Some of you may know ARCTIC as solo acoustic music, and some of you may know ARCTIC as a full band. The two projects started off as one, but they’ve each grown to sound very different, and it’s time to distinguish them from each other.
The full band version of ARCTIC is now named One Arctic One and you can find out more about it at http://www.onearcticone.com.
Marcus Martin’s solo project will keep the name ARCTIC, and the website http://www.projectarctic.com.
ARCTIC (Marcus Martin) draws much of his sonic inspiration from the vast expanses of the northern landscape where he was raised. Growing up in Yellowknife, Martin would join his father, a pilot, on trips to remote settlements and camps in the Northwest Territories of Canada. “There are some things that stick in your mind forever like a first concert, a first date, a first prize,” recalls Martin. “For me it was the first time I truly saw the world from the front seat of a DC3 plane, looking at the endless openness of the north, its beauty, its shape, its air, its syncopation with all that existed in its hands.”
Martin’s flightpath carried him to Toronto, where he honed his skill as a guitarist in styles from acid jazz to heavy metal. The coastal beauty of Vancouver drew him west in 2002, and ARCTIC emerged from the rain as his solo project. Using a looper and effects to sample and layer his live guitar performance, drawing from diverse and contrasting influences, he developed his own distinctive style of haunting and evocative melodies and textures that the Georgia Straight would later call “the most captivating oddity to come out of Vancouver this year”.
In 2006, Martin expanded ARCTIC into a full band, which has toured throughout Canada and France. Eventually evolving into its own sound and style, the band was renamed One Arctic One in 2012, and has released tracks recorded with Shawn Penner (Mother Mother, Hannah Georgas). ARCTIC continues on as Martin’s solo exploration, in parallel with One Arctic One.
No shows to announce at the moment.
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/09/11 http://projectarctic.com | ARCTIC in Squamish, BC | Howe Sound Brewing | Canada |
| Time: 9:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 37801 Cleveland Ave. | |||
| 03/09/11 http://projectarctic.com | ARCTIC in Vancouver, BC | Radha | Canada |
| Time: 6:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed. Address: 738 Main Street. Benefit for the BC SPCA, 6:30-10PM | |||
| Tour: France 2010 (support for Bruxelles) | |||
| 10/07/10 http://projectarctic.com | ARCTIC in Clermont-Ferrand | Radio Campus 93.3 | France |
| Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Listen live on the air! 7pm local time 10am PST, 1pm EST | |||
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/08/11 http://projectarctic.com/arctic-in-vancouver-on-040811/ | One Arctic One (ARCTIC full band) in Vancouver, BC | Forum | Canada |
| Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 1161 Granville Street. Full band. Private fundraiser for Ride to Conquer Cancer Limited advance tickets available for fans – contact us to get them. TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR! Related post. | |||
| 01/21/11 http://projectarctic.com | One Arctic One (ARCTIC full band) in Vancouver, BC | Cafe Deux Soleils | Canada |
| Admission: $5-10 sliding scale. Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed. Address: 2096 Commercial Drive. Full band. With Neptune at Night & Daisy Blue Groff. | |||
| 11/19/10 http://projectarctic.com | One Arctic One (ARCTIC full band) in Vancouver, BC | Railway Club | Canada |
| Time: 10:00pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 579 Dunsmuir St. Venue phone: 604-681-1625. More information | |||