Martin Bisi
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock Punk rock psychedelic |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | New Alliance / SST Black Freighter [1] |
| Website | Official website |
Martin Bisi is an American producer and songwriter. He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song Rockit.
In 1979, Martin Bisi started B.C. Studios (formerly named OAO Studios [2]) with Bill Laswell and Brian Eno in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn,[3] where he recorded many of the No Wave, punk bands, and hip-hop of the early 1980s including Lydia Lunch, Foetus, Live Skull, and Afrika Bambaata. In 1982 he recorded the instruments for Whitney Houston's first recorded appearance as a lead singer -the song "Memories" on Material's One Down LP.
In 2002 Bisi recorded The Dresden Dolls' critically acclaimed debut album, and in 2005, mixed the surprise break-out CD by Serena Maneesh of Norway.
Solo career
Starting with a solo record in 1988 - Creole Mass (New Alliance/SST) - Bisi also recorded his own material. Other solo works were All Will Be Won (LP -1992), See Ya In Tiajuana (EP -1994), Dear Papi I'm In Jail (EP -1996), Milkyway Of Love (LP -1999), and more recently, Sirens Of The Apocalypse (full-length -2008), Son Of A Gun (EP -2010) with Bill Laswell, Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls, and Bob D'Amico of Sebadoh, and Ex Nihilo (LP -2014).
2009 saw Bisi's first extensive touring, both in the US and Europe. In 2014 he toured in support of a feature-length documentary about BC Studio, "Sound & Chaos, The Story Of BC Studio", directed by Sara Leavitt and Ryan Douglass.