Marshall Watson
http://www.marshallwatson.net/

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Marshall Watson describes his music as "crunchy, pretty, emotive, nostalgic, bittersweet, childlike, sad and smoky." and we heartily agree!

The sound of machines in love; Beautiful melodies layered with the grittiest electronic beats to create works of extreme joy and inspiration. Watson leaves you with the impression that he has mastered his technologies to the point of allowing the machines to step aside and become secondary - the medium is not the message - with his aching sense of awe and wonder at the world, an eternal optimism in his sound, the melodies careen and bound around your head, as the music draws you in.

"The music changes with the seasons. The same song that works in the spring, will work in the fall, and have a completely different meaning. I am highly affected by the weather, and Seattle has great weather for staying inside and working on music obsessively. Lots of gray skies and rain, but when it is sunny here, there aren't words to describe how beautiful it can be."

Marshall has been busy cultivating his sound for many years now - from the regular club nights he ran in New Orleans (from '96 - '98, which involved a mutant hybrid of keyboards, sequencers, and the then innovative pioneer CDJs) to his dub techno project Polar Frequencies to now. Having settled in Seattle, where he has befriended local hip hop producer and label owner Jeremy Moss of Zero BPM records, Marshall released his first track on a compilation of Seattle hip-hop and down-tempo.

His music indelibly leaves his unique mark on the indie-electronic landscape and injects a healthy dose of originality, soul, and a kick up the arse for anyone who thinks all you need is the correct software to make beautiful music!