Martyn was first inspired to take up music by the drum & bass sounds he heard pouring out of London in the ’90s. Since then he’s gradually spread his wings, first promoting, then DJing, and now music-making, spawning a whole new non-genre of Martyn music for his own 3024 and other labels. From Eindhoven to Rotterdam to Washington, his well-travelled sound incorporates myriad influences while retaining its distinctive identity, probably down to its inside-out conception.

In this lecture from the 2010 Red Bull Music Academy in London, Martyn talks about why he starts his tunes in the middle, but always gives them a beginning and an end, the difference between biting and showing your influences and how he hooked up with the mighty Brainfeeder crew.