Jazz Articles about Martin Bisi

Martin Bisi: Sirens Of The Apocalypse

by John Dworkin
February 26, 2009

Experimental indie artist Martin Bisi's Sirens Of The Apocalypse, including extensive artwork and an embedded video, is akin to a pop/punk reflection of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film, Moulin Rouge. It's kitschy, self-serious, goofy, theatrically carnivalesque, and generally in-your-face. And like Luhrmann's film, it will likely elicit polarized opinions. Some will be so wildly annoyed they'll stop listening halfway through, while others will exclaim “brilliant!"

While Sirens is Bisi's sixth effort as a solo artist, his main gig is as a ...