Horse (5:35)/ Parade (6:34)/ Whisper (4:00)/ Rodeo (6:30)/ Metatron (6:15)/ Clouds Of Glory (6:20)
  • initial copies in red vinyl
  • extra CD track "Island" (6:27)
• Cheyenne (Marilyn FM-1006-CD, 1991)
  • Wings Of The Wind/ Red Sierra/ Dakota/ Cheyenne/ River Of Tears/ Buckeye/ Little Rock/ Prairie Star/ Mustang
  • The Mind Expansion label re-released Cheyenne on CD with bonus tracks "Pony" "Durango", "Coyote".
• See Me Ridin' (ROIR
  ROIR
  ROIR , or Reach Out International Records, is a New York City-based record label founded in 1979 by Neil Cooper.ROIR was founded the same year that the Sony Walkman launched, and initially, the label exclusively distributed its releases in cassette format...
  
   RUSCD-8220, 1996)
  • See Me Ridin' (1:51)/ Pillars (2:33)/ I Heard Your Name (2:02)/ No One Knows (2:30)/ Mine (1:41)/ Ten Two (1:34)/ Small Talk (2:08)/ Secret Teardrops (2:45)/ I Made You Cry (2:18)/ Here We Go (1:40)/ Mari Go Round (4:45)/ Hop And Scotch (1:53)/ Told The Moon (1:51)/ Yours Tonight (3:53)/ Tell Me Why (3:18)/ Post Card (1:29)
• Strangeworld (PUU PUU-17, 2000)
  • My Strange World (3:05)/ Sparks (3:30)/ Solitude (3:07)/ Funny (2:50)/ Ramblin' (3:15)/ Trouble (3:16)/ Splinters (5:26)/ Cartoons (3:05)/ One Track Mind (3:06)/ Chalky (4:55)/ Jacks And Aces (3:35)/ Reading My Mind (3:35)/ Day And Night (1:58)
• To Live (File-13 Records FT-46, 2003)
  • To Live (5:10)/ In Your Arms (5:56)/ Black Ice (3:23)/ Gutter Rock (4:02)/ Shimmer (5:04)/ Painted (4:16)/ Places I Go (4:21)/ Lost In The Orbits (2:50)/ Jaded (4:51)/ Our Roads (3:31)/ Search For Stone (3:33)/ Water (3:24)/ Stormy (5:00)
• Les Nymphes (File-13 Records FT-68, 2008)
  • Sophie Eagle / Narcisse / Triton / Venise / Valley Of The Butterfly / Les Nymphes Et La Mer / Dragonfly / Phaetone / Nyx / Daphne / Cupid
  • with bonus track "Bodies" on Itunes.
• Stigmata (Blastfirstpetite PTYT 040, 30 Nov 2009)
  • Laudamus / Te deum / Jubilate / Dona Nobis Pacem / Gloria / Sanctus / Salve / Spiritus / Domine / Exultate / Magnum Mysterium / Anima Mea / Sinbad's voyage / Paradisio

External links

• Martin Rev home page
• Official Martin Rev Myspace page
• Castle Gnome
  Castle Gnome
  Castle Gnome is a virtual art project by Stefan Roloff. It was developed in a team effort with the web marketer Diego Gomez, the photographer Christian Jungeblodt and the 3D animator Frank Kunkel with music by Martin Rev and Johannes Roloff. Roloff’s inspiration arose from the heated debate about...
  
  Martin Rev's music on the Castle Gnome 3-D video
• Martin Rev (Discogs.com)
• Martin Rev - discography solo (Ghost Riders)