About Adam Martin

Adam Martin is a music producer who works directly with recorded sound working across the fields of electronic music, experimental music, sonic art and contemporary classical music.

His work explores the possibilities and limitations of recorded sound from specific spaces and musicians in attempt to bring out the hidden details and nuances that lie within. Much of his work is based around restriction and the use of specific sounds as the only source permitted, with the underlying consideration that the origin of a sound has a form of meaning that is central to the communicative potential of a sonic work.

Adam’s primary musical project is called ‘Nightports’, on the Leaf Label, and is based around the aesthetic of restriction – one specific musician is chosen for each iteration of the project and their sounds are manipulated, transformed and shifted to create instrumental and electronic music. To date, Nightports have worked with vocalist Emily Lynn, renowned Jazz pianist Matthew Bourne, ex-Cinematic Orchestra guitarist Stuart McCallum and Mercury Prize nominee Max Hallett (Comet is Coming). Their work has been performed in festivals in the UK and has been toured across Europe.

Adam is also involved with collaborations with a range of artists which have led to installations, concert performances and multimedia productions.