‘I don’t think anybody in their right mind would have rented the place!’ At that early point the studio was called OAO Studio. In 1979, Bisi, by then all of 18, moved into what was a nearly empty warehouse space in a desolate part of Brooklyn to start the studio as part of a collective alongside Bill Laswell, Material members and Brian Eno, which Eno funded and would use for the album, ‘Ambient 4: On Land’. I was watching them playing, and holy shit! I immediately fell in love with that.” “I’d never seen or even known about noise, experimental or avant-garde music.
“I had no idea who Zorn was,” Bisi recalls. “I was a bit of a music rebel,”īisi displayed much more enthusiasm for graffiti art, evenings at CBGB’s and eventually the Avant Garde, experimental, and noise music scenes after being ‘blown away’ by a chance encounter with John Zorn, who, by happenstance was rehearsing in the building Bisi and Laswell were attending. His parents provided him with piano and violin classes, but it didn’t stick. His childhood was filled with nights at the opera, philharmonic, and art lessons at the Museum of Modern Art, none of which Bisi particularly enjoyed, especially the opera. Eugene Ormandy, a prominent conductor, once called Regules “not only one of the great women pianists, but one of the great pianists of our time”. So many bands that he had a hand in influenced the sound, and yet he has very little recognition to his own name,” says Ryan Douglass, who co-directed Sound and Chaos with Sara Leavitt.īorn to Argentinian parents on the Upper East Side, Bisi’s father was a doctor whilst his mother Marisa Regules was a celebrated Argentinian pianist.
“I would absolutely call Martin an unsung hero of the New York music scene. His discography features such fellow heavyweights as Sonic Youth, Herbie Hancock, Swans, Live Skull, Foetus, The Dresden Dolls, Whitney Houston and Material, perfectly illustrating Bisi’s diverse tastes and enormous talents. Through his engineering, solo artistry and production work, Bisi has helped shape the sonic blueprints of punk, noise, rap, indie and various other musical styles. An immensely interesting individual with unique talents abound, he continues to work his way through the industry’s ranks with a deft combination of persistence and prowess, carving himself a reputation as a top-notch producer and engineer. Martin Bisi is a hero to ‘in-the-know’ music fans and musicians with eager enthusiasm to discover new horizons.
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