About Martin

Martin Slidel is a music composer.

Contact: martin@martinslidel.art

Martin is also a writer and visual artist.


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PIANO COMPOSITIONS:

Axes  

For Elon  

Komorebi  

Memory Street

Sensing  

Time of Tide  

Uteki  

Wakefulness of Dreams

You, Them, Us  

You, Them, Us – Remaster

Carillon 1 

Carillon 2 

Carillon 3


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OTHER FORCES:

Barbar

London Bone

Lure

Melody for Mabel

Mirror

Ochiba 1st Movement – Clarinet & Piano

Ochiba 1st Movement – Trio

Ochiba 2nd Movement – Trio

Silver

Uteki Jazz

Whatever

Wish

Wish Jazz


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SONGS:

The Fool

Looking Glass World

Morning After Night Before

Remembrance

Shallow Grave

Thief

Waiting

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FOR CHILDREN:

ASD ABC – Instrumental  

ASD ABC – Vocal

Leaf – Instrumental

Leaf – Vocal


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HELLO!

I write across a range of genre (including ‘Contemporary Classical’ for want of better terms) and seek to do something different each time. If music is a playground, its long-established traditions are the spaces in which to explore. I think I desire to break some of the rules. In the same way as painting a picture, there are always new shapes and colours to discover. I retain an interest in working within musical ‘norms’ and hope that my more Avant Garde pieces retain accessibility and pleasure. My output at present is short pieces for small forces. I initially wrote for piano although more recently attempt to extend to other instrumentation. I studied classical organ, violin and recorder. My keyboard training was unusual in that I started on electronic organ, moving on to Jazz organ and then Classical.

Erik Satie is one influence amongst numerous others from the world of music and the physical world around us. Themes can, hopefully, be emotive or, in their small way, programmatic. I have spent a number of years experimenting with a variety of styles from improvisational studio recordings to Folk songs. As a ‘reader’ I cannot ‘play by ear’ but often compose ‘by ear’. This may demonstrate how our relationships with music differ. Reactive arthritis somewhat hampered my performance skills, though I have always been drawn to composition. I write for above my level. Most presentations are electronic recordings. It is entirely about getting ideas out there.

Projects welcome: martin@martinslidel.art


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LINKS:

British Music Collection  

Facebook  

Google Profile

ReverbNation

SoundCloud  

Twitter  

YouTube


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