ARTHUR & MARTHA – “ULTRA-ALLIANCE” A Spill Exclusive Video Premiere Arthur and Martha originally operated when electroclash and the new wave of synth led by Little Boots and La Roux swept the UK. Arthur and Martha though were something different. They used toy/playground electronic gizmos, battered synths and cheapo drum machines to create their achingly pretty, minor-chord synth hits. They were compared to St Etienne in space or Kraftwerk playing a freshers disco. Arthur and Martha is the project of Adam Cresswell (Saloon / Rodney Cromwell) and Alice Hubley (Mass Datura / Alice Hubble). They gigged with the likes of White Town, Lo-Fi Fnk and Plastic Operator and were acclaimed by the likes of The Guardian, Word, NME, Zoot, and Artrocker with BBC 6 Music and Radio 1 […]
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