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#1 Single

Published on: 19 Oct 2006

A-ha has released the first single of the new album and it's gone straight in to #1 on the Norwegian charts. "Celice" is produced and co-written by Martin and is released around Europe this coming week. The album "Analogue" is released in the UK in November with a single due in January 2006. A-ha will be on tour around Europe this winter with stops at Wembley in London and NEC in Birmingham in December. Check out www.a-ha.com for tour dates.

07

Number 1 Album!

Published on: 07 Aug 2006

The debut album by James Morrison goes straight in at no 1 on the UK album chart today. "Undiscovered" was produced by Martin Terefe and has attained platinum status in it's first week of release. For more info please check:
www.jamesmorrisonmusic.com

17

A-Ha

Published on: 17 Apr 2006

The new single from a-ha is out today in the UK. "Cosy Prison" has been heavily played on BBC Radio 2 and Capitol over the last few weeks and features Graham Nash singing together with Morten. Martin did the vocal sessions with Morten and Graham on a late night in Mortens house last summer. -"Graham came straight from the airport after a 20 hour flight from Hawaii. After some good red wine and conversation Graham started singing a harmony over Mortens vocal and what came just sounded amazing! Two of the great voices in a setting you'd never heard.....magical," explained Martin when we asked him to tell us about the recording. The track is available on the album Analogue out now on Polydor.

04

Juno Award

Published on: 04 Apr 2006

Martin and Alexis Puentes won a Juno Award for World Music Album Of The Year at Canada's Music Awards in Halifax last night. The amazing debut album from Alex Cuba Band "Humo De Tabaco", was recorded in Havana and features legendary Cuban musicians Chucho Valdes and Pancho Amas as well as duets with Canadian Ron Sexsmith and American singer/songwriter Jason Mraz . Alexis was there to collect the prestigous award. If you do not already have the album this is as good a time as any to pick up a copy or download it at iTunes.

16

Brit Award

Published on: 16 Feb 2006

KT Tunstall won a Brit award for best British Female Solo artist at Earl's Court yesterday. The album also charted at #47 in it's first week of release in the US. For more info check out: www.kttunstall.com

10

KT Tunstall

Published on: 10 Feb 2006

OK...I guess this will be a kind of a late New Years message. First of all Happy New Year to you all and thanks for coming back to the site although the updates are few and far between. Last year was an amazing one in many ways. From a work perpective there was the sucess with KT Tunstall in the UK, the Stephen Foster tribute album me and Ron Sexsmith contributed a song to won a Grammy and of course producing the first new recordings of original material with Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) really was a magical experience.
The new a-ha album is starting to make noise in the UK as we go into this new year. The first single was their first top 10 hit in the UK since the early nineties, the album is still in the charts and the second UK single "Cosy Prisons" will be released in early April. Also KT Tunstall is nominated for three Brit awards this year and "Eye To The Telescope" has just been released in the US where things are looking really good! So....all good really!


While I haven't got around to updating this site, I've been very busy in the studio both with writing and also producing several albums since October last year. One is an amazing irish singer/songwriter called Declan O'Rourke. His album "Since Kyabram' is a major success in Ireland and we have re-recorded a couple of the tracks and done some additional production on a few others. Michael Brauer mixed it all last November and the new "Since Kyabram" is released on V2 this spring. James Morrison is probably the most shockingly great voice I've heard in years. He's a young dude from Rugby who's grown up listening to stuff like Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor and Curtis Mayfield. The music sounds accordingly, an effortless blend of classic songwriting and soul music performed by a voice that....we'll you'll have to just hear it!! It will be out this summer on Polydor UK. Right now I'm finishing an album with Teitur. For those of you not familiar with this great singer/songwriter from the Faroe Islands you'll be in for a treat! Until this new album is out you can check out www.teitur.com or buy his previous Universal outing "Poetry & Aeroplanes".

There's so much exciting stuff planned for the near future as well. I'll keep you updated....when?.....as always...my intentions are good! Peace, love and have a great year,