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Chicago's Martino Conspiracy is set to celebrate a
soft release of their Gladius/Aspirion Records CD "Hope
in Isolation" with a concert at the famous Otto's
Nightclub, 118 East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115
on Saturday, March 31st. Doors: 8PM, Showtime: 9PM (21
and up) Admission: $3.
Already garnering commercial and non-commercial airplay
around the country, The Martino Conspiracy is poised for
success with a tour currently being planned.
The official CD release date is May 15, 2007
"Displaying a truly unique style and approach,
Tony Martino doesn't 'sound like' anyone...that's what
I like about him." - Wildman Steve, Director of Music
Programming, WQNR Auburn, AL
"Martino layers his melodies to create gorgeous
candy pop-scapes, and he sings them with a soft fluid
voice that's a surprising combination of Brian Wilson
and John Mayer." - Performing Songwriter Magazine
Music critics and press have often described Tony Martino
as having a very intriguing charisma, as well as a certain
originality in the manner in which he carries himself
on and off the stage. After being holed up in many different
studios the past eighteen months, Tony is really looking
forward to getting on the road with his band in support
of the record in 2007. After all, expectations are very
high for this new album. The foundation has already been
laid down with the release of his previous record, and
now Martino wants this to be the record that puts him
over the top. There's very good reason to believe that
is exactly what's going to happen.
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| Appearance
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Mar 30 2007 7:45A - WBDS 89.1 FM Live Radio Interview,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 31 2007 9:00P - Otto's Nightclub (CD release party)
DeKalb, Illinois
Apr 1 2007 8:00P - The Rave/Eagle Ballroom (Pre-show to
Mat Kearney, Rocco Deluca and the Burden, The Feeling) Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Apr 12 2007 11:00A - Razor and Di Show. WLUW (88.7 FM)-
In studio performance Chicago, Illinois
Apr 13 2007 10:30P - Wise Fools Pub (International Pop Overthrow
2007 Festival) Chicago, Illinois
Apr 18 2007 9:00P - The Blue Fugue Columbia, Missouri
Apr 19 2007 9:00P - Mike's Tavern Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 20 2007 6:30P - IndependentNation.net Live Radio interview
Jasper, Tennessee
Apr 21 2007 10:45P - The Annex Madison, Wisconsin
May 3 2007 TBD - Zanies Too Indianapolis, IN
May 11 2007 10:00P - Mick's (Acoustic show) Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 8 2007 3:30P - Live on the air radio performance for
KFAN (107.9 FM) Fredericksburg, Texas
Jun 9 2007 8:00P - The Auslander (Acoustic Show) Fredericksburg,
Texas
Jun 15 2007 10:00P - Soho, Columbus, GA
Jul 21 2007 3:00P - Ann Arbor South University 2007 Art
Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Bio |
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The Martino Conspiracy is the alternative-pop/rock
project of 23-year-old Tony Martino. A lifelong resident
of the Chicago area, he says that ten years ago it was while
listening to the Beach Boys song "I Just Wasn't Made
For These Times" that he suddenly felt the need to
start playing an instrument and writing his own music, and
cites Brian Wilson as being his biggest musical influence.
Fast forward to 2006, and Martino claims that he is on a
personal mission to make a major impact on the modern music
scene.
Even at his young age, Martino has already had a taste
of success when he released (under his own name, Tony Martino)
his first independent LP (through Koch/Compendia Records)
in 2004 to AAA commercial radio stations in the United States.
With hardly any real promotion or touring behind it, the
album was picked up by over 75 stations nationally and had
two different singles from the album top the charts as the
most requested and played song on a number of different
stations on the format (coming in ahead of many currently
well known major label artists). He would go on to be named
AAA radio's Artist of the Month the second week of May,
2004. In addition to the radio success, Martino also beat
the odds by either winning or placing as a finalist (out
of thousands and thousands of submissions) in many songwriting
contests including the winner of the VH1 Song Of The Year
contest for the month of August, 2004 (Instrumental), the
2005 Billboard Songwriting Contest, (rock) as well as the
2005 International Songwriting Contest (Adult Contemporary).
He was invited as a show guest on numerous radio stations
nationally, as well as receiving numerous feature articles
and write-ups from radio program directors and mass media
publications like The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner,
The Daily Herald in Chicago, Performing Songwriter Magazine,
and Amplifier Magazine.
In mid-2005, Tony Martino's music caught the ear of a
high profile entertainment attorney in Los Angeles, and
ultimately landed Martino back in the studio to record a
follow up record titled "Hope In Isolation" with
internationally renown record producer and former Psychedelic
Fur's keyboardist Ed Buller (Suede, Blur, Crystal Method,
Ben Lee, Pulp, Tatu, etc.), based out of London. A good
portion of the record was produced and recorded by Buller
and Martino in a number of different studios out in Los
Angeles, and the other half of the record was produced by
Martino in various studios around Chicago. Other notable
guest appearances on the record include members from platinum
selling groups like the Verve Pipe and Stabbing Westward.
Without having even been released yet, the album has already
been receiving some significant advanced press, including
an article written last summer by Adam Schlesinger (academy
award nominee and bassist for the bands Fountains Of Wayne
and Ivy) in the New York Times, in which he cites that the
album and Tony Martino "have incredible potential,"
after hearing demos of it while it was half way through
the recording process. The album is set to release nationally
(on Martino's own Gladius Records) May 15th in conjunction
with a national tour, as well as the first single going
to multiple radio formats across the United States. According
to Martino, it is a very personal album.
Another big change occurred early in early 2006 when Tony
Martino decided that rather than just be another solo artist
using their full name, to add permanent members to his live
show, and therefore renamed the band "The Martino Conspiracy."
Added to the mix were well established Chicago musicians
(both studio and live) bassist Steve Smith, lead guitarist
Svilen Mikov, keyboardist Nick Wygonick, and drummer Tim
Lydon.
Tony Martino explains: "I don't have any hidden interests
in real life conspiracies, or anything of the sort other
than working well next to my last name, the idea behind
naming the group "The Martino Conspiracy" is that
I have a natural tendency to write very different types
of songs. Some you'd probably call pop songs, others you
may even call harder rock songs. I have so many different
influences and goals with music, that I thought I would
be extremely limiting myself if I decided to pick just one
sound and write every song in that style. I wanted it to
be as if when you turned on one of my records, you could
honestly think you were listening to entirely different
bands, but still find that thread of identity throughout
each different song that linked back to me as the songwriter.
While I definitely implement different influences throughout
the album, I want each song to be as memorable and inspiring
as the last. I'm not sure that qualifies as being a real
conspiracy, but it made sense at the time I thought of it,
which was 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning."
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