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Marta is an italian songwriter, singer and strumentist who, in the last ten years, has been touring and collaborating with many international musicians and songwriters - she began singing with the Australian-Italian group Micevice, and since 2004 key member of John Parish band (PJ Harvey, Eels, Tracy Chapman, etc.). She's also well known for her collaboration with the Australian songwriter Hugo Race in their outfit Sepiatone (Desvelos IT, Minty Fresh rec. Usa), for touring as keyboard player and vocalist in the latest band formation of Hugo's True Spirit. Now based in Berlin she wrote and releases her new solo album “About Anything” with Solaris Empire and Desvelos Record, produced here together with Dugald Jayes, and in Bristol with John Parish.
Beside singing, Marta plays piano, rhodes, hammond, synth, guitar, percussions - she likes to explore a wide range of electronic and analogic sounds; her original style combines minimal arrangements and a unique kind of playing, stumbling unpredictably between delicacy and distortion Critics used comparison as such Françoise Hardy, Hope Sandoval, Dusty Springfield to describe the unmistakable character of her voice which with its indifferent intensity, evokes the slightly disquieting atmosphere of a road movie in slow motion commenting on the delicate soul and psychedelic tangents of her songs.
Her more recent collaborations as vocalist are on recordings by the jazz ambient duo The Dining Rooms, on the upcoming Lilium aka Pascal Humbert's album (Woven Hand). In Berlin at the moment she is collaborating with the electronic artist Sebastian Meissner (Klimek).

APPEARANCES +


John Parish
Bird Dog Dante
2018
Klimek
Fleischwerk
2015, LP, Album, S/Edition, GOULDEN, ,
Abstract/Dark Ambient/Field Recording
John Parish
Screenplay
2013, ,
Soundtrack
Dario Chillemi
A Bridge To The Past
2012, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Dario Chillemi Self-Released)
Dario Chillemi
Equilibrium
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Dario Chillemi Self-Released), ,
Neo-Classical/Contemporary Jazz
Lilium
Felt
2010, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Klimek
Movies Is Magic (Extended Version)
2010, Vinyl, ,
Modern Classical/Ambient
Hugo Race
Fatalists
2010
Christian Prommer's Drumlesson
Christian Prommer's Drumlesson Plays Thediningrooms: The Jazz Thing
2009, CD, Album, Schema, Schema, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Feldmann
Imaginary Bridge
2009, CD, Album, Macaco Records (2), ,
Electric Blues/Folk
Dirtmusic
In The Desert
2008, CD, Ltd, Not On Label (Dirtmusic Self-released), ,
Blues Rock/Country Blues/Folk Rock
Giovanni Ferrario
Headquarter Delirium
2008, CD, Album, Solaris Empire, Pocket Heaven, ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Hugo Race + True Spirit*
53rd State
2008, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Blues Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Plum
2007, 10x7" + Box, Comp, Ltd, Thrill Jockey, ,
Country Rock/Abstract/Post Rock/Indie Rock
Chris Eckman - Hugo Race - Chris Brokaw
Dirtmusic
2007, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Country Blues/Folk Rock
The Dining Rooms
Versioni Particolari 2
2006, CD, Album, Schema, ,
Future Jazz/Trip Hop
Various
Luxury Grooves
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Time Records, ,
Future Jazz/Downtempo/Jazzdance/Garage House
Various
Latinova 3
2006, CD, ,
Smooth Jazz/Downtempo/Bossa Nova/Samba/Latin Jazz
Hugo Race + True Spirit*
Taoist Priests
2006, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Indie Rock
Cesare Basile
Fratello Gentile
2005, CD, Single, Mescal
John Parish
Once Upon A Little Time
2005, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock
The Dining Rooms
Experiments In Ambient Soul
2005
The Dining Rooms
Afrolicious EP
2005
The Merola Matrix*
The Merola Matrix
2004, CD, Album, Desvelos Records, ,
Trip Hop/Canzone Napoletana/Lounge/Ambient/Acid/Experimental
Nada
Tutto L'Amore Che Mi Manca
2004, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Cesare Basile
In Coda
2003, CD, Single, Mescal, ,
Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Folk
Hugo Race + True Spirit*
The Goldstreet Sessions
2003, CD, ,
Blues Rock/Alternative Rock
Cesare Basile
Gran Calavera Elettrica
2003, CD, ,
Blues Rock
Various
Fashion Week - Issue#1 Fall / Winter 2002/03
2002, 2x CD, ,
House/Techno/Downtempo/Future Jazz/Electro
Cesare Basile
Closet Meraviglia
2001
The Dining Rooms
Numero Deux
2001, CD, ,
Downtempo/Trip Hop/Ambient
Micevice
Bipolars Of The World Unite Cpl
2000, CD, ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Hugo Race + True Spirit*
Last Frontier
1999, CD, Album, Glitterhouse Records, ,
Blues Rock/Alternative Rock
Micevice
Experiments On The Duration Of Love
1999, CD, ,
Indie Pop/Folk/Psychedelic Rock
Vinsanto
Qualche Giorno Di Vantaggio
2015, CD-ROM, Album, Dig, Bajun Records
Various
Gusstaff Ina Pill Vol.4
2007, CDr, Comp, Promo, Gusstaff Records
Various
Sister's Lounge 2
2007, CD, Comp, Cool D:vision, ,
Future Jazz/Latin/Vocal
Various
For Films - Selected Tracks For Moving Pictures: Edit.9
2004, CD, Comp, Freibank, ,
Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient