Billie Ray Martin Net Worth is
$20 Million

Mini Biography

Billie was raised in Hamburg’s red-light region with her working-class grandparents, who all bombarded her with Elvis and German Schlager music and otherwise worked hard in keeping her from the hookers and harbour-workers that populated her family members and the region where they lived. Initial demos were produced at the sensitive age group of five years of age. Her youth years were adopted by an obsession using the music of Elton John, that was afterwards discarded for the life style of punk, which she resided towards the limit in Hamburg and London. In the later ’80s Billie transferred to Berlin and had her music sensibilities tweaked just as before: it had been the time from the digital invasion by bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and the first Human Group. Billie’s conceptions of music had been changed entirely. Similarly essential, she was consciously encountering the spirit music of Martha Reeves as well as the Vandellas and Aretha, and was traveling the Motown and Stax revival influx. The target became apparent: after a successful period of musical explorations, (where she formed several soul and sixties garage area oriented R&B rings, which washed up in Berlin in the past due ’80s), Billie transferred to London with one objective: to fuse soul and consumer electronics – the intellectual as well as the psychological, as she place it. Her move couldn’t have already been more timely. The introduction of Chicago home in the form of Fingertips Inc. and countless additional pioneers allowed Billie to find where her musical potential lay. The others, as the saying goes… Pursuing Electribe’s break-up, Billie released two monumentally beautiful files (the “Four Ambient Tales” collection as well as the thoroughly scary “Persuasion”, made out of The Grid and Spooky respectively), and subsequently obtained a worldwide number 1 strike with her music “Your Loving Hands”, now thought to be among the all-time classics of dance music. Three even more hits as well as the recording “Deadline For My Remembrances” (Warners) adopted; a assortment of soaring, sting-in-tail reflections within the topics of unrequited like as well as the bizarre in everyday living. The recording explored her eyesight to produce music that’s equivalent parts Kraftwerk and Phil Spector. Enthusiastically received, sold-out shows verified that she experienced strike a nerve inside a general public gasping for something actual. The nerve continues to be throbbing… On her behalf last album, “18 Carat Garbage”, released in 2002, Billie once more developed her imagine “Memphis fulfills Deutschland”. The foundation of the tunes was documented in Memphis, Tennessee, using the famous Hi-musicians and users of Aretha’s music group before experimental digital sounds had been added. A duet with Billie’s most liked singer, soul star Ann Peebles (“I CANNOT Stand The Rainfall”) for the album’s name music makes the buff’s center jump for pleasure and an eternity dream become a reality for Billie. Two singles appeared on Billie’s new Disco Activisto label in 2004: “Deceased Again”, getting nearer to her Electribe 101 origins and, “Zero Brakes On My Roller Skates”: infectious electro-punk-pop topped off with Billie’s vertiginous vocals. A re-release of the is within the works. The Billie-penned (and performed) music “Je Regrette Everything” appeared for the album “NY Muscle tissue” (Common), by DJ Hell of Gigolo Information fame. Disregard the buzz and you’re remaining with a traditional BRM drama-fest par quality. Released as an individual in-may 2005, it proceeded to go directly into the Music Week top 12″s. 2005 also noticed the release of the song she had written and documented with Scottish duo Slam. The monitor, entitled “Shiny Lamps Fading”, was the focus on of their “Yr Zero” recording, universally acclaimed in evaluations and, again, strike the Music Week top 12″s when released as an individual. The design press continue steadily to cover Billie’s exclusive visual design and she was recognized as you of i-D Magazine’s “25 Important Women” within their 25th Anniversary concern and photographed because of this by Wolfgang Tillmans. Like a DJ Billie began taking towards the decks using the release of her personal London clubnight “Komputerliebe”, which she seeks to relaunch in 2007. She delivers a unique and spot-on group of cutting-edge fresh digital music. The developing response to her DJing offers resulted in bookings acquiring her over the UK and world-wide, producing a frenzied response wherever she performs. Currently in 2007, she’s twice frequented NYC and in addition Japan, aswell as the Springtime Seven Digital Music Event in Graz. Billie happens to be focusing on her new single recording, which she describes while the best pop-fest, with an increase of when compared to a cutting-edge twist. In the mean time, Billie is occupied perfecting an recording with U.S. / Norwegian electronica / industrial-lounge duo Aquavit. She’s also recorded a track with electronic act Risque, entitled “Drive The Switch”, to become released within the next month or two.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Billie Ray Martin
Profession	Singer
Nationality	British, German
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/billieraymartinmusic
Music Groups	Electribe 101