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BLU MAR TEN HAVE SHOT TO
PROMINENCE IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS AFTER THE ADDITION OF A
NEW MEMBER TO THEIR CREW. ALWAYS
PROFOUNDLY TALENTED, THEY NOW HAVE
A MORE UNIVERSAL APPEAL, AND ARE
READY TO ROCK DANCEFLOORS WITH A
NEW ALBUM CALLED ‘BLACK WATER’.
The best way to give you some background “And working on drum loops,” Chris continues. “I agree with what everyone has already said,”
on Blu Mar Ten is to ask its three members to “He’s a real studio rat and is always the one Michael Tognarelli contributes. “Leo occasionally
separately comment on each other’s strengths who says ‘it’s not good enough’, which is great does great off-the-wall things that are really off-
and weaknesses. “The act is polarised,” says because if we were all like myself then things key but are also very good. He’s always great
Chris Marigold – the heart of the group and an would be really shabby. Then in the middle you at getting a few ideas together. Chris has good
original founding member. “At one end you have have this one who is like a little bit of both,” ideas as well – but he’s a lot more focused on
me. I don’t care about the detail of doing stuff he points to Leo. “He gets a certain level of the end product. He has a good overview of
at all – I ﬁnd it quite boring. What I’m interested enjoyment sitting here on his own and working things – as in – when a track’s ﬁnished. He’s
in is getting the product out there and ﬁnding on stuff; but if there isn’t a goal in sight or always the one who has the ﬁnal say on things.”
ways to market it. I’m much more about ultimately a product on the shelf then he gets
splashing ideas and getting a rough shape in all agitated.” “I never feel like a track is completed until he’s
the studio. At the other end of the scale you had the ﬁnal say,” says Leo, pointing at Chris.
have Michael who is not at all interested in “Originally it was just the two of us,” – now it’s “Michael or I might write a track but it doesn’t
communicating with the public at large... really,” Leo Wyndham’s turn. “Chris would come at it really matter how far we go because – I don’t
everyone erupts with laughter. from a DJ point of view and I would be more know how he manages to do it – Chris can
on the production. It was often a case of not zoom right out in a way that is essential. We’re
“What he’s really good at is microscopic levels caring how crude a product was so long as it really lucky to have that because I hear a lot
of detail,” Chris continues. “He will spend hours got released. We were both closer to the middle of tracks that are well produced, but there’s
and hours; days; weeks; months; at home on his and less vehemently at either side – but with something about their arrangement; the way
own, producing.” the addition of Micky we’ve all polarised. It’s everything is strung together that doesn’t quite
altogether a really good thing and the other work.”
“Pretty much forever actually,” says Leo, making point I want to make is this: it has enabled Chris
everyone laugh. to DJ a lot more, so he now has a very good So, let’s talk technical – how does Blu Mar Ten’s
understanding of what works on the danceﬂoor.” studio set-up work? “To start with – I had some
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