Martin Gordon (find him at www.martingordon.de) began his career in the Seventies with the Californian pop band Sparks, who found European fame with hits 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us' and 'Amateur Hour', extracted from their seminal album 'Kimono My House'. He moved swiftly on and formed Jet (described by All Music Guide as the first supergroup of glam) and then Radio Stars, who were in fact Jet wearing different clothes. Radio Stars also achieved a modicum of success with Nervous Wreck, and then Gordon departed to Paris to work as house producer for Barclay Records, and to play bass for the Rolling Stones on studio dates.

Returning to the UK, he then began to work with such members of pop royalty as George Michael, Boy George, Blur, Primal Scream, Kylie Minogue. The list goes on. And on. At the beginning of the nineties, world music beckoned. Kicking off in Bombay with the legendary Asha Bhosle and Boy George, Gordon recorded in orchards in Pakistan, in cemeteries in Morocco, in libraries in Egypt, in Ghana, the Gambia, Bali, Turkey.

Recording an album in Istanbul with Turkish diva Sezen Aksu, and then performing on her subsequent tour, reminded Gordon of his pop roots, of the baboon in his basement, in fact, and his return to the territory of pop followed. His first solo CD The Baboon in the Basement was released in 2003, The Joy of More Hogwash in 2004 and God's on His Lunchbreak in 2005. 2006 saw these three combined as a box set (The Mammal Trilogy), as well as a best-of (How Am I Doing So Far?). The fourth part of the trilogy (The World is Your Lobster) was released in May 2007. His solo debut was in Boston on August 2007, with members of Tristan Da Cunha acting as his band, and Pelle Almgren from the solo CDs demonstrating Scandinavian underwear and vocals. Various videos from this performance are available at http://www.youtube.com/HugoPortion, including the live collapse of The Captain of the Pinafore.

In March 2008, his former band Radio Stars and he reunited for a one-off performance in London, to mark the release of a new live CD 'Something for the Weekend', recorded during 1977 and 1978.

Martin Gordon, irritatingly described by Classic Rock magazine as ‘ like Brian Eno fronting 10CC at a cleverness convention' released the fifth and final part of the Mammal Trilogy in July 2009. 'Time Gentlemen Please' brings the Mammal Trilogy to completion. After this part, there will be no more further parts. There is also a Time-demos CD available via his website.

This trilogy goes up to five, if anyone asks....

Links:

Website: http://www.martingordon.de

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/martingordon

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/HugoPortion

Forum: http://martingordon.informe.com/

Radio Stars: http://www.radio-stars.com

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