The Big Boss

The Big Boss emerged from the Camden music scene of the late nineties when two friends, Martin Byrne & Martin Sawtell thought that both being born on Friday the 13th of March and a love of high energy music, dirty baselines and the good life was reason enough to collaborate. Equal influences of Fat Boy Slim and Iggy and the Stooges resulted in combining the raw energy of rock with the euphoric beats and melodies of dance music. They drifted apart in 2000 for no other reason than time marching on and life changing… Fast forward to 2014, Martin B is at Beatherder festival in the Ribble Valley celebrating his birthday with some good friends, on the stage is Vitalic, the sound coming off the stage is weapons grade, crystal clear and cuts right through him. Martin has an epiphany and realises that the music they made back then was actually ahead of the times not behind them. He also realises that he doesn’t want to be one of those people who hits his deathbed and says “I should have done that” Regrets, who needs ‘em! He resolved there and then that The Big Boss album that never was has to happen and he won’t die with regrets. A year was spent reworking, upgrading and rediscovering the songs of The Big Boss in conjunction with outstanding producer NJC resulting in “Good Bad but not Evil” being released in 2015. Firmly back in the saddle and now based in Macclesfield the follow up, “The Return of The Big Boss” was released Dec 1st 2017. 2019 saw the release of “Kiss The Machine” and 2021’s “In Transit” was written on two 36 hour plane rides to NZ and back early 2020. 2023’s release (April 22nd) “Inner Space” is a more inward looking affair with the same electronic beat and melody loveliness that has become The Big Boss sound. The sound, the style?…..Future Retro